Inns Consultant

**About The Role**:
Are you a passionate Freshwater Scientist seeking an exciting opportunity to elevate your career? Are you eager to expand your expertise in Invasive Non-Native Species post-graduation and contribute to impactful project work? Do you envision a role that allows you to embrace a hybrid work environment while engaging in fieldwork and establishing connections with clients?

At APEM, our Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) Team is renowned for providing cutting-edge services across marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems. We are dedicated to assisting our clients in effectively managing INNS through a comprehensive range of services. From risk identification and assessment to surveillance and monitoring, as well as biosecurity and control plan development and implementation, our team operates dynamically, collaborating with other sectors within the APEM Group to deliver the most impactful outcomes. Our work is fuelled by a spirit of innovation, constantly seeking novel approaches to meet our clients' unique needs.

As a key member of our team, you will immerse yourself in a multifaceted environment, actively engaging in fieldwork, data processing, analysis, interpretation, and INNS management planning and presentation. You will work closely alongside our experienced team, contributing your expertise to projects and tenders. Your interpretation of INNS data will help assess the routes of impact and determine the most effective management actions to prevent further introduction/spread or potentially eradicate INNS.

We are dedicated to nurturing your growth and success, and thus, we will support you in identifying training and development opportunities, enabling you to take confident strides in your career progression.

To thrive in this role, you’ll need:

- A postgraduate degree with an emphasis in invasion biology.
- Clearly identifiable skills and expertise in the field of invasion biology.
- Experience in collaborative cross disciplinary working.
- Excellent Excel and Word skills.
- Excellent data management and analysis skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Driving licence.

You will be offered the chance to work on a variety of projects, many of our employees have worked on projects that have been of personal interest to them. We match this with a commitment to continuous development and learning to support your career. We also offer benefits to look after you, from private medical insurance for all employees, access to mental health first aiders and comprehensive income protection if you cannot work. We also offer superb flexible working options, balancing work with your life.

**Next steps**

We are focused on creating a diverse and inclusive team. If you can’t tick every box on our job description, then we are still keen to hear from you and are open to supporting your development. That may be working part time or supporting you to gain experience in a specific area - we are a growing company and are able to adapt roles to reflect individual skills.

**About Us**: The APEM Group is a global environmental consultancy, we work with a range of clients including large corporations and governments to help them understand and solve a wide variety of environmental projects in the UK and globally. Our successful pioneering work has enabled us to grow and combine forces with other businesses who share our ethos and integrity. At our core, our people are working towards the protection of the environment across the globe.