Living England Ecologist

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Natural England Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 261669**Salary**:

- £27,273**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer- Lead Adviser**Contract type**:

- Fixed Term**Length of employment**:

- Fixed term appointment until end of March 2025**Type of role**:

- Environment and Sustainability
- Geography**Working pattern**:

- Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, South East England, South West England, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the HumberAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- This position is based Nationally**Job description**:
Do you have a passion for nature and the environment? Do you want to make a real difference and secure significant environmental gains in the present and the future? Do you enjoy working in a team? Can you see yourself advising communities and customers to maximise gains for the Natural Environment?

If this appeals to you, a career at Natural England offers rewarding opportunities to secure environmental improvements and play your part in creating a better future for people and nature.

The priority work Natural England is delivering includes:

- Establishing a Nature Recovery Network to help wildlife thrive
- Monitoring environmental changes to identify and help reduce the effects of climate change
- Working with farmers and landowners to develop greener food production methods
- Advising on plans for new developments to maximise gains for nature
- Providing ways for people to better connect with nature, including green social prescribing

We are the Government’s advisor for the natural environment, playing a vital role in delivering the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan, an ambitious vision which brings new opportunities to protect and enhance and to achieve real outcomes for the environment.

The successful applicant will be responsible for providing geospatial information services to our ‘Natural Capital & Ecosystem Assessment’ (NCEA) Programme. NCEA is a new Defra Group evidence programme which aims to deliver high quality national and local evidence to assess the state and condition of biodiversity, ecosystems, and natural capital assets across our terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments.

Job description

This role is a predominantly desk-based role to support the ecological use and integration of Living England, a project which produces a national scale habitat map of England derived from satellite imagery, machine learning and existing habitat data records. There may be infrequent opportunities to undertake fieldwork and data collection.

The key responsibilities for **this roles** are to:

- Work under the direction of the Senior Adviser to develop Living England and Change Detection field protocols and guidance.
- Advise on species level data collection to aid assessment of habitat change.
- Lead field training for both internal and external staff (including external contractors)
- Support the Field Survey Coordinator in running the external field contracts, answering surveyor queries, and collating feedback for the technical team.
- Collate existing habitat data records from within and outside of Natural England, to update the Living England ground truth data catalogue and inform likely locations of habitat change.
- Provide ecological advice to guide the habitat classifications used for the Living England and Change Detection projects, including translating datasets from other habitat classification schemes.
- Respond to habitat classification queries from both internal and external sources.
- Liaise with stakeholders and contractors to promote use of the data and data collection.

Additional information:

- A full UK driving licence is required. Occasional travel which may include an overnight stay can be expected.

Competence 1

Professional competency

Detail

Technical knowledge and skills

Description
- N.B. STAR format not required
- Essential:
- Strong ecological knowledge of UK habitats (roughly equivalent to Field Identification Skills Certificate (FISC) level 3 or above or relevant experience)
- Good communication skills, particularly in providing training to field staff
- Experience of fieldwork and data collection across the diverse habitats of England
- Experience of targeting survey sites, organising visits and handling land access permissions
- Knowledge of UK habitat classification schemes

Desirable- Experience of using Esri Apps (e.g. Field Maps, Survey 123, Sweet, Collector)
- Basic GIS skills and familiarity of ArcGIS online
- Knowledge of relational databases (e.g. MS Access)

Competence 2

Professional competency

Detail

Personal Effectiveness (Practitioner)

Description
- Proactively communicate and present your data, evidence and analyses in ways that meet people’s needs so they can understand its implications and use

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