Jobs

£27¬- £30k per annum

Permanent contract • office based in Oxford (preferred) or hybrid or home working

Are you passionate about freshwater conservation and the protection of great crested newts? Do you have strong GIS skills, a meticulous approach to data management and value working collaboratively?

A new opportunity has arisen to join the Newt Conservation Partnership as GIS & Data Officer to support our efforts to create and manage high quality habitat for great crested newts. This is an exciting time to join our team as we expand to maximise our impact for freshwater habitats and species.

The successful applicant will be employed by Freshwater Habitats Trust, seconded full-time to the Newt Conservation Partnership.

Newt Conservation Partnership (NCP) is a community-benefit society whose main purpose is creating and managing high-quality habitat for great crested newts, at the same time providing new habitats for many other wetland plants and animals. Our work is underpinned by a spatial strategy and we work at the landscape scale. We have an extensive monitoring programme, and generate critical data for assessing the success of the NatureSpace schemes. We work closely with our partners Amphibian and Reptile Conservation and Freshwater Habitats Trust and follow their evidence-based best practice guidance for the conservation of amphibians and ponds. www.newtpartnership.org.uk

Freshwater Habitats Trust is a friendly, nationally well-respected conservation charity that works to protect freshwater wildlife through practical, evidence-based and effective nature conservation projects. This job is an exciting opportunity to join a dedicated team of botanists, invertebrate biologists, herpetologists and freshwater conservation experts who are making a difference.

No CVs or agencies, please.

Closing date: 12 noon Monday 16^th December 2024

Interviews: Monday 13^th January 2025, Oxford (in person)