Senior Environmental Monitoring Officer - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Environment Agency

Environment Agency

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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

The team

The Analysis and Reporting Team monitors and assesses the freshwater and intertidal environment, providing a wide range of information on water quality, fish populations and ecological status to client teams across the Environment Agency and to external organisations.
This information is used to assess the status of our environment, to direct and inform our management actions, and to monitor the environmental response to our own and other activities.

Experience/skills required

We're seeking a Senior Environmental Monitoring Officer with extensive knowledge of marine technical issues and legislation, coupled with experience of water and ecological based sampling techniques in the marine and intertidal environments. You must have experience of analysing, interpreting and reporting ecological data.

You'll be qualified to degree standard (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline, or possess significant experience of marine ecology and sampling, and be able to demonstrate knowledge of:

Marine legislation
Coastal and estuarine scientific work
Data communications
Safe working practices
Other key requirements for this job include excellent communication skills, ability to work in a team but also independently, problem solving skills and the ability to prioritise and plan your own workload

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