Fisheries Senior Environmental Monitoring Officer - Brampton, United Kingdom - Environment Agency

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Brampton, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Number of jobs available- - Region- East of England

  • City/Town
  • Brampton, Colchester, Ipswich, Norwich


  • Building/Site

  • Brampton Office, Dragonfly House, Iceni House, Rivers House Kelvedon


  • Grade

  • Staff Grade
  • Post Type
  • Permanent


  • Working Pattern

  • Full Time, Part Time/Job Share


  • Role Type

  • Environment & Sustainability, Operational Delivery, Science, Knowledge & Information Management


  • Salary Minimum £37,46

  • Job description
  • We seek an experienced Fisheries officer able to assist with delivering our programs of work.

The role will:

  • Have oversight of the fisheries programme work towards consistency across the Area (where appropriate), help resolve or manage delivery problems.
  • Engage with the commission process gather and evaluate local monitoring needs for entry on the database, participate in prioritisation and tracking delivery.
  • Review fisheries monitoring evaluate local interpretation of national programmes, compare local programmes within area and draw out best practice and any learning to feed into future local programmes.
  • Lead fisheries reporting work towards consistency across the Area with agreed template(s), ensure reports are disseminated and used as widely as possible. Consider internal report/information needs and provide QA of reports.
  • Run regular crossArea meetings for A&R fisheries staff and participate in the EAn fisheries group.
  • Engage with angling interest groups primarily Angling Trust but other local angling groups. This will include personal interactions, provision of information, social media engagement.
  • Ensure delivery of topquality hydro acoustic data across the Area, particularly from sensitive sites.
  • Lead on engagement at sites of high interest for fisheries monitoring.
Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do.

You will be required to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support during an incident.

This may attract an additional payment and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role.

The team- The team is responsible for ensuring chemistry, ecology and fishery monitoring programs collect the information we need for a variety of legislative, national and local requirements.

The team is comprised of officers skilled at monitoring fieldwork, laboratory work, and with an expertise in assessing this multi-functional monitoring data and turning it into evidence.

This evidence informs the wider business and ultimately helps underpin environmental improvements.

  • Experience/skills required
  • Ideally you will be qualified to at least degree level or have a minimum of two years' experience in a relevant discipline (e.g. fisheries science, ecology, environmental sciences, biology).
You must be trained in and have experience of:

  • Fish Monitoring programmes
  • Writing of Fish reports for a range of customers, including as an expert witness
  • Hydro-Acoustic Survey
  • Data analysis and interpretation
Experience using Excel and Word is essential.

You need to be able to work effectively on your own and within a team and be able to produce clear written work.

A full UK driving licence is essential.
You will be willing to undertake specialist training when necessary.

Contact and additional information- In East Anglia we want to create a diverse workplace where individuals are respected, valued and listened to.

We're all different, and by embracing Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) we can become an equal opportunity employer where we grow and learn together.

It is our ambition to champion diversity through building a workforce as diverse as the communities we serve.
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