GIS & Data Officer

Newt Conservation Partnership

Office based in Oxford (preferred) or hybrid or home working
£27,000 - £30,000 pa depending on qualifications and experience
Full Time • Permanent
Closing on Mon, 16th Dec 2024
5 days left

Conservation & Wildlife


Can your data skills support the delivery of great crested newt and wider biodiversity conservation?

Newt Conservation Partnership
GIS & Data Officer
£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 16th December 2024
Interviews: Monday 13th January 2025, Oxford (in person)

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About Newt Conservation Partnership

The Newt Conservation Partnership is a community benefit society formed through partnership between charities, Freshwater Habitats Trust and Amphibian and Reptile Conservation. Our sole purpose is to create and restore high quality habitat for Great Crested Newt. We are funded via the NatureSpace Partnership District Licensing Scheme.

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