Biodiversity Officer

Biodiversity Officer

Job details

Job reference- REQ02505

Date posted- 17/01/2024

Application closing date- 15/02/2024

Location- The Quays

Salary- £31,364.00 - £34,834.00 per annum

Package- Hybrid Working Arrangements (with the option to work remotely) together with a generous holiday entitlement and other flexible working options available.

Contractual hours- 37

Basis- Full time

Job category/type- Environment, architects and engineering.

Job description

Applications are invited for the post of Biodiversity Officer, within the Countryside and Wildlife Team of Neath Port Talbot Council. The main purpose of the post is to support the team in delivering biodiversity initiatives and providing ecological advice. This can include advising other service areas and the public, using GIS, carrying out ecological surveys, advising on planning applications, awareness raising and delivering grant funded projects. We are currently delivering a number of projects under the Local Places for Nature funding in NPT. 

This is a great opportunity to get into the conservation sector. 

The Countryside and Wildlife Team is a multi-disciplinary team, dealing with countryside access, biodiversity conservation and project delivery and provision of ecological advice.  

A degree or equivalent in a relevant subject is required. 

Welsh language skills are desirable 

Applications may be submitted in Welsh, applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English. 

Job share and secondment considered. *If you intend on applying for this position via a secondment opportunity, you must seek approval from your current manager before submitting an application form. 

This post is a fixed term grant funded post to 31/3/2025

For an informal discussion, please contact Rose Revera on 07790 961234 or email    r.revera@npt.gov.uk

*You can apply onlin via the NPT Council jobs page www.npt.gov.uk/jobs

*Your workstyle will be a mobile hybrid worker in this role which gives you the flexibility to work from home and from a variety of Council workplaces

We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates who have a disability and armed forces veterans.

At Team NPT, we all work together to serve the people, communities and businesses of Neath Port Talbot.

We are committed to providing training opportunities and the professional development of all our employees.

We look forward to welcoming you to Team NPT.

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