Specialist (senior marine environmental assessment officer) - united kingdom, wales

specialist (senior marine environmental assessment officer)

• location: flexible • grade & salary: g6, gbp35,994 rising to gbp39,369 over three years • post numbers: 203180 • type of contract: fixed term appointment until 31 march 2025 with the possibility of extension • work pattern: 37 hours a week, monday to friday

closing date: 12 june 2022

benefits: civil service pension, 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days over 5 years, flexible working options, occupational health including counselling and advisory services and eye care and salary sacrifice schemes

role purpose

natural resources wales is currently putting in place an exciting new programme of marine work with support from welsh government's nature networks programme. the aim of the programme is to deliver projects that build resilient ecological networks across wales, focussing on improving the condition of protected sites. nrw will deliver a suite of projects focussed on welsh coasts and seas ranging from developing marine biosecurity plans to restoring salt marsh habitats. in addition, we will be undertaking feasibility and evidence work that will help us to put in place better management for our coasts and seas in the future.

in this role, you will sit within the marine projects team and work closely with a range of technical specialists in nrw, particularly within the marine monitoring, environmental assessment and reporting team.

you will manage the delivery of projects investigating the reasons for decline of a range of habitats and species in the mpa network. this will include maerl and herring around milford haven in pembrokeshire, sponges in the menai strait, modiolus modiolus around the llyn peninsula; and sandbank infaunal diversity across the mpa network. the collation, quality assurance and secure storage of your investigatory work will form an important part of your role, ensuring that the investigation is auditable.

your work will enable the development of appropriate management that can improve the condition of the welsh marine protected area network.

qualifications and skills

1. substantial marine or other relevant technical skills and experience. 2. significant knowledge of marine legislative requirements particularly marine conservation. 3. good knowledge and experience of marine or other relevant monitoring and analysis methods. 4. experience of technical analysis and interpreting a range of environmental information and data. 5. good evidence analysis and interpretation skills, report critiquing and writing skills. 6. good understanding of the marine and coastal development sector. 7. strong influencing skills and ability to communicate, negotiate and collaborate effectively both internally and externally at senior levels. 8. project management/project coordination skills.

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