Assistant Scientific Officer (CatchmentCARE)

Assistant Scientific Officer (CatchmentCARE) REF: TASO/CC/22

Temporary – 3 months (subject to funding and with a possible extension)

Grade / Salary Scale: ASO / £22,519 – £23,955 per annum

Essential Criteria

Applicants must demonstrate that they possess the following criteria by the closing date for applications:

5 GCSEs (Grade A-C) or equivalent including Mathematics, English Language and one Science subject; and
6 months work experience to include a minimum of two of these areas:

Fisheries;

Laboratory;

Fieldwork;

Working in the freshwater environment; and

Must be able to demonstrate the ability to keep and maintain records, note books and compile all necessary reports; and
Candidates must hold a full current driving licence (with not more than 6 penalty points) held for a minimum of two years.

Desirable Criteria

Some or all of the following criteria MAY be used in the event of a large number of suitably qualified applications:

In the first instance – A degree, or working towards a degree in Fishery Science, Environmental Science, Marine Science, Biological Sciences, Environmental Management or another related subject.
In the second instance – 1 years’ work experience to include any, or a combination, of these areas:

Fisheries data analysis;

Electrofishing survey;

Invasive species monitoring;

River habitat improvements;

Barriers to fish migration survey;

Freshwater fish survey netting;

Water quality Monitoring;

Working on monitoring / research boats in the marine environment;

Macroinvertebrate surveys.

Return date for completed application forms is not later than 1pm on Wednesday 20^th July 2022.