The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) is seeking a senior scientific officer to lead in its discipline of wildlife management within the wildlife department.
The role has a salary of £39,439 – £43,569 and is based in Sand Hutton, Yorkshire and the Humber.
Interested candidates are urged to apply before the deadline of 11:55p.m on Tuesday, January 30.
The role will be focused on wildlife disease, and the successful candidate will be tasked with aiding the wildlife department on matters relating to human wildlife conflicts.
This include providing evidence, impartial advice and services to prevent, mitigate or resolve human-wildlife conflicts, particularly disease issues.
The main responsibilities of the role are:
- To manage a small team of direct reports, as well as manage larger virtual teams where required;
- To establish document portfolios (write, hold and manage) enabling APHA to catch and sample wild species as required. This would include project justifications, study plans, SOPs, licences etc;
- To manage a matrix of staff skills and equipment necessary to enable rapid deployment for some species/purpose combinations, and roadmaps to permit timely deployments for most other work;
- To work closely with colleagues within NWMC, including the non-native inspectorate, across APHA, as well as with stakeholders such as Defra, the SNCBs such as Natural England, NGOs, and landowners.
A spokesperson for APHA said:
“All necessary technical training would be provided, with the provision that the post holder will have some knowledge and expertise in wildlife, and be an established and enthusiastic project manager to act as the point of reference for a wide variety of related issues around the capture/study of wild animals in the field.”
The chosen candidate will have a BSC in biology, zoology, ecology or have experience within wildlife research or management.
