Higher Scientific Officer – Belfast.

We have a fantastic opportunity for you to join our client, based in Belfast as a full-time Higher Scientific Officer.

Our client is Northern Ireland’s Leading Public Sector Employer.

Administrator Pay Rate: £19.59 per hour

Start Date: ASAP 

Benefits working with NICS:

• On the job training provided
• Long term opportunity
• Gain valuable skills and progress your career
• Diverse and inclusive employer with active social mobility policies
• Hybrid & Flexible working

Hours of Work: 

9 to 5 Monday to Friday

Job Duties:

• The preparation of scientific reports/casework in the field of ecology and/or the natural environment which will enable appropriate courses of action or activity to be undertaken to support good environmental outcomes.
• Assessing planning consultations to ensure fitness and compliance with the relevant planning policies and environmental law to provide robust advice to the planning authorities and/or DfI.
• Attend and contribute to internal and external briefings/meetings.
• Actively contributing to planning, allocating and conducting work to meet the objectives of their division’s business plan and unit level objectives, ensuring work meets required deadlines as well as ensuring the quality of work produced.
• Staff management of scientific officers.
• Actively contributing to a health and safety culture by reviewing and maintaining awareness of the business area’s risk assessments to ensure personal adherence to safe working practices and compliance with prevailing policies and standards.
• Assisting colleagues in ensuring that the range of outputs and outcomes of your team’s work adheres to legislative and other regulatory requirements, satisfies customer demands and meets operational and technical quality and reporting standards within the confines of budgetary and other resource allocations.
• Conducting fieldwork which may include working over arduous terrain, within industrial sites and along watercourses.

Essential Experience & Qualifications required: 

A Degree (or equivalent/higher qualification) in a relevant* scientific
discipline.

AND
2 years’ experience gained within the last 8 years in a paid, voluntary or academic capacity associated with the conservation or assessment of our natural terrestrial heritage (ecosystems, habitats, species, earth science), such as in one or a combination of the following:

1. Producing ecological assessments/reports;
2. Conducting ecological surveys (including protected species surveys bats, badgers, newts etc);
3. Conservation management.

*Relevant scientific discipline: give the subject of qualification and date awarded (the date awarded is the date on which you were notified of your result by the official awarding body). If you believe your qualification is relevant to the role in question, the onus is on you to provide details of modules studied and project work undertaken etc so that a well-informed decision can be made. Post degree qualification experience can also include relevant post graduate study or post doctorate experience.

Desired Experience and Qualifications:

• MSc in a relevant* scientific discipline
• Previous experience in planning consultancy role producing ecological reports in support of a planning application.
• Understanding of Northern Ireland planning policy, procedures, legislation and case law.

*Relevant scientific discipline: give the subject of qualification and date awarded (the date awarded is the date on which you were notified of your result by the official awarding body). If you believe your qualification is relevant to the role in question, the onus is on you to provide details of modules studied and project work undertaken etc so that a well-informed decision can be made. Post degree qualification experience can also include relevant post graduate study or post doctorate experience.

An Access NI will be required for this role

• A criminal record will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining a position.
• The UK Recruitment Co. Ltd has policies on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders and the Secure Handling, Use, Storage, and Retention of Disclosure Information, copies of which can be made available upon request.

Please apply via link or contact kerri.kyle@therecruitmentco.uk