Job Description

Job Purpose

We are seeking a team player with excellent attention to detail and computer skills to assist with management and analysis of long-term GWCT databases and spatially enabled datasets (Partridge Count Scheme, in particular). The role will also involve undertaking and assisting with GIS/Biometrics contracts and projects.

Partnerships

The successful applicant may be expected to work with key partners which include:

Farmers, landowners, gamekeepers, and fishermen

BASC, CA, NGO, and other game-focused organisations

NFU, FUW, NCA, and farming-focused organisations

Conservation charities

Our vision

To improve involvement of stakeholders with our long-term datasets (Partridge Count Scheme, in particular) and provide pertinent information back to these stakeholders to improve their ability to manage the countryside for biodiversity. To ensure that data from these long-term datasets can provide support to practitioner data collection projects across the GWCT. To support senior scientists with GIS and data handling to help increase the publication rate of scientific papers.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

1. Partridge Count Scheme coordination: data collection, entry, and extraction; statistical analysis; assistance with report/paper writing.

2. Assistance with producing, publishing, and maintaining Partridge Count Scheme newsletter and website material.

3. Collecting and processing GIS data collected with drones.

4. GIS and R support for other GWCT departments as appropriate.

5. Assistance with the supervision of undergraduate GIS placement students.

6. Assistance with report/paper writing for Biometrics/GIS contracts.

7. Attendance of internal/external meetings as required.

Person Specification

1. Competence in using QGIS and R. (Essential)

2. Knowledge of agroecology, including an understanding of the issues that affect ground nesting birds, particularly grey partridge. (Essential)

3. Excellent computer skills, including MS Office. Extensive knowledge of MS Excel, MS Word, MS Teams. (Essential)

4. Experience in data entry and data management. (Essential)

5. Experience of databases, e.g. SQL. (Essential)

6. Experience of report writing. (Essential)

7. A team player; approachable, flexible, enthusiastic and welcoming to all. (Essential)

8. An interest in writing scientific papers. (Preferable)

9. Experience in the use of drones to collect ecological data. (Preferable)

10. A broad interest in wildlife, land management and the farmed environment. (Desirable)

Please send a Cover Letter and CV.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 28,000.00-32,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Employee discount Life insurance On-site parking Private medical insurance
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 15/08/2025
Reference ID: Long-term Data/GIS Analyst
Expected start date: 01/09/2025