Assistant Scientific Officer, Loughs Agency (Temporary)

ASSISTANT SCIENTIFIC OFFICER (REF: ASO/23/2)

Temporary – 4x 6 month contracts (dates to be confirmed)

Grade: ASO / Salary Scale: £22,519 to £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

• A total of 6 months demonstrable work experience which includes experience in at least twoof these areas (Work experience can include time spent on student placements or post graduate projects):

  • Fisheries science;

  • Laboratory work / water quality sampling

  • Fieldwork in the freshwater environment;

  • Fieldwork in the marine environment

  • Electrofishing survey; 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;

  • Electro-fishing survey;

  • Lake fish/ netting survey;

  • River habitat monitoring;

  • Water quality monitoring;

  • Laboratory work

  • water quality analysis;

  • Equipment calibration;

  • Macro-invertebrate analysis.

Completed application forms must be returned to arrive not later than 1pm on Wednesday 17th May 2023

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