Fisheries Technical Officer

☞ Environment Agency

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Update day: 01-06-2024

Location: Chichester South East

Category: Legal / Contracts

Industry: Non-profit NGO

Job type: Permanent

Salary: £25,001 - £30,000 a year

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An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint two Technical Officers to the Fisheries, Biodiversity & Geomorphology Teams in Solent and South Downs Area: one based in Worthing, Chichester or Pevensey, Sussex; and one in Romsey, Hampshire.
You will help us restore and enhance the natural environment by influencing our work as a regulator, operator, partner, incident responder and advocate.
To be successful you will engage daily with and provide technical advice to the public, anglers, angling clubs, river keepers, fisheries and riparian owners and managers, NGOs, Local Authorities, Water Companies, industry, businesses and developers. This will include assessing ecological risks and collaboratively delivering benefits for people and wildlife, through our permitting processes.
You will make a better environment for wildlife through improving wild fish stocks and tackling invasive species, as well as promoting sustainable fisheries, creating more opportunities to go fishing, boosting social inclusion and the local economy.
You’ll be directly involved in a range of fisheries enforcement responsibilities, working with other law enforcement agencies, handling sensitive information, playing a role in enforcement operations, crewing our inshore patrol vessel, and responding to fisheries incidents. This will frequently require working outside of normal office hours and in potentially hostile situations.
The team
You’ll join a Team of ecologists and fisheries specialists, integrating fisheries and biodiversity management and fisheries enforcement. We conserve and enhance rivers, still-waters, wetlands, estuaries and coastal habitats to deliver long-lasting environmental improvements for future generations.
Major challenges include improving fish/eel habitats and passage, protecting vulnerable fish populations, restoring urban rivers and still waters, eradicating invasive non-native species, tackling illegal fishing, enhancing diversity in angling, building climate change resilience and contributing to sustainable development.
Experience/skills required
  • a good communicator, someone who can relate to people from all walks of life
  • highly developed negotiation and influencing skills with experience of influencing decision-makers, operators, business and partners
  • an innovator who achieves results
  • A fisheries background and related qualifications, as well as relevant operational experience
  • you are knowledgeable in fisheries and aquatic ecology
  • have extensive field experience
  • a strong science and environmental grounding
  • a good working knowledge of fisheries and environmental legislation, Government policy and strategy, and best practice relating to freshwater fisheries management; and river and still-water restoration
  • a thorough understanding of freshwater and wetland habitat management
  • expertise in fish identification and the ecological requirements of freshwater and coastal fish
  • experience of fisheries survey and monitoring techniques
  • practical enforcement skills and experience, preferably in fisheries
Contact and additional information
We don’t just talk about diversity; we seek it, embrace it and live it, for the benefit of our staff, our communities and our environment.
We support flexible working hours and practices to help you strike a good balance between your work and your personal life. We will also encourage you to keep developing your skills and professional knowledge throughout your career.

Interviews will be held remotely on MS Teams on Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th November. Please contact Tim Sykes tim.sykes@environment-agency.gov.uk for more information on the position based in Romsey.
Please contact Mark Bennett mark.bennett@environment-agency.gov.uk for more information on the position based in Worthing, Chichester or Pevensey.
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Deadline: 16-07-2024

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