Conservation professionals are responsible for ensuring that landscapes, habitats and species are protected and enhanced via appropriate management and conservation. They promote public understanding and awareness of the natural environment and help to develop and implement appropriate policies to achieve these objectives.

Entry Reqirements

Honours, Bachelor's degree

Typical Tasks

• Carries out research into aspects of the natural world.
• Prepares applications for funding to other organisations, and assessing applications for funding from other organisations.
• Promotes conservation issues via educational talks, displays, workshops and literature and liaison with the media.
• Maintains and develops knowledge in relevant policy areas within a national and European legislative context.
• Liaises with other groups in the selection and maintenance of the Protected Site System including Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), Ramsar sites, and Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) and National Nature Reserves (NNRs).
• Provides advice and information to government at national and local levels, clients, landowners, planners and developers to facilitate the protection of the natural environment.
• Implements, evaluates and monitors schemes for the management and protection of natural habitats.
• Carries out environmental impact assessments and field surveys.
• Promotes and implements local and national biodiversity action plans, particularly with regard to threatened species and habitats.

Desired Skills

Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Active Learning, Active Listening, Writing, Critical Thinking, Speaking, Learning Strategies, Mathematics, Science