BIOBANK BIODIVERSITY DATA & GIS OFFICER
Employer: Merseyside Environmental Advisory Service, Planning Services, Sefton Council
Salary: Scale G (£31,586- £35,235)
Permanent appointment: 36 hours per week
Post Number: 301483
Benefits include: Casual Car User, Local Government Pension, flexible working and CIEEM membership fees.
We are seeking a highly motivated Biobank Biodiversity Data & GIS Officer to join Merseyside Environmental Advisory Service's exceptional and growing Ecology team.
The Liverpool City Region has a wealth of nature sites and internationally important coasts and estuaries including the Dee, Mersey, Ribble and Alt estuaries and Wirral and Sefton coasts. We are striving to ensure that the very special wildlife thrives in a vibrant and progressive City Region economy.
Covering the districts of Knowsley, Liverpool, St. Helens and Sefton this post is specifically targeted at individuals who are fairly early in their ecology / planning careers. If you are working towards a professional membership that would also be helpful.
The Biobank Biodiversity Data & GIS Officer will provide essential support to our Local Environmental Record Centre at Court Hey Park. The role will involve supporting the Biobank Manager, data services, evidence gathering, data and GIS activities, community engagement, liaison with local groups and partner organisations, and support to our volunteering programme amongst other tasks. The role will also provide support to more experienced members of the ecology team under the supervision of our Merseyside Biobank Manager. The role therefore offers great opportunity for professional development.
As an employee of Sefton Council, you will be joining a diverse and dynamic organisation where people can enjoy a great work-life balance. You will be able to enjoy all the benefits of local government within an established City Region. The Council are, where possible, operating a hybrid working model which will involve a combination of working from home and when required from a Council office site (predominantly Merseyside Biobank, Court Hey Park, Huyton, occasionally Magdalen House, Bootle). Ability and flexibility for independent travel and the ability to work occasional evenings and weekends are required.
Job packs are available from - https://ats-sefton.jgp.co.uk/vacancies/318134. Completed forms should be returned to Transactional HR, Payroll & Pensions, PO Box 158, Bootle, Liverpool, L20 3WA. Completed electronic application forms can be returned to Recruitment@sefton.gov.uk .
Closing date for receipt of completed applications: 11.55pm, 27 July 2025. Provisional dates for interviews are 27th and 28 August 2025.