Lead Habitat Surveyor Knepp

Operation Wallacea is a conservation research organisation working across a range of countries and ecosystems worldwide, who design and implement biodiversity and conservation management research programmes.

We are currently recruiting for a volunteer Lead Habitat Surveyor to work at our UK site based at the Knepp Estate in West Sussex. Positions will ideally be for 3 weeks or more, on dates between 14th June and 8th August, excluding 12th - 18th July.

The position will involve carrying out surveys as part of a large-scale monitoring programme across the rewilding site. Applicants should have extensive field survey experience, including plant ID skills, the use of the Defra metric and UKHab, and a good understanding of Biodiversity Net Gain. You will be working as part of a larger staff team to deliver field courses to people looking to get a head start in ecology and conservation, so any previous teaching experience is valuable.

In return, successful applicants...