Biodiversity & Conservation Specialist

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<p><strong>Work location: </strong>Sines</p>

<p><strong>About the Role</strong></p>

<p>The <strong>Biodiversity & Conservation Specialist</strong> is Start Campus’ ecological Specialist, based at the SINES DC campus. The role is field-based, with regular surveying and monitoring, and covers the technical reports, project deliverables and practical guidance that the teams designing, building and operating Start Campus sites rely on.</p>

<p>With the biodiversity plan and commitments already largely defined, the priority is execution: delivering specific projects on the ground and documenting the results. The role also shapes how the plan develops as field data comes in and as the sites and regulation change.</p>

<p>Working closely with internal teams, environmental consultants, contractors, regulators and local stakeholders, the Biodiversity & Conservation Specialist will help minimise ecological impacts, identify opportunities for habitat enhancement and support the organisation’s wider nature-related commitments.</p>

<p><br><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p>

<p><strong>Field survey and monitoring</strong></p>

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<li>Provide technical oversight of field monitoring activities for the fauna and flora components, including species-specific monitoring, and process the resulting field and habitat mapping data in GIS.</li>

<li>Run the biodiversity monitoring programmes during the construction and operational phases.</li>

<li>Act as the reference ecologist on site: pre-construction checks, supervision of vegetation clearance and direct advice to construction management and planning.</li>

<li>Monitor and track the mitigation, restoration and enhancement measures already in place, and flag possible ecological constraints early.</li&gt

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