Technical Support 4, Marine Data

Team / Directorate: Marine Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting, Operations

Starting salary:  £32,544 rising to £35,377 per annum through annual increments being paid each year (pro rata for part time applicants)

Contract type: Permanent

Work pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week (Part time, annualised hours, compressed hours or term time working considered - discussions at interview stage welcome)

Post number: 203972

The role

Are you passionate about marine ecosystems and making a real impact through data? We’re looking for a proactive and detail-driven individual to support our Marine Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting Team.

In this role, you’ll play a key part in managing and assuring the quality of our marine data—from biological recording and data validation to working across systems that support NRW’s vital marine evidence work. You'll collaborate closely with other marine teams, including our Marine and Freshwater Coastal Ecosystems Group, helping to deliver accurate, reliable data that underpins environmental decision-making across Wales.

You’ll be part of a large, friendly, and highly supportive team of 18 experts who monitor and report on everything from subtidal reefs to intertidal zones. Based within the Marine Operations Directorate, our team covers the full Welsh coastline—so your work will directly support the protection and restoration of our unique marine environments.

If you’re organised, enthusiastic about marine science, and ready to work in a team that values collaboration and impact, we’d love to hear from you.

As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the nearest NRW office to your home and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.

To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Lucie Haines at lucie.haines@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk  

Interviews will take place through Microsoft Teams. 

Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. Appointments are normally made within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date. 

 

What you will do

• Work as part of a marine monitoring, assessment and reporting team to help manage Natural Resources Wales’ marine data entry for Marine Recorder Online (MRO),an online active data management solution for UK marine conservation data, focussing on benthic biodiversity and associated sampling data.
• Work with marine monitoring staff to support their requirements for data management, retrieval and manipulation.
• Arrange meetings with key staff to identify data entry priorities, liaison with data custodians (data, collection methods, how to structure data in MRO)
• Work across teams to understand where data is kept and manage,  record and file data as required for the needs of the projects.
• Undertake collation, input, management and analysis of monitoring data.
• Support responses to data requests when required.
• Contribute to wider work on the management of marine data, for example by inputting to database user groups, or the development of guidance.
• Assist in field work when required.
• Contribute to a positive health, safety and well-being culture.
• Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post.
• Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy, together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post.
• Be committed to your own development through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs).
• Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.

Your qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills

In your application and interview you will be asked to demonstrate the following skills and experience using the STAR method.

1. Previous experience working with environmental data (preferably marine) including QA, data validation and technical abilities in data handling
2. Experience in biological recording
3. Experience of Marine Recorder Online desirable
4. Strong and effective self-management and organisational skills.
5. Good interpersonal skills, ability to communicate with others.
6. Ability to work well as part of a team.
7. IT competencies; MS Office and database experience, particularly Microsoft Excel. GIS experience is desirable. 

Welsh language level requirements

• Essential:  Level A1 - Entry level (able to use and understand simple, basic phrases and greetings, no conversational Welsh)

Please note if you do not meet the A1 requirement i.e., ability to understand basic phrases and ability to pronounce Welsh names correctly, then NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Benefits 

This role will offer a range of benefits, including:

• Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 28.97% (successful internal staff will remain in their current pension scheme)
• 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
• generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
• commitment to professional development
• health and wellbeing benefits and support
• weekly wellbeing hour to use as you choose

See full details for all the employee benefits you will receive.

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We’re passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.  

We are committed to equal opportunities and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale and annual increments are paid each year.

We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on variety of topics, stay current in their field and continue to learn as their career progresses.  

We are a Bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards.  Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW, and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills. 

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