Student - Regional Ecological Monitoring

2 weeks ago

Hamilton, New Zealand Waikato Regional Council Full time

**About us:
***:
We want more good people to come and do great things with us.

We love where we live. That’s why we work so hard to look after our region and the people who live and work in the Waikato region.

Customers sit at the heart of everything we do, and all staff have an important role to play in the delivery of exceptional customer service.

Our work is as diverse as the region we care for; from the tip of the Coromandel Peninsula to the slopes of Ruapehu. We’ve got ambitious goals and there are some tricky issues, but that’s what makes it so interesting.

Looking for flexible ways of working options, at Waikato Regional Council we are committed to working more creatively to ‘get work done’ in a way that is of mutual benefit to you, the organisation and our communities.

**About you**:
We’re looking for someone who enjoys the outdoors and seeing new parts of the region on a daily basis

**About the role**:
Waikato Regional Council aims to work together with communities, industry and other groups to build a Waikato region that has a healthy environment, a strong economy and vibrant communities. Our activities help look after our regions water, soil, air, geothermal areas and coasts so that we can all enjoy these resources for generations to come. Within the council, the Science, Policy and Information Directorate is responsible for investigating, reporting and managing our environment within the Waikato region.

**This position involves**:

- Assisting with the monitoring of stream invertebrates as part of the SoE programme of around 150 sites across the region during summer
- Associated undertaking of ecological habitat surveys at the same sites
- Long days in field with some away overnight trips
- Calling landowners and organising site access
- Recording data electronically using an iPad
- Cleaning and maintaining sampling gear
- Freshwater fisheries team help when required
- Driving long distances using manual transmission vehicles
- Data entry, loading data to databases, and quality assurance of data
- Large river survey monitoring
- Assisting environmental monitoring and science staff with other ecosystem health projects as they arise and associated field or office work
- Carrying heavy equipment - reasonable level of fitness
- Maintaining a high level of commitment to Health and Safety
- Being a team player, with great communication

Waikato Regional Council offer a range of staff benefits including flexible working options, active reward program, health & wellbeing benefits, and a great social club.

We are committed to working more creatively to ‘get work done’ in a way that is of mutual benefit to you, the organisation and our communities.

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