WE ARE RECRUITING!

We are looking for a new full-time employee for our team in the area of Conservation Biology.

If this opportunity interests you and you have a degree in biology, ecology, environmental sciences, forestry engineering, land use planning or related areas, check the other eligibility conditions on this page.
Join the BioLiving team! Applications until 10th September.

We are recruiting a new full-time employee for our team.

 

Work field: Conservation Biology

 

Job description:

  • Ecosystem management;

  • Monitoring of fauna/flora;

  • Drawing up and implementing ecological restoration, forest management and biodiversity improvement plans, including planning and carrying out planting with native species, removing invasive exotic species, cutting back vegetation, controlling weeds and pruning;

  • Building shelters for wildlife;

  • Carrying out technical and scientific training aimed at local authority technicians, property owners, association leaders and others;

  • Management of environmental volunteer programmes;

  • Production of fauna and flora inventory contents and reports;

  • Establishing partnerships and contacts with forest owners, associations and local authorities.

  • General support for the Association's activities and projects. 

Profile and admission requirements

 

The candidate must have the following profile:

  • Good knowledge of ecosystem management, fauna and flora monitoring and inventorying, ecological restoration and forest management;

  • Excellent written and spoken communication skills;

  • Good interpersonal skills, maturity, pro-activity and dynamism;

  • Ability to work as part of a team;

  • High degree of accuracy and sense of responsibility;

  • Immediate availability.

As this recruitment is part of the +COESO Employment programme, only applications that meet the following admission requirements will be accepted:
 
  1. Higher academic qualifications in biology, ecology, environmental sciences, forestry engineering, land use planning or related areas;

  2. Unemployed people registered with Job Centres or Employment and Vocational Training Centres who meet one of the following conditions:

a) unemployed people registered for at least 6 months with the Institute for Employment and Vocational Training, I. P. (IEFP, I. P.);
b) unemployed persons registered for at least 2 months with the IEFP, I. P., if they are aged 29 or under or aged 45 or over;
c) unemployed people registered with the IEFP, I.P., regardless of the length of their registration:
  • Beneficiary of social integration income

  • Unemployment benefit recipient

  • People with disabilities

  • Person who is part of a single-parent family

  • Person whose spouse or unmarried partner is also unemployed, registered with the IEFP,I. P.,

  • Victim of domestic violence

  • A refugee

  • Ex-prisoners are those who are serving or have served non-custodial sentences or judicial measures in a position to enter working life

  • Drug addict in the process of recovery

  • A person who has served in the Armed Forces under a Contract, Special Contract or Volunteer Scheme and who meets the conditions set out in Article 22(2) of Decree-Law 76/2018 of 11 October

  • Homeless person

  • Victim of human trafficking

d) people who have not registered with social security as employees or self-employed workers in the 6 months prior to being hired.
 
Deadline and form of submission
 
Applications must be submitted by 10th September 2023 by email to geral.bioliving@gmail.com including:
1) CV (with detailed description of professional career);
2) letter of motivation, e;
3) other relevant documents or portfolios.
 
 

 

About BioLiving:

Associação BioLiving is an Environmental Non-Governmental Organisation (ONGA) whose work focuses on four areas of activity:

🌱 Nature Conservation;

🌱 Environmental Education and Training;

🌱 Scientific and Technical Consultancy;

🌱 Social Action and Inclusion.

After more than a decade of work in favour of nature and environmental education, BioLiving was born in 2016 in Frossos, Albergaria-a-Velha, with the aim of bringing ‘Nature and Education for All’ to Portugal and abroad.

Learn more here