Ecological Guidance and Advisory UnitNational Parks and Wildlife Service

Department of Agriculture, Environment & Rural Affairs (DAERA).Agricultural Policy Division - Farming with Nature Policy Branch.Agri-environment policy with a focus around measures to halt the loss of biodiversity across the farmed landscape of Northern Ireland. Habitat mapping of farms and scoring habitat quality.

Department of Agriculture, Environment & Rural Affairs (DAERA).Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA). Industrial Consents.Assessing parameters and issuing consents to discharge to watercourses on a range of strategic projects including the A6 road upgrade.

Responding to statutory consultations in relation to planning development and review of applications seeking approval to undertake in-stream works (Section 46/47 approvals). Management of the freshwater quality monitoring programme, including chemical and biological assessments. Established the Agency’s in-stream water quality monitoring (telemetry) programme.

Programme Manager for BTEC Level 3 National Certificate in Countryside & Fisheries Management and Level 4 Higher National Certificate in Environmental Conservation.

Biodiversity UnitEnvironment & Heritage Service, Department of Environment.Management of the identification and selection of a network of Sites of Local Nature Conservation Importance (SLNCIs) throughout Northern Ireland, and devising site selection criterion.

Environment & Heritage Service, Department of EnvironmentWater Management Unit.Collection of sediment samples and subsequent laboratory preparation for chemical and biological analysis, including trace metals, trace organics, TBT, CHN and PSA. Forms part of the National Marine Monitoring Programme.

Environment & Heritage Service, Department of the EnvironmentMonitoring and site maintenance of National Nature Reserves in the North West region as well as conducting ecological surveys on other designated areas such as ASSIs and SACs.