Lancashire County Council is looking for an organised, self-motivated and methodical Technical Support Officer to work primarily on the Biological Heritage Sites system (Lancashire's County Wildlife Sites) and to support the work of the Biological Heritage Sites ecologists.The successful candidate will be utilising and developing their administration, data management and people skills, and gaining understanding and experience in a broad range of ecological practices, land management principals and stakeholder engagement.In 1993, Lancashire launched a pioneering approach to identify and help protect non-statutory local wildlife sites by establishing the Biological Heritage Sites (BHS) system, which currently identifies 1,231 sites across the county.The post lies within a team which also operates the Lancashire Environment Record Network (LERN), the local environmental records centre for Lancashire. About youThe successful candidate will have excellent data management (including GIS) skills.About usThe Biological Heritage Site team maintains and updates the BHS system, undertakes a rolling programme of site surveys, offers land management advice and advice on potential grants and support available for the positive management of sites. However, Lancashire County Council operates a flexible working policy, which does permit working from home and other locations where the requirements of the role allow.The wider team includes Lancashire Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) staff, as well as Ecologists providing advice to LCC Development Management and working on LCC projects, and the Treescapes team working to coordinate urban and rural tree planting and woodland creation.In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC vacancies website.Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role.Local Government ReorganisationThe Government has confirmed that local government across Lancashire will be reorganised, with the current 15 councils being replaced by four new unitary councils covering North, South, East and West Lancashire from April 2028.However, as part of the planned transition, your employment will
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