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Project officer for biodiversity knowledge and scientific governance

Direction Régionale de l'Environnement, de l'Aménagement et du Logement Occitanie (DREAL Occitanie) · State civil service

En français : Chargé de mission connaissance et gouvernance scientifique

This job in plain words

This job, based in Montpellier, leads biodiversity knowledge work at DREAL Occitanie. It coordinates the main surveys, keeps the data reliable and up to date, and works with a network of scientific and technical partners.

Open to non-civil servants Remote work possible

Can you apply?

This job is open to any qualified candidate, civil servant or not. A contract worker can only be hired after it is found that no suitable civil servant has applied.

Category
Category A (executive)
Diploma
Not stated
Experience
Confirmed experience (expected level: first level of the confirmed category A civil service grade).
Contract
Civil servants (permanent staff, by transfer or secondment) and contract staff. For a contract worker, a 3-year fixed-term contract is planned (to be confirmed), with a possible move to a permanent contract or another 3-year contract.

The profile they want:

  • Good knowledge of biodiversity knowledge policies and wildlife surveys.
  • Practical skill with geomatics tools and ability to talk with database specialists.
  • Ability to plan, set priorities and run several projects or studies.
  • Strong analysis, synthesis and writing skills.
  • Ability to lead networks without direct line authority.

What you would do

  • Lead the production of biodiversity knowledge: surveys, red lists, protected species.
  • Coordinate the national botanical conservatories and natural area conservatories.
  • Make biodiversity data reliable and up to date, from DREAL and its partners.
  • Lead the SINP.
  • Run partnerships and make the data useful to public services.
  • Plan, fund and follow up the work, and put decisions in writing.

How to apply

Apply by email to the mobility address given in the official offer on Choisir le Service Public. Civil servants and contract workers must follow different instructions, which are listed in the offer.

Documents to send:

  • For civil servants: mobility form with the opinion of the home department, CV, cover letter, the last 3 professional interview reports, a pay record and the documents listed in the form.
  • For contract workers: cover letter and CV.

Good to know:

  • Job based in Montpellier.
  • Remote work possible up to 2 days per week.
  • Minimum time in the post wanted: 3 years.
  • Post vacant from 1 January 2027.

We wrote this summary automatically from the official offer. Only the offer published on Choisir le Service Public counts: read it before you apply. Source: Choisir le Service Public (DGAFP), Etalab 2.0 licence.

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