Geospatial & Biodiversity Consultant

6 months ago


Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ERM Group Full time

ERM Malaysia is seeking a talented and experienced Biodiversity consultant with GIS background to help support our growing workload, as well as our considerable growth ambitions. The role will be based in our Malaysia or Brunei office and will form part of the ERM Asia Pacific Business Unit Biodiversity (Capital Project Delivery) Team.

You will be part of a dynamic team in Malaysia or Brunei and will help drive the practice in Malaysia and Brunei through our network of biodiversity and sustainability practitioners who share experience, knowledge, and industry best practice.

This is an opportunity for professionals looking to advance their careers to the next level, to work with a leading biodiversity team and a global leader in sustainability.

ERM offers an excellent opportunity for career development with a range of projects in a variety of industry sectors. We support experiential and professional learning, with mentoring and coaching from our highly respected leaders.

If you have the following, we want to hear from you:
**Requirements**:

- 3 - 5 years demonstrated experience working in the field of biodiversity management and/or conservation (experience with Landscape ecology, impact assessment, Critical Habitat Assessments, Biodiversity Action Plans)
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in either Natural Science, Biodiversity, Geography, GIS, natural science or related fields (minor or major in ecology or geology is a plus).
- Minimum of one year applied experience using Esri’s suite of software or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Knowledge in Microsoft Office suite and familiar with the spreadsheet, tables, and text data integration in ArcGIS.
- Strong oral and written communication skills with awareness of professional presentation and keen eye for details.
- Resourceful with common sense approach in conduction business and workload management.
- Excellent writing skills in both English and Malay.
- Consulting experience is preferred.

What you will do:

- Support visualization and analysis of spatial data using Esri’s ArcGIS suite of software (ArcMap, ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Pro) - this includes the web GIS familiarity.
- Work with internal ERM teams on variety of projects to support the geospatial needs; cartography, spatial analysis, ETL routines and other project deliverables.
- Manage project data from various sources and agencies, government, laboratories, municipalities field staff etc.
- Additionally, assist technical staff and managers to promote new and on-going visualization needs.
- Co-ordinating, designing, scheduling, and undertaking biodiversity surveys within Southeast Asia.
- Writing technical reports, as well as assessments (EIA).
- Engaging with and providing expert advice to project managers, stakeholders, and clients of ERM Global.
- Provide advice and support to junior team members including mentoring.
- Support Project Managers in the delivery of projects to schedule and budget.

Additional advantage - Skills & Experience:

- Experience coordinating and undertaking a range of biodiversity and ecology surveys.
- Experience with TNFD standards, NPI assessment and Biodiversity Net Gain would be welcomed.
- Experience in marine offshore surveys would be an advantage.
- Knowledge of protected species, indicative species and mitigation as well as relevant guidance and legislation of Malaysia and Southeast Asia.
- Excellent personal communication and writing skills.
- Strength in problem solving and analysis.
- Motivation and drive to achieve and deliver outcomes.
- Eagerness to work in a collaborative and client service focused business.
- Enthusiasm, energy and a desire to invest in and pursue diverse opportunities.

ERM has enduring values, which are fundamental to our business conduct. We are passionate about our people, their safety, well-being and development. ERMers take accountability, are client focused, and collaborate with colleagues across geographies. If you share our values, beliefs in sustainability and are motivated by opportunities to make a real impact to our people and business, ERM is the right place for you. We offer a flexible working environment and competitive salary.

At ERM, we embrace the benefits of flexibility across business; as this benefits our people, our clients, our business and the environment. Our philosophy is to provide a strong degree of choice and flexibility in work location, where client requirements and our office location strategy allow, and we anticipate this to generate a high degree of home working. We also believe in the power of bringing people together, so we expect that people who work for us live within reasonable commuting time of an ERM office. This combination of working from home and from an office is sometimes referred to as “flexible” or” “hybrid” working.


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