Swakop Uranium is recruiting a Senior Officer: Biodiversity and Land Use (m/f), to be based in Swakopmund, Namibia.
Description
- To coordinate, protect and enhance the Company and surrounding environment regarding bio-diversity and biophysical monitoring, and to promote awareness and understanding amongst relevant stakeholders
Duties
- Draft, oversee and implement the Company Biodiversity Action Plan(s) (CBAP) to monitor key bio-diversity indicators and
highlight any mitigation measures
- Oversee and implement the required restoration and rehabilitation trails in line with the Company Mine Closure Plan
objectives
- Coordinate bio-diversity assessment, planning, implementation and capacity building for programs to enhance bio-diversity
protection, including habitat management
- Incorporate bio-diversity into phases of the mining life cycle, in order to assess and measure the impacts of mining
operations on bio-diversity and to improve bio-diversity checks in the mining life cycle and add value to the project as a
whole, by means of bio-diversity risk reduction and/or mitigation
- Implement a plan for mine closure rehabilitation/restoration strategy and to acquire the resources to conduct the required
test trials
- Provide technical/specialist guidance for scoping/impact assessments/land clearances with responsibility of collecting,
analyzing and reporting biological/bio-diversity data
- Establish and oversee the GIS database and include GIS in the mining life cycle as part of the environment management
system
- Conduct rigorous data analysis and prepare detailed reports, relating to achieving desirable results for bio-diversity
- Management of bio-diversity impacts through the enforcement of legislative compliance and planning for bio-diversity
development process
- Implement environmental control and audit systems
- Coordinate and execute the environmental biodiversity and biophysical monitoring programmes
- Conduct regular quality checks on the bio-physical monitoring databases
- Investigate high level environmental incidents, analyze incident trends, interpret results, implement applicable
environmental standards and report to government bodies, where applicable
- Regular review and updating of environmental procedures as per legislative requirements and best practice
Requisites
- BSc/BTech/BA Degree in Environment Management, Biodiversity or Natural Sciences
- An Honours Degree or equivalent will be an added advantage
- 5 years’ relevant experience of which 2 years should have been on a supervisory level
- Valid Code 08 Drivers License
- Off-road experience preferable
Notes
- Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted