💼 Full-Time Position

Science Advisor/ Kaitohu P&#363taiao

🏢
New Zealand Government
📍 Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
📍
Location
Wellington, New Zealand
📅
Posted
June 29, 2026
Type
Full-Time
🎯

Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

* Lead nationally significant ecological monitoring design and biodiversity science that directly informs conservation decisions
* Work with complex, real'world datasets and monitoring systems across Aotearoa's most important ecosystems and species
* Permanent, Wellington-based role with flexible working options
Our vision: Nature is thriving in Aotearoa | Te Oranga o te Ao Tūroa.
He angitūtanga | About the role
This role sits within the Biodiversity, Heritage and Visitors Group, where science underpins some of DOC's most complex and high'impact conservation decisions.
As a Senior Science Advisor, you will provide leadership in the design, delivery, and application of ecological monitoring frameworks, systems, and quantitative approaches to improve biodiversity outcomes at a national scale. You will work at the interface of science, conservation management, and policy, translating monitoring data and evidence into advice that directly influences how conserva...