University of Lincoln Careers & Employability

Employers are interested in the skills and competencies you gained from your degree, therefore it is very important you can recognise them and present them effectively on CVs and in interviews.  As well as the degree related skills and knowledge you have also developed:

• Intellectual skills; analysing, synthesising and summarising information
• Intellectual skills; recognising the moral and ethical issues of investigation
• Practical skills, such as designing, conducting and reporting on investigations, undertaking investigations in a safe and ethical manner
• Numeracy, communication and IT skills, including the collation and analysis of data, citing & referencing work appropriately, communicating using a range of formats
• Interpersonal & teamwork skills, such as evaluating performance as an individual and team player, recognising and respecting alternative points of view
• Self-management and personal development skills

• Countryside Manager
• Ecologist
• Nature Conservation Officer
• Research Scientist

• Agricultural Consultant
• Environmental Consultant
• Environmental Education Officer
• Teaching

Postgraduate study may enable you to explore aspects of Conservation Biology in greater depth or to study a new subject. You should consider why you want to do postgraduate work, whether it will affect your career prospects and whether you are likely to get funding.

For general information and where to find courses, please see our Postgraduate Study section.  For information on courses available at Lincoln click here.

Below are examples of Conservation Biology graduate destinations:

• Trainee Ecologist, ESL
• Biological Records Officer, Wildlife Trust
• Agricultural Conservation Officer, FWAG (Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group)
• Volunteer Development Officer, Wildlife Trust
• Ecologist, RBS Group
• Field Teacher, RSPB
• Technical Adviser, Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment

• Diploma in Integrated Environmental Management, University of Bath
• MSc Primate Conservation, Oxford Brookes University

• The Countryside Jobs Service (subscription service providing jobs in conservation and the environment)
• Environment Job
• Environment Careers (Portal for environmental careers in the UK)
• New Scientist  (Good resource for science jobs)
• Prospects (Overview of the Environment, Food Chain & Rural Industry)
• Primate society of Great Britain, Guide to working with Primates
• Rooting for a Career in Ecology or Environmental Management (Careers guide produced by the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management)
• British Ecological Society (Information on career paths)
• Grow (Information on careers in horticulture)
• LANTRA ( Excellent resource for careers and further study in Land-based and Environmental Industries)
• What a Graduate should know: Survey Skills
• Noble Futures (Specialist recruitment agency)