Bats Monitoring Network Support Technician
Reference:
25FUBPTGASPROJ.BETATCTCI19500
Vacancy type:
Plaça nova
Area:
Biodiversitat i Bioindicació
Call end:
24/05/2026
Job description
The BETA Technology Centre is a research and technology transfer centre specialising in sustainable rural development and the circular bioeconomy, based in Vic. It comprises a young, multidisciplinary team of around 150 people.
As part of its collaboration with the Granollers Natural History Museum, it is seeking to recruit a dynamic, responsible individual keen to join the Biodiversity and Bioindicators Research Group (BiBio), which studies biodiversity and its impact from global change.
The group focuses primarily on fauna, particularly through long-term monitoring programmes based on citizen science.
The successful candidate will be required to support a bat monitoring project in Catalonia and will be expected to carry out analytical work and process bioacoustic data, specifically managing the databases that feed into the citizen science portal www.ratpenat.org.
The project involves fieldwork support for the various monitoring protocols, as well as processing data stored on the portal. The role will also involve assisting with the installation and inspection of artificial bat boxes and the inspection of cavities used by cave-dwelling bats.
The position will be based primarily in Granollers, at the BiBio facilities.
• Assist with the development and support of the process for uploading acoustic files and their processing.
• Provide support during data processing and analysis from a biological perspective.
• Carry out statistical analyses in R and QGIS to analyse and compare the collected data.
• Support the team’s researchers.
• Cross-disciplinary collaboration on field campaigns.
• Support project coordination in relation to both fieldwork and analysis.
• Actively participate in the development of new bat sampling methodologies (e.g. bat boxes).
• Collaborate with contacts and engage in exchanges with research groups and external researchers involved in the project.
Requirements
Decree on recognition of qualifications of teaching and research staff and professional services staff
According to Spanish Royal Decree 889/2022, recognition of qualifications issued abroad qualifies for the exercise of regulated professions in Spain.
If you apply for a professional services staff (PTGAS) post without the required recognised university degree, you may submit a declaration of equivalence of your degree in Spain, together with a translation of the degree into Spanish. The application for this declaration is also valid, subject to a commitment to submit the declaration of equivalence itself within a period of 3 years at most. If the requirement is not met within this period, the contract will be terminated in accordance with Article 49 (b) of Spanish Royal Legislative Decree 2/2015, of 23rd October, approving the revised text of the Workers’ Statute.
If you hold a recognised Spanish master’s degree, you may qualify for hiring, but this will not exempt you from the requirement to submit a declaration of equivalence of the qualification in the call.
If you submit a non-university qualification, when call provisions allow for this, you should include recognition of the qualification in accordance with the specific regulatory framework of the country of origin.
- Title: Intermediate vocational training course in fields related to the subject of the call for applications.
- Certification of Level C1 in Catalan or commitment to obtain it.
- Accreditation of Level B2 English or commitment to obtain it.
- A dynamic, empathetic person with strong teamwork skills.
- A proactive person with problem-solving skills and the ability to learn quickly.
Merits
• Bachelor’s degree in biological or environmental sciences
• Master’s degree in biological or environmental sciences
• Experience in sampling and handling bats
• Knowledge of IT tools and statistics (R and QGIS)
• Experience in bioacoustics and the use of various ultrasound detectors
• Experience in interdisciplinary studies involving international collaborations
Competences
- Planning and organisation
- Teamwork and cooperation
- Organisation
- Empathy
- Learning and use of knowledge
This job offer includes
Inclusion in the professional group Management and administrative and service staff (PTGAS) in the category Technician
Type of contract: permanent
Total work: full-time
Gross salary: 25.317,80 €
