MAPPING THE FUTURE OF CONSERVATION
Full time
Remote
Ready to take flight in a role that blends technology, nature, and purpose?
At Oxygen Conservation, we know data is one of the most powerful tools we have to Scale Conservation. We’re looking for a Junior Drone Surveyor to join our growing data and technology team, someone who can see landscapes not just for what they are, but for what they could become.
From drone surveys and data management to 3D visualisations and GIS, this role is your opportunity to use cutting-edge technology to help restore ecosystems, protect wildlife, and redefine how conservation happens at scale.
Closing date: 25/01/2026
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If you’re excited about using innovative tools to support real-world conservation outcomes, we’d love to meet you—especially if you can bring some of the following:
ENVIRONMENT
- Deep passion for the natural world and a commitment to protecting and restoring it through data-driven insight.
- Understanding of how remote sensing, geospatial data, and drone technologies can accelerate environmental restoration.
- Excitement about contributing to real-world climate and biodiversity impact across landscapes in England, Scotland, and Wales.
IMPACT
- Experience planning and piloting drone surveys for topographical and environmental deliverables, ideally holding a General Visual Line of Sight Certificate (GVC). If you don’t yet hold a GVC, we’d still love to hear why you’re exceptional, how you’ll add value while training.
- Skills in managing, processing, and visualising spatial data, using tools such as ArcGIS, DJI Terra, Pix4D, orCloud Compare.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy and data quality.
- Analytical thinking with the curiosity to test, learn, and continuously improve how we collect and present spatial data.
ADVENTURE
- Passion for the outdoors and willingness to travel to remote estates across the UK, working in all weathers and conditions, and using world-class equipment to navigate exciting terrain, independently.
- Enthusiasm for experimentation, innovation, and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with drone and remote sensing technology.
- A proactive, self-starting mindset, you thrive on solving complex problems in dynamic environments.
TOGETHER
- Excellent communicator who enjoys working collaboratively with multiple teams.
- Kind, approachable, and generous with your knowledge (and your snacks).
- Committed to fostering a positive, supportive team culture where everyone can do their best work.
- Focused on sharing and presenting spatial data that shows our commitment to data-driven decisions for a range of audiences.
We believe in recruiting exceptional people and shaping roles that allow them to achieve extraordinary things. We are committed to building a genuinely diverse team drawn from across the country, with a wide range of lived and learnt experiences. You may bring lots of strengths in some areas and less in others, and that is absolutely fine. What matters most is knowledge of the wider investment sector, together with the ability to build positive, collaborative relationships. If you can bring those qualities and a passion for making a difference, we would love to hear from you.
What we’d love you to do
Plan, execute, and deliver drone surveys across our UK estate portfolio, ensuring data quality, mission safety, and CAA compliance.
Generate orthorectified imagery, digital elevation models, and other spatial datasets.
Support the development of mapping applications and data integrations within our ArcGIS ecosystem.
Process and manage remote sensing data, helping identify patterns and changes across landscapes.
Collaborate with the GIS and Natural Capital teams to transform raw spatial data into actionable insights for environmental baselining, restoration, and monitoring.
Maintain and calibrate drone and surveying equipment to ensure accuracy, reliability, and compliance.
Capture high-quality drone imagery and video to support storytelling and communication of our mission.
Work in accordance with our company Health & Safety protocols, particularly those governing drone flight and fieldwork operations.
What you need to be awesome
Each role is different. Your location may be different. Your needs might be different. We will work with you to create a role and package that allows you to be incredible. The below details what every role will include, and what we feel every company should provide.
Your resource pack-
Your Working Environment
Most of our roles, unless site specific allow you the freedom to work from anywhere in the country, should you need help with this we too will be there to support.
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Best Teammates
We always want to ensure every member of the team has the right support needed. We are a tight knit team, always sharing, meeting and working together. Although we work remotely from one another the culture we have shaped allows you to never feel alone.
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Do What You Love
If you bring a passion for conservation and a care for the environment, we’ll support you to create your dream role.
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Tools to perform
We will ensure you are provided with the equipment you need to be incredible in your role.
Our interview process - what to expect
We hire people that are the best at what they do. And just as important as it is to discover if you're a good fit for us, you need to determine if we are a good fit for you.
1Apply
This is the first step to becoming part of the team. Simply click the ‘Apply Now’ button to complete our application form, and show us how awesome you are!
CV’s are needed, but on their own we don’t feel they tell us enough about who you really are. So, we have listed just a couple of questions to allow us to learn more about you.
2Opportunity to Shine
If your application is successful a member (or two) of the team will have an introductory call with you, to answer any initial questions you may have. After which, if successful, we will set an exciting role specific challenge for you to complete in advance of your interview. An opportunity for us to see you shine.
3Interview
We hate for this part to be too corporate and regimented. Instead, we will have a relaxed conversation to get to know one another, an opportunity to ask questions and learn more.
We recognise that this process is two way and that you will be interviewing us perhaps even more than we will be interviewing you – we promise that it won’t be a dull process.
4Decision
If our passion for what we do aligns with yours and we think you’ll be a great addition, we will invite you to join our growing team. If you love what you’ve learnt we hope you will accept, to be a part of our mission to Scale Conservation.
