Remote | Environmental Scientist; Biology & Ecology

We are sharing a specialised part-time consulting opportunity for experienced biology and environmental science professionals with strong expertise in biological systems, ecology, environmental research, conservation, and scientific analysis.

This role focuses on reviewing professional documents, spreadsheets, and presentation materials related to biology and environmental science. Selected experts will assess outputs for scientific accuracy, analytical rigour, methodological soundness, contextual relevance, presentation quality, and overall professional credibility.

• Evaluate biology-related work products for scientific accuracy, completeness, and professional quality
• Assess whether biological concepts, interpretations, and conclusions are appropriately supported
• Identify factual errors, unsupported assumptions, and gaps in scientific reasoning
• Review materials involving organisms, populations, ecosystems, and biological processes
• Apply professional judgement grounded in real-world biological science experience

• Review analyses involving environmental systems, ecological conditions, and human-environment interactions
• Assess whether conclusions appropriately reflect relevant environmental factors and scientific evidence
• Evaluate environmental recommendations for methodological and practical soundness
• Identify incomplete analyses, weak assumptions, or unsupported claims
• Review environmental findings for accuracy and appropriate context

• Evaluate materials involving ecosystems, biodiversity, habitats, populations, and conservation
• Assess ecological interpretations and supporting evidence
• Review conservation strategies, environmental assessments, and related recommendations
• Identify gaps in ecological reasoning or inappropriate generalisations
• Evaluate whether proposed approaches reflect realistic environmental conditions

• Review research-based materials for methodological and analytical quality
• Assess whether evidence supports stated findings and conclusions
• Evaluate experimental, observational, or quantitative reasoning where relevant
• Identify methodological weaknesses, inconsistent interpretations, or missing context
• Review scientific arguments for clarity and internal consistency

• Evaluate spreadsheets and quantitative analyses supporting biological or environmental conclusions
• Review calculations, assumptions, metrics, tables, and supporting data
• Identify mathematical, analytical, or consistency errors
• Assess whether quantitative results support stated findings
• Evaluate the clarity and usability of scientific data summaries

• Evaluate scientific reports, documents, spreadsheets, and slide decks for accuracy and completeness
• Review presentations for logical flow, scientific clarity, and professional quality
• Identify factual, analytical, aesthetic, and formatting issues
• Assess whether charts, tables, figures, and visualisations accurately represent underlying information
• Ensure scientific findings and recommendations are clearly communicated

• Assess assigned outputs against domain-specific quality criteria
• Identify scientific, factual, analytical, methodological, and presentation weaknesses
• Distinguish substantive scientific issues from minor editorial concerns
• Provide clear, structured written feedback explaining identified strengths and weaknesses
• Apply evaluation standards consistently across different biology and environmental science work products

• 5+ years of relevant professional experience in biology, environmental science, ecology, conservation science, or a closely related field
• Experience as an Environmental Scientist, Biologist, Ecologist, Conservation Scientist, Marine Biologist
  , or similar scientific professional
• Strong practical expertise in biology and/or environmental science
• Experience developing or reviewing scientific analyses, environmental reports, research materials, datasets, or related professional work products
• Ability to assess scientific content for factual accuracy, methodological…