Jennifer Chambler

I oversaw and facilitated the ecological component of projects for organisations such as County and District Councils, Architects, Planning Advisors, National charities, private businesses, stakeholders and individuals. Memberships and licences: • Associate Member of The Chartered Institute of Ecology & Environmental Management (CIEEM) • British Caving Association member with experience in underground bat surveys, including hibernation surveys, in the Isle of Purbeck. • Bat Class II Licence Management: • Organise large to medium projects • Supervise and train a team of six people Conducting and organising: • Preliminary Ecological Appraisals, Phase 1 Habitat surveys and Preliminary Roost Assessments • Bat activity surveys and transects • Reptile surveys and translocations • Newt surveys and translocations • Dormouse nest tube surveys and footprint tunnel surveys • Nesting bird checks Technical reports writing and data management: • Preliminary Ecology Appraisal Reports • Ecological Impact Assessments • Mitigation plans • European Protected Species Licence applications • Biodiversity Net Gain assessments • Landscape and Ecological Management Plans • Phase 2 reports – including analysing bat calls from activity surveys and static data from transect surveys • Excel, statistical analysis using R and SPSS, mapping using QGIS, bat call analysis using Analook Insight, Sonobat and Kaleidoscope Pro

I managed a team of 13 people which includes: 10 Vietnamese staff, two research students and one volunteer, along with overseeing the care of 40 Pygmy loris and 30 Golden-cheeked gibbons. I was in charge of managing the daily running of the centre which included the day to day running of the accounts and record keeping. I assisted with regular heath checks and emergency veterinary procedures. I had first-hand experience with the rescuing loris from the pet trade and wildlife trafficking trade. I was part of the loris tracking team, which involved using telemetry to record their sleep sites and tracking them throughout the night. I also regularly did the education tours, given to tourists, to help to raise the awareness of how endangered and vulnerable these primates are and their importance in helping save them.

As part of a team of 9 people I worked with a large variety of different primate species, including some rarely seen in zoo collections like the Grizzled Leaf langur, Pied Tamarin and Moloch Gibbon. On all sections I was involved in the daily husbandry, making regular enrichment, the identification of every individual for records and regular health checks, any sedations, transfers and introductions of individuals on the sections. As a team we did all the maintenance and refurbishment for the enclosures. I took full responsibility for training individual animals with health issues and in training staff to be involved with this. Part of my role was to supervise and train volunteers, as well taking care of the keeper for the day and giving animal encounters. I was part of a small team who helped with hand rearing as a last resort and was one of the main carers for a hand reared Moloch gibbon. In July 2014, I participated in the translocation and rehabilitation of Grizzled Leaf Langurs, Javan langurs and Moloch gibbons back to their native habitat in Java with the Javan Primate Project. Whilst at Howletts I organised a weekend event to raise money and awareness for the conservation work that Fauna & Flora International do for the Francois langur. I also took part in and helped organise for a team of 3 keepers to do the three peak challenge to raise money for the Javan Primate Project in June 2014.

As deputy my main responsibility was to support the Team Leader in running the small monkey section involving a team of 5 people and I was fully involved in decision making. In the absence of the team leader I managed the section and generally was responsible for the day-to-day care of over 6 different species of small primates. During my time at Monkey World I also worked for 9 months as a temporary Deputy Team Leader on two chimpanzee sections, consisting of 59 chimpanzees. I was also on the dart loading team across the park.

The main areas of research were in using a multidisciplinary approach to conservation. I used Geographical Information Systems and behavioural data to study habitat use by Southern Bornean Gibbons. I also did a detailed analysis of behavioural data and questionnaire data collected to look at a novel approach to assessing and monitoring chimpanzee rehabilitation and release ability. Other areas of study included advanced topics in primate behaviour, looking into group living and the application of molecular markers in conservation biology.

The main areas I studied was genetics and evolution, applied animal behaviour, comparative anatomy and physiology of animals and animal behaviour and conservation.