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Jordan Gledhill
3 Westby Road, Bournemouth, England. BH51HA
• 07709970720 • j.gledhill10841@gmail.com •
Personal Information
DOB: January 18th
1994
I am a hardworking and motivated student, always looking to expand my knowledge. I am currently
looking for opportunities to gain valuable experience and expand my skills by participating in ongoing
conservation projects. I am a highly organised and efficient individual, whose thorough and precise
approach to projects has, so far, yielded excellent results. I am able to synthesize all that I have learnt
about the different aspects of conservation in order to produce high quality work. Furthermore, I am
willing to work hard and fully apply myself to new opportunities in order to help conservation projects.
Employment History
Dorset Heavy Horse Centre
(April 2009 – 2011)
Responsibilities: Day to Day care of a range of animals and giving tours of the establishment to
tourists, giving them information of the species.
Skills obtained: Improved my public communication skills and ability to work with animals including
large shire horses.
Bournemouth FC catering service
(February 2008 – May 2012)
Responsibilities: Serving customers refreshments during the game. After my first year I was made bar
manager of one of the bars.
Skills obtained: Improved my customer communication skills and leadership skills once given
responsibility of my specific bar.
Education
Plymouth University
(September 2012 – June 2015)
BSc (hons) Conservation Biology – After receiving distinction in my second year I am currently on
track to receive a first class degree at the end of the course.
Twynham 6TH form
(September 2010 – June 2012)
A-levels:
 Geography – A*
 Biology – A
 Psychology – A
As-levels:
 Photography – C

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Twynham secondary school
(September 2005 – June 2010)
10 GCSEs, grade A*-B, including Maths, English and three Sciences.
My Inspiration and Goals
From a young age I have been passionate about the natural world and the life which inhabits it. My
two inspirations come from firstly my uncle. He shares a similar passion for nature and taught me
how to enjoy the natural world. My second inspiration was Steve Irwin. This stemmed from the
admiration I have for him of how passionate he was about educating the public about conservation. I
feel that I share a similar philosophy on how to value animals and their environments around the
world.
This led me to studying the course I did at University. There I learnt how humans are effecting the
planet and its ecosystems,through many different ways. On the other hand I also learnt the ways in
which we can help rectify these global problems. I also learnt much about how animals and the
dynamics of nature work through ecological principles and animal behaviour. Armed with these two
resources it is my ambition to go to Africa and work on a game reserve,educating not just tourists but
locals. By making them passionate about the natural world and teaching them how they can help.
However first I wish to gain valuable experience by participating in other conservation projects
around the world.
Experiences and Skills Gained
 In 2009 I completed the Ten Tors expedition across Dartmoor national park. This
consisted of a small group of us independently completing a 30km trek across the
landscape. I gained valuable skills in orientation and map reading as well as how to keep
safe in such an inhospitable area.
 In 2011 I participated in an Operation Wallacea expedition to Honduras. Here I spent a
week in the cloud forest helping post-graduates collect data, this involved; bird and bat
mist netting, small mammal trapping and ecological surveys on forest structure. The
second week was spent diving on the coast, where I achieved my PADI open water diving
certification.
 In 2012 I visited South Africa where I spent two weeks working with the Askari
conservation programme. Here I learnt valuable identification skills, habitat management
processes and helped conduct ongoing mammal surveys and projects. As well as this I
also assisted in the darting and translocation of game, which gave me valuable
experience in handling of large mammals.
 In 2013, my university took me to southern Spain where we had to conduct our own field
experiments and present our findings accordingly. In 2014 my university also took us to
Mexico where a variety of field experiments were undertaken both in rainforest and
mangrove environments.
 I am currently in the process of writing my dissertation, in which I have been using
MaxEnt and GIS software to map the distribution of the African Wild Dog. I have become
confident in the use of this software and am aware of its applications for future
conservation purposes.
 I have been involved in several citizen science projects which incorporated working with
primary school children to conduct scientific activities. I also produced my own survey that
was given to the public which involved exploring what species are in people’s Garden
ponds.
 Other skills I have gained from university include the use of population viability models to
help population management schemes and how to conduct a successful scientific
experiment that produces useful outcomes.

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By participating in these opportunities I feel I have gained many valuable skills that can help me
perform conservation work in the field in a variety of different eco-systems. Whether this be
research based or more hands on conservation.
References
References are available upon request.