Consultant & Senior Ecologists

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  • Job type

    Permanent
  • Location

    Midlands
  • Working Pattern

    Flexible Working,Full-time
  • Specialism

    Environment
  • Industry

    Construction
  • Pay

    £28,000 - £45,000 DOE

Consultant & Senior Ecologists - Permanent Job - £28,000 - £45,000 DOE - Midlands (2 days in office p/month)

Your new company
My client provides comprehensive commercial property advice both regionally and nationally to occupiers, developers, investors, and public sector organisations.

They offer a full range of services, including agency, development, acquisition, property management, rating, planning, building surveying, project management, landlord and tenant, valuation, and property investment.

They have a commercially focussed ecology consultancy team that supports clients through all stages of the development lifecycle. They support from the early stages of a scheme, from land promotion and early ecological constraints and biodiversity offsetting implications, identifying ecological risks and programming protected species surveys.

Your new role
The role will include a variety of office and ecology fieldwork and provide you with the opportunity to develop new survey skills, undertake protected species surveys and a wide range of ecology-related tasks with support from a mentor, providing you with valuable consultancy experience.

Day-to-day responsibilities will include:
  • Organising and conducting field surveys.
  • Undertaking initial desk studies – gathering, reviewing and assessing existing ecological information.
  • Developing in-field data collection techniques.
  • Undertaking protected species surveys such as GCN, bat and badger surveys amongst others.
  • Conducting botanical surveys and using the latest BNG metric.

What you'll need to succeed
  • Experience in ecological consultancy
  • Good report writing skills
  • Knowledge of a wide range of ecological surveying techniques and methods
  • Good project management skills
  • Ability to liaise with clients effectively
  • Excellent botanical skills and ideally a FISC qualification
  • Level 1 or 2 bat license is desirable
  • Level 1 GCN license is desirable

What you'll get in return
  • Competitive salary: £28,000 - £45,000
  • Car allowance
  • Commitment to ongoing professional development; CPD budget
  • Enhanced pension scheme
  • Inclusion in company-paid Healthcare scheme
  • Payment of professional membership fees
  • Flexible working - 2 days in the office p/month and flexible hours
  • Informal TOIL system available

What you need to do now
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