Senior Ecologist/BNG Specialist
| Posting date: | 15 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £35,000.0 to £40,000.0 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £35k - £40k DOE |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 May 2024 |
| Location: | UK / Remote, Cheshire, CW1 1AA |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4500639_1713199488 |
Summary
Your new company
Since 2005, my client has worked incredibly hard to shape a company that they think others would actually like to do business with. My client takes complete ownership of arboricultural and ecological site issues so their clients can get your planning consent as fast and hassle-free as possible.
Your new role
This role is home-based (although you're welcome in the office as much as you like) and would be ideally suited to a Senior Ecologist that wants to help drive the deliver BNG services to clients, including surveys, assessments and advice.
Naturally, you'll be familiar with best practice standards and legislative drivers that apply to UK habitats and species. However, you will be primarily responsible for the delivery of BNG services for wide array of their clients' projects and assisting with the QC of the BNG work of junior colleagues.
What you'll need to succeed
They envisage you bringing energy, enthusiasm and attention to detail. You will have a well developed "coaching" mindset and enjoy the challenge of bringing out the best in talented young people. You are unafraid to confront the status quo and enjoy the challenge and responsibility for the mentorship of the next generation of ecologists.
This role will suit you well if you can demonstrate decent consultancy experience across a broad range of assessments for habitats and protected species, and especially if you have the ability to author higher-level reports such as EPS licencing, HRA and ES chapters. However, it is essential for this role that you have a very strong grasp of the evolving developments in biodiversity net gain and are confident using UK Habs. You will need to demonstrate that you can produce BNG assessments as well as on/off-site management plans and associated supporting documents to a very high standard.
Non-technical skills:
- Coaching mindset
- Extremely well organised
- Incredible attention to detail
- Ability to prioritise competing demands on your time
- Sociable
- Excellent communicator verbally and in writing
Ideally, you will also have achieved:
- Professional membership of CIEEM/RSB and are working toward chartership
- FISC level 4
What you'll get in return
- Competitive salary - Up to £40,000 DOE
- Flexible working (remote and part-time options)
- All required technology
- Clear development plans
- Overtime rates and no timesheets
- Service rewards
- Unlimited CPD
- Various social events
- Much more...
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