Ecologist

Minimum Academic Qualifications:

• You need to hold an appropriate academic qualification (PG preferred) in Zoology, Ecology, Environmental or related discipline.
• Being a member to a Professional Body e.g., CIEEM or an equivalent organization would be beneficial (desirable).
• Between 02-08 years of professional experience required.

Essential Experience:

• Experience in writing ecological reports and can contribute to the production of other ecological reports such as the scoping and baseline sections of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIAs) and biodiversity net gain reports.
• Demonstrates understanding of and applies environmental legislation, policy and guidance.
• Can identify a range of commonly found taxa/species associated with recognised broad habitat types, using keys and field identification guides.
• Understanding of UK or European bat species would be an asset or transferable knowledge from Indian species.
• Excellent communicator.

Desirable skills:

• Experience of Ecological Consultancy or working within the field of conservation.
• Confident working in a team with excellent attention to detail.
• Highly motivated with good communication skills and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Basic knowledge of ArcGIS/bat analysis software would be an add-on.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Reporting to your line manager and team leader you will be accountable for the coordination and completion of assigned tasks and projects within the Business Unit or project team. As we operate in such a diverse marketplace, we are confident that you will gain experience of working on a wide and varied portfolio of projects which will enhance your skills and test your technical knowledge.

We will ensure that we offer personal development which will allow you to progress your career and offer you the opportunity to be mentored by industry-recognised Technical Leaders in their field who will lend you their experience and ensure that the training you receive will give you the best possible chance of success.

The role will require working with the team based in the UK. A highly organised individual is needed to work around the time difference and the restriction to remote communications. Strong collaborative communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

• Undertake ecological desk studies which comprise of requesting data from record centres in the UK, identify and analyse the designated sites/species present within the study area. These studies dictate where the field surveyors need to target detailed inspections and it informs the overall ecological assessment.
• Undertake high level environmental constraints studies and MAGIC searches.
• Collating data for production of preliminary ecological appraisal and assist with producing biodiversity strategies and other documents.
• Undertake and assist with licence applications, including developing mitigation and monitoring.
• Partake in training with respect to best practice and survey standards, as appropriate.
• Setting up templates for Ecology deliverables and drafting of formatting guides for staff.
• Assisting team in carrying out planning policy searches with the support from Ecology team.