Senior or Principal Ecologist
Dorset

Seeking a confident and UK experienced Senior or Principal Ecologists to join a team of consultants (Dorset). The successful candidates will be experienced in the UK consultancy sector but must also share our passion for ecology and conservation.

The role will involve: overseeing regional projects, organising and carrying out ecological surveys, and producing a range of reports including protected species licence applications. Business management duties will include writing fee proposals and tenders, financial management, marketing and general office management.

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that advice and recommendations arising from surveys are communicated clearly to clients both verbally and through written reports by all team members.

Minimum requirements
Candidates should be well-rounded technical ecologists and meet the following minimum requirements:

• Experienced at Ecologist level within ecological consultancy;
• Bachelor’s degree in Ecology, Environmental Science, Biology, or a related field;
• Demonstrable team and independent working skills;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Applicants will need to hold a UK driving licence, have their own vehicle and must be prepared to travel to different sites and to work ecology survey hours.
• Proven success in working in a busy team and managing team logistics;
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines, and;
• Ability to undertake all of the above whilst maintaining a sense of humour and positive team spirit.

Desirable additional skills and competency

• One or more protected species survey licenses for bats, GCN, dormice, rare reptiles, barn owls.
• Experience with the planning system and technical reporting such as Environmental Impact Assessments, Habitats Regulations Assessments and Biodiversity Net Gain Assessments.
• Experience with license applications and implementation
• Membership of CIEEM

Additional skills advantageous for the Senior Ecologist role include:

• At least 5 years of professional consultancy experience;
• Managerial or mentorship experience;
• Mitigation licensing experience;
• Named Ecologist, BMCL registered or Earned Recognition scheme capabilities.
• Multiple protected species survey licences.
• GIS skills

Why join?

A career at Darwin Ecology offers great opportunities for growth and professional development and we strive to ensure that our employees work in an environment that is supportive, fair, challenging and enjoyable. The role will provide an opportunity for an individual to demonstrate a broad range of ecological skills by undertaking specialist technical work, whilst working as part of a passionate, integrated, dynamic and friendly team.

Benefits include:

• A generous profit-linked annual bonus scheme.
• Minimum 24 days annual leave increasing with time.
• Hybrid working system with work from home up to two days per week.
• Payment of professional membership fees.
• Generous annual training and equipment budget.
• 37.5 Hr working week.
• Structured TOIL system.

For further information on this or any other related positions do not hesitate to contact Peter on 07881788772 or peter@huphuphup.com

Our industry knowledge ensures a unique, valued and specialist service. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community and offer every assurance that your application will be handled with the highest levels of professionalism.

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