Job description
Senior Ecologist
Competitive Salary
Remote, UK
Allen & York are excited to be working with an award-winning agency, specialising in Ecology, Landscape Architecture and Arboriculture.
Our client is looking for an ambitious Senior Ecologist to join the established team.
The successful candidate will manage fee-earning production projects independently and as a team, support and mentor junior team members and maintain and develop existing and new client relationships.
You'll need to hold a degree or equivalent qualification in ecology, biology or similar and be a full member of CIEEM. With comprehensive experience in a similar role, you'll be able to demonstrate your experience of managing, running and leading multi-disciplinary teams. You'll hold protected species licence(s), ideally bat and/or GCN and have extensive Preliminary Ecological Appraisal and survey experience, skills and knowledge. You'll have significant project, site and task management experience with a broad knowledge of UK planning policy and Public Inquiry experience. With strong IT and CAD drafting skills, you'll have exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines. An excellent communicator, you'll have exceptional presentation and report writing skills and enjoy working collaboratively with colleagues.
You will need to be able and willing to undertake long journeys to various sites in all weather conditions and occasionally travel and work away from home, staying overnight if required, which may require you to work unsociable hours. You will require a full UK driving licence for this role.
In return for your specialist skills and experience, you'll receive a competitive salary and benefits package, together with the opportunity to further your career with an exciting new challenge.
Interested?
Get in touch today by clicking the apply button or send an email to Billy at bwright@allen-york.com to find out more or to arrange a confidential chat.
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About us
Allen & York have been matching purposeful people with purpose-led organisations for 30 years. We partner with our clients and candidates on roles that build an understanding of climate change, promote sustainability and create inclusive and responsible organisations, working towards a sustainable world for us all.
Committed to inclusiveness in the workplace, we aim to increase diversity across all areas and therefore welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, or whether or not they have a disability.
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