Overview

We are looking to recruit a principal ecologist to join our growing team in Stroud. This is an exciting opportunity to join a young, dynamic and fun team in a rapidly growing company.

The position is permanent and full-time. It primarily involves the management of our work on large infrastructure projects, but with an opportunity to lead on many of our other projects, providing ecological survey and advice to a range of clients.  The job will be mainly office based but with opportunities to contribute to fieldwork when necessary.

Key responsibilities will be:

  • Managing our work on national infrastructure projects
  • Liaising with clients, and our network of ecologist contractors.
  • Working to constantly drive up our quality standards, from fieldwork and data to reports produced by our ecologists.
  • Managing, training and mentoring junior ecologists
  • Preparing fee proposals
  • Managing projects, carrying out fieldwork and writing reports.

The successful candidate will:

  • Be a Full member of the CIEEM, or a Chartered Ecologist.
  • Have a proven track record in ecological consultancy such that they can foster strong relationships with our clients, and quality assure the fieldwork and written work carried out by our ecologists
  • Have broad experience of survey work across a range of habitats and taxa.
  • Be an experienced project manager
  • Be a strong communicator
  • Have an ability to work under pressure and able to quickly adapt to changing requirements
  • Be competent in common software packages such as MS office, QGIS or similar
  • Have excellent report writing skills
  • Have attention to detail
  • Have a full UK driving licence.
  • Desirable:
  • Experience of mentoring and management of junior staff
  • Commercially aware and a passion to help grow the company
  • Ideally at least one protected species licence
  • Ideally at least one taxa specific competency at “accomplished” level according to the CIEEM

Salary: Competitive

Application Process:

Deadline: 5pm, 17th March 2017

Interview: TBC

Application by CV and covering letter/email to gavin.wilson@biocensus.co.uk

For an informal discussion about this role please contact Gavin Wilson (gavin.wilson@biocensus.co.uk ) in the first instance.