Assistant/ Graduate Ecologist

Job description

Overview of Role

We are seeking an early-career Graduate Ecologist to join a fast-paced and growing ecology team in our St Neots office. The role will build upon a growing workload across our nationwide client-base delivering for rural and development projects.

Joining the team means that from day one, you will take an active role in delivering ‘core’ consultancy work such as Preliminary Ecological Appraisals (PEA), Biodiversity Net Gain Assessments, and protected species surveys, (badger sett closures, great crested newt sampling, and reptile surveying etc.), as well as having the opportunity to be involved in exciting new team directions, such as Natural Capital and conservation research.

You will be encouraged and supported in developing key professional competencies such as survey design and methodologies, data handling, and technical write-up, as well as interpersonal communication skills, and basic commercial and business knowledge.

This role would suit an applicant that has been in the sector two years looking for the next step in their career.

Driving nature-positive change to address the challenges of biodiversity loss and climate change are core values of this role, the Ecology Team, and the Firm as a whole.

Requirements

• Enthusiasm for ecology
• Be self-driven and motivated, with personal career aims
• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in a relevant subject
• Excellent report writing skills suitable for technical scientific write-up
• Knowledge of UK and European wildlife and environmental legislation and policy
• Professional level of Microsoft software competence, including, Word, Outlook, and Excel
• Ability to travel for work

Finding the right people is important to us and transferable skills are always welcome. We value potential and are open to candidates who may not have every listed skill.

Desired Qualifications & Skills

• Specialised ecology survey skills, such as ornithology
• Protected species licence
• FISC level 3 or above
• MoRPh accredited
• CSCS card

We are happy to support candidates in pursuing the above through appropriate guidance and development opportunities.

Our Benefits

• A generous holiday scheme starting at 25 days holiday increasing by 1 day each year to 28 days after 3 years of service.
• Life Assurance of 4x your basic salary
• Salary Sacrifice Pension scheme
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, adoption and shared parental leave benefits
• Holiday Buy Back Scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Westfield Health Cashplan
• 1 Volunteering Day for your chosen charity each year.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer and do not tolerate discriminatory behaviour of any kind, in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Core working hours are Monday – Friday 9.00am – 17.30pm.

This is a temporary 12-month fixed term, full-time position based on 37.5 hours (Monday – Friday). We also operate a hybrid working policy.