At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and manage ornithological services for impactful low carbon projects.
- Company: Respected environmental consultancy with a people-first culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, performance bonuses, flexible working, and career progression.
- Other info: Opportunity to mentor junior staff and influence across the business.
- Why this job: Shape the future of ornithology in a collaborative, innovative environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in ornithology, project management, and strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 56700 - 69300 £ per year.
Company Overview: A well-established, highly respected environmental consultancy that has spent over 15 years at the heart of the UK's net-zero economy. The person will have much more visibility and impact than they would at a larger consultancy. Ornithology is a key part of the renewables and overhead line work, so this hire really matters.
Role Overview: This is a senior, leadership-level opportunity to join a highly regarded Ecology team as Principal Ornithologist, working closely with the organisation's Senior Leadership Team. You'll take a lead role in shaping and delivering ornithological services across a portfolio of medium and large-scale projects central to the low carbon economy.
Key Responsibilities:
- Direct and manage a range of medium and large projects delivering high-quality Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Habitat Regulations Appraisal (HRA) services.
- Play an active role in shaping the ornithology service offering, bringing new ideas to life as practical client solutions.
- Build and maintain solid stakeholder relationships with bodies.
- Own and grow key client relationships.
- Work alongside a highly regarded in-house GIS team to strengthen expertise in collision risk modelling, spatial modelling, displacement analysis, and population viability analysis.
- Support with resource and business planning, or learn if stepping up.
- Mentor and advise junior team members - deputising where required.
- Act as a trusted technical authority, championing best practice both internally and with external partners.
About You:
- Experience in ornithology/ecological consultancy.
- Onshore renewables or wind farm EIA experience.
- Proven people management and staff development experience.
- Comfortable leading both technically and commercially; BD capability would be a plus.
- Able to work across complex/problem sites and collaborate with GIS/modelling teams.
- Working knowledge of UK legislation and guidance relevant to ornithological assessment.
- Confident communicator, able to flex between strategic and highly technical conversations with clients and stakeholders.
- A genuinely collaborative, flexible approach to team working, paired with natural curiosity and an appetite to innovate.
- Sound understanding of health & safety practice and risk assessment relevant to ecological fieldwork.
What's on Offer:
- Competitive salary, benchmarked to experience and market rate.
- Annual discretionary performance bonus (paid out in each of the last three years).
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a pension scheme.
- Flexible benefits including an employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, and tax-free childcare.
- Genuine hybrid/flexible working to support work-life balance.
- A clear, supported path for career progression, underpinned by a buddying and mentoring culture.
- The opportunity to lead on high-profile, cutting-edge projects shaping the UK's low carbon future.
Next Steps:
APPLY NOW or reach out to Jim Merryfield at CleanTech Talent. Feel as though you're operating at a senior level but don't hit all the requirements? We encourage you to apply as we have flexibility based on the individual experience.
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