Associate Director Ecology and Biodiversity OR Principal Consultant

We're recruiting an Principal Consultant OR Associate Director Ecology and Biodiversity for a leading environmental and renewable consultancy that offers the following benefits:

33 days of annual leave, Hybrid & Flexible Working, Competitive Salary & Annual Review, Company Pension, Discretionary Merit Bonus Scheme, Income Protection Policy, Company pool cars for business travel, Group Life Assurance (4 x Salary), Sponsored Company Social Events, Volunteering Day, Cycle to Work Scheme, Electric Vehicle Car Scheme, Paid Professional Membership, Continuing Professional Development, and Enhanced Company Maternity & Family Leave.

This is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to take on a wide variety of challenges, including management of people, clients and projects, technical leadership, business development, commercial management, delivery of training etc. There is some flexibility to shape the role around the right person however, line management / team management experience would be advantageous.

We are is recruiting for a Principal Consultant or Associate Director to support the growth of the Ecology & Biodiversity Team in Scotland. Whilst the location can be flexible, we are ideally looking for someone who can commute to our offices in Grangemouth at least once per week.

Our tagline is ‘See A Difference’, and we are proud to provide clients with real-world, pragmatic and focused advice which seeks to support our clients as well as providing benefits to biodiversity.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will possess a BSc and/or MSc in Ecology or related discipline and a Membership of a relevant professional body such as the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM).

Essential Skills

The following skills are considered essential to the role:

• Line management or team management
• Review / QA of fee proposals, tenders and technical reports
• The ability to talk to clients about complex problems using plain language
• Knowledge of the planning system in Scotland
• Ability to manage project budgets
• Developing business through delivering a good service, and being reliable / communicative with clients
• The ability to support and help develop less senior staff

Desirable Skills

• A protected species licence holder (Schedule 1, great crested newt, bats, badger otter)
• Ornithology survey, assessment and mitigation experience
• Experience of stakeholder consultation, such as with Nature Scot, the SEPA and local planning authorities
• A willingness to be inventive and creative in developing ecological solutions to novel problems

Interested? Apply now!