Project Officer - Fixed Term Contract - Birmingham in Kenilworth

Our core purpose is to enable nature and business to thrive together. Our brand mission is to be chosen by clients as their preferred specialists and regarded by people in our industry as the company to work for. We aim to be the most innovative, pragmatic and fast-growing environmental consultancy in the UK. With offices across the UK, our experts are committed to delivering exceptional outcomes to our clients across a range of environmental services and ecological contracting. Our services include but are not limited to: terrestrial ecology, freshwater ecology, hydrology, marine laboratory, arboricultural services, geographic information systems (GIS) and mapping, environmental impact assessments.

The Position: We are looking for an engaged and enthusiastic Project Assistant to support our Terrestrial Ecology team on a fixed-term basis, during a busy summer season. No prior knowledge of ecology is required, but a willingness to engage and ability to learn quickly will be beneficial. You will be supporting the Ecology team on a variety of ad-hoc, administrative and project-based tasks. This role provides a great insight and an opportunity to gain further understanding of ecology.

Location and Schedule: Location: Birmingham (Kenilworth). Hybrid, with at least 3 days in the office per week. Salary: from £25,063 per annum.

Requirements: The ideal candidate will:

• Be self-motivated with the ability to learn quickly.
• Have confidence to work independently with support and guidance where required, and as part of a team.
• Be a great communicator, comfortable with making phone calls and drafting professional emails.
• Have good time management skills and the ability to handle multiple tasks.
• Be able to quickly understand project requirements and adapt to new tasks efficiently.
• Able to start full time until end of October 2026.
• Be located within 1 hour's commute from our Birmingham (Kenilworth) office.

All applicants must be based in the UK with the Right to Work in the UK. It would be advantageous if you also had the following:

• Full UK Driving License and own car, which can be insured for business use.
• First Aid at Work certification.

Working at Thomson: At Thomson, we strive to be the very best at what we do, both in the eyes of our customers and our colleagues. We believe in One Thomson; we draw on and value every individual's unique skills and experience to come together and support each other in delivering an exceptional service. Our people are our greatest asset. We want Thomson to be a great place to work, where everyone feels supported to be the best they can be. We are proud of our friendly, supportive, 'nothing is too much trouble' culture. We live and breathe our RISE (Respect, Integrity, Support, Excellence) values. Your opinions matter to us; we are constantly evolving. We promote a healthy work-life balance to ensure we have an engaged, productive and happy team. We are flexible and committed and welcome new challenges. We recognise the importance in training and developing our team as well as offering a competitive pay and reward package. Involving ourselves in our local communities is important to us and we are proud of our continued achievements in fund raising for charity. We work hard but have fun too. We are passionate about career development so we make sure we nurture talent. Our people benefit from access to a diverse range of industry-accredited external training, as well as in-house training opportunities led by our specialists. The variety of projects we deliver across the breadth of environmental services encourages cross-team working and collaboration. We can offer you the opportunity to contribute to and lead on high-profile, once in a life-time projects.

You’ll enjoy all the benefits we have to offer which include: 25 days annual leave, healthcare cash plan, enhanced stakeholder pension scheme, life insurance, discounted gym membership, paid professional memberships, clothing allowance, outstanding performance rewards, long service awards, free parking and regular local and company social events.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: As an equal opportunities employer, Thomson is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, gender reassignment, being married or in a civil partnership, being pregnant or on maternity leave, disability, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation.