Principal Ecologist

Principal Ecologist
Working Pattern: 37 hrs per week Hybrid
Location: West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2

Via is currently looking for a Principal Ecologist to join our Environmental Management & Design Team based at our West Bridgford Office, in Nottingham.

You will lead the ecology team in delivery of environmental services and collaborative projects across Consultancy to meet company business plan objectives.

The Job
Key areas of responsibility will include:

• Effectively manage available resources and capacity within the ecology team to ensure successful delivery of the teams work programme.
• Implement and manage the provision of ecology expertise and project delivery which may be complex and significant to achieve quality, programme and financial targets meeting customer and stakeholder requirements.
• Manage the provision of ecology expertise in delivery of team disciplines as part of planning process, which may include provision of expert witness role at inquiry, to achieve compliance with legislation, national and local policies.
• Provide expert ecological advice to colleagues, clients or third parties to support compliance with legislation and delivery.
• Identify development and market opportunities to contribute to the growth of the ecology service.
• Ensure Health and Safety management systems, processes and requirements are adhered to across the team.
• Lead, coach, and develop team members to achieve their potential and deliver effective business results.
• Hold team members to account to comply with internal and external standards of statutory responsibilities, duties, policies and procedures.
• Act as an ambassador for individual schemes and the Company across professional, business and community events and networks.

The Person?
Mainly you will be excited to be a vital part of our Environmental Management & Design team, but there are just a few other things wed like from you:

• Degree and Chartership of relevant professional institute, or equivalent post qualification experience / knowledge gained through practical experience in an ecological or landscape planning consultancy, full CIEEM membership and ongoing CPD requirements eligible for Chartership.
• Extensive post qualification experience accomplishing a broad background in Ecological survey and assessment including preparing chapters for Environmental Statements, ecological mitigation design / delivery (including Ecological Clerk of Works role) and hold a minimum Level 1 Natural England Bat Licence in combination with at least 1 other protected species licence.
• Strong knowledge of relevant UK and European legislation, policy and guidance along with a good understanding/experience of Habitats Regulations Assessment and Biodiversity Net Gain Calculations..
• Ability to lead a team in a busy environmental services team, to make decisions and solve problems to meet team objectives and operational targets and be able to prioritise available team resources to meet the needs of the business.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to gain agreement and acceptance of others including colleagues, senior managers and clients. Ability to work collaboratively and actively involve colleagues and members of the team.
• Strong ICT skills including competence in specialist computer applications used to support ecological or landscape visual impact assessments including GIS software packages
• Thorough working knowledge of health and safety, technical, planning, and other legislation /good practice appropriate to ecology assessments.
• Proven experience of financial monitoring and control across a range of ecological consultancy projects.

About Via?

Based in Nottinghamshire, with a multi-skilled local workforce and a range of highly trained staff at a few different locations throughout the county. Via East Midlands provides sustainable highways services for Nottinghamshire and across the wider East Midlands region.

Our roles include highway maintenance, electrical works, mechanics, construction, forestry, road safety, civil engineering and much more. We combine a public-sector service ethos with a strong commercial focus and we are passionate about innovation and creating and delivering sustainable solutions safely across Nottinghamshire and the wider East Midlands.

Via is a great place to work if you value work-life balance and we are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies, including generous annual leave allowances, with flexible working available to our office-based staff. With most of our work being based in the East Midlands, our front-line staff also enjoy short journeys to site each working day.

By joining us you will be part of a growing organisation that positively embraces customer and community aspirations.

If this sounds like you, it would be great to hear from you.

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