National Botanical/habitats Lead

7 days ago


Chester, United Kingdom RSK Group Full time

**The Vacancy**

Binnies are recruiting for an experienced Ecologist to be our national lead on habitats and botany. We pride ourselves on being a sustainability-led organisation and you would play a key role in ensuring our standards. Especially with the requirement for Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), we appreciate botanical expertise is critical for the delivery of our projects and are looking for someone to be our national lead for this key skillset.

Our Ecology Team work on a wide portfolio of projects including flood, coastal and maritime projects, ports and harbours, water utilities, transport and renewable power. This key role would also support our growing portfolio of water and catchment work including natural capital projects and Solutions By Nature; our joint venture providing nature-based solutions via blue-green infrastructure to the water industry.

You would have a leading role in our national Ecology Team to help drive the quality of our surveys, assessment and delivery of BNG and also maximise staff development.

Binnies is a registered Ecological (CIEEM) and Landscape Practice (Landscape Institute) and hold the IEMA EIA Quality Mark, which is a benchmark of our high standards in EIA delivery. Binnies are also a sponsor of the Association of Environmental Clerk of Works.

**About the Role**:
To be the Binnies national lead for habitats and botany, the role would involve:

- Leading the quality assurance on survey methodologies, data, and review of reports.
- Undertaking field surveys, with a focus on the more complex habitat and botanical surveys.
- Mentoring our ecologists with a particular interest in botany.
- Developing a training plan for Binnies ecologists in habitat and botanical surveys.
- Ensuring best practice in UK Habitats Survey techniques and using the Biodiversity Metric for BNG Assessments.
- Design of habitat restoration/creation schemes.
- Managing all stages of ecological impact assessment.
- Providing ecological input into planning, HRA and other consents;
- Supporting business development and tenders.

**Qualifications/Requirements**:
The role is suitable for an experienced Ecology professional with full membership of CIEEM or equivalent. You should possess and be able to demonstrate the following qualifications, skills and knowledge:

- have an ecological/environmental related degree;
- be or working towards Chartership;
- have an equivalent of FISC Level 4 standard in botanical field skills;
- have excellent written and oral communication;
- enjoy innovation and embracing advances in technology and ecology;
- hold a full UK driving licence.

**Desirable experience includes**:

- experience of UK Habitats assessments and BNG condition assessments;
- experience in using the Biodiversity Metric 3.0 (+);
- wider ecological impact assessment and consenting;
- range of other protected species surveys;
- previous consultancy experience.


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