Principal / Associate Strategic Ecologist

5 months ago

Sheffield, United Kingdom LUC Full time

**About the role**

Our strategic ecology team joins our planning and landscape management colleagues on the delivery of truly integrated, landscape-scale assessments, strategies and supporting management plans for a wide range of public, private and third sector clients. Current examples include the preparation of Local Nature Conservation Site Reviews, Nature Recovery and Biodiversity Action Plans, Green Infrastructure Studies, and Strategic BNG Capacity Studies. Consultation and collaborative working with other technical disciplines form a common thread through all.

Our work is varied and collectively the team holds a broad range of skills. If some of the ‘experience and qualifications’ listed below resonate with your skills and passion, we’d love to hear from you.

Reporting to our strategic ecology lead, the role will include:

- Management and delivery of ecological evidence-base assessments to deliver nature recovery within land use planning at a range of spatial scales.
- Developing innovative project methodologies founded in strong science in response to land planning and management challenges.
- Management of projects - both field and office elements - to meet our highest quality standards.
- Supporting growth for you and the team through new project opportunities and business development initiatives.
- Line management and mentoring of colleagues, including contribution to research and training initiatives.

The role includes the opportunity to share and participate actively in the management and ownership of the business through the Employee Ownership Trust, which places full ownership of the company with the employees.

The role is based in LUC’s offices in Manchester or Sheffield. We work in a hybrid model with people being in the office a minimum of two days per week. There will also be travel required to visit sites, client offices and other office locations.

A full-time role is based on 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday). However, LUC has a strong track record in flexible working and we have been recognised for our flexible working culture, so we are happy to discuss a range of flexible working options for this role including part time hours (minimum 30 hours per week) if desired.

**Salary**: Salary Range £38,000 - £55,000 FTE depending on experience (Principal-Associate grades)

This is a great time to be joining LUC. Since its creation nearly 60 years ago, LUC has been driven by the belief that planning has a critical role to play in shaping the world around us for the better. This work has never been more critical or urgent.

**About you**

**Experience and Qualifications**
- **Essential**_
- Strong working knowledge of UK ecology (generalist or specialist).
- Working knowledge of relevant emerging policy and legislation.
- Appropriate professional qualification at a relevant level.
- Eligible to live and work in the UK.
- **Desirable**_
- Experience in the design and/or delivery of habitat, conservation or broader land management plans, at a range of scales.
- Demonstrable knowledge of ecosystem services (generalist or specialist).
- Familiarity with the use of strategic datasets.
- Experience of stakeholder engagement and collaborative problem-solving.
- Demonstrable work-winning and business development skills.

**About LUC**

LUC offers landscape, planning, impact assessment, ecology and geospatial consultancy, working primarily across the UK but also overseas.

We became a fully employee-owned business in January 2020, sharing profits on an equal basis and involving everyone in key decisions. This helps secure our continued independence as well as aligning our governance structure with our culture and values.

Our people are united by a determination to achieve sustainable development on behalf of our clients. With the current climate and biodiversity emergencies in mind, we ensure that all our work promotes climate change mitigation and resilience.

We pride ourselves on being at the forefront of innovative thinking, successfully resolving even the most complex of issues. We care about the legacy we leave and hope to make a real difference through the work we do.

Whether we’re advising a commercial developer, Government agency, local authority, utility company or voluntary organisation, we take a collaborative approach. We also put our client and the environment, at the heart of the process.

Our approach has delivered high client and employee satisfaction, a healthy financial position for everyone who is part of the company, and numerous industry and employer awards.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £38,000.00-£55,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Flexitime
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Profit sharing
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Yearly bonus

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