Biodiversity Technical Specialist

Number of jobs available- 1
- Region- East of England
- City/Town- Brampton, Ely, King's Lynn
- Grade- Staff Grade 5
- Post Type- Fixed Term
- Working Pattern- Full Time, Part Time/Job Share
- Role Type- Environment & Sustainability, Science
- Salary Minimum- £37,462 Pro-rata
- Job description- An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly, well established and experienced Fisheries, Biodiversity and Geomorphology team as a technical specialist working with our current technical specialists leading on biodiversity across the West East Anglia area (predominantly Cambs & Beds).
Working as part of a dedicated team you'll help sustainable development, build ecological resilience to climate change, assess the ecological impacts of our capital projects, ensure that important habitats are protected, created or restored.
Our team covers the West of the East Anglia geography and you can pick to base yourself at one of the offices such as Brampton, Ely or King’s Lynn.

Those with a passion for the following are encouraged to apply:

- Protecting vulnerable wildlife populations, via a range of exciting species and habitat conservation projects
- Providing advice on how to protect and enhance ecology affected by development or maintenance activities
- Collaboration and working in partnerships
- Influencing nationally significant infrastructure projects
- Making our natural environment more accessible and socially inclusive for everyone

Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. You will be required to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support during an incident. This may attract an additional payment and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role.
The team- We cover a diverse, unique and special geography in the river Great Ouse catchment. The area encompasses chalk streams and the unique Fenland landscape with numerous nationally and internationally important wildlife sites, as well as landscape-scale habitat creation projects. You will bring your expertise to a friendly, vibrant team of environmental professionals; your skills will complement our fisheries, biodiversity and geomorphology expertise.
Experience/skills required- You'll be an ecologist, or naturalist, qualified to degree level (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline, and be a:

- Confident communicator
- Enthusiastic with excellent influencing and negotiating skills
- Able to interpret complex technical issues into pragmatic, clear and compelling advice and operational decision making

You’ll be able to demonstrate your ecological expertise and practical experience of the following:

- Ecological requirements of freshwater habitats and species
- Surveying for protected species
- River restoration and enhancement techniques
- Wetland habitat management
- Designing and implementing mitigation/compensation and nature-based solutions
- Contributing to scoping and reviewing Strategic Environmental Assessments, Appropriate Assessments, Environmental Impact Assessments and Water Framework Directive assessments
- Town and Country Planning and Marine Planning and regulation processes
- Government policy and strategy eg Natural Capital, Biodiversity Net Gain and Local Nature Recovery
- Membership of a relevant professional institute

A full UK driving licence is essential.
- Contact and additional information- In East Anglia we want to create a diverse workplace where people are respected, valued and listened to. We’re all different, and by embracing Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) we can become an equal opportunity employer where jointly we all grow and learn together.
It is our ambition to champion diversity through building a workforce as diverse as the communities we serve.
The post is full-time although requests for other work patterns and job sharing will be considered.