Ecologist

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- Ecological Consultants **_

**Environmental and Rural Chartered Surveyors**

**Ecologist - Job Description**

**Role Title: Ecologist**

Envirotech is seeking to employ an Ecologist. We are based in South Cumbria in the North West of England between the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales
National Park. The company provides ecological and land based consultancy services across both the public and private sector. We have a wide variety of different project types throughout the UK. We actively support and promote the technical and personal development of our staff.

A keen interest with experience of protected species is important; the post would suit someone who holds or has held protected species licences for bats,
Barn Owl, White clawed crayfish, badgers, otters and Great Crested Newt.
Specialism in different taxonomic groups would also be welcomed. A comprehensive understanding of the UK regulatory system in respect of wildlife would also be advantageous.

**Business Name: Envirotech NW Ltd, **The Stables, Hale, Milnthorpe, Cumbria LA7 7BL

**Conditions/ ** *Full time contact with a 6 month probationary period.
*Salary Hours of work - Full time 37.5 per week
- Salary - £24,000 to £30,000 depending on experience. Overtime can be taken as time off in lieu in winter or we pay on an hourly rate based on your annual salary.
- National statutory pension contributions via the Nest Pensions scheme.
- Holiday: 28 days (including public holiday).
- Location: Hale, near Milnthorpe, South Cumbria and surrounding areas.
- Responsible to Andrew Gardner and Hannah Gardner.

**About Us**:
Envirotech is a family firm of Ecologists and Rural Practice Chartered Surveyors based in South Cumbria. We work throughout the UK but are focused on the North West, have an established client base, an excellent range of project experience and offer expertise across all specialism’s in ecology and environmental land management. Past clients include Morrisons and Booths Supermarkets, Cumbria County Council, United
Utilities, Evans Property Group, National Trust and Network Rail.

Envirotech work with protected species including mitigation (for example bats, great crested newts, badgers and otters) and ecological consultancy (woodland surveys, Phase 1 Surveys, BREEAM assessments, EcIA,
Biodiversity Net Gain).

Envirotech offers clients a pragmatic approach with an established background in ecological consultancy and in addition a full understanding of wider issues in the rural environment with both Directors being Rural
Practice Chartered Surveyors.

We value and promote teamwork and personal development within a supportive environment. We aim to continue to expand whilst maintaining excellent levels of ecological expertise and client service. To achieve this we need to recruit a forward thinking, pragmatic and responsible individual to support both the Directors and lead other staff members and subcontractors in their work.

**Overall Purpose of the Role**:
Depending on the experience of the successful applicant to assist and/or lead with our on-going ecological survey programmes dealing with protected species and sites primarily in the North of England but throughout the UK.

The post would suit someone who has just left university and has some voluntary or consultancy experience in ecology or someone who is a more experienced ecologist and holds or has held protected species licences for bats, barn owl, white clawed crayfish, badgers, otters and great crested newt. Specialism in different taxonomic groups would also be welcomed. A comprehensive understanding of the UK regulatory system in respect of wildlife would also be advantageous.

Support can be provided to those applicants not holding licenses but a good understanding of the species is required of the applicant at appointment to the post.

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**Other Useful Information**:
**Working Hours** - A lot of UK wildlife is nocturnal and therefore between Mid March and mid October we work split shifts.

This means that half of your day would be in the office writing reports for example and the other part of the day would be going out on site for evening bat dusk surveys and in spring we also complete newt surveys in the evening. Sometimes we also complete dawn bat surveys meaning we have to be on site very early in the morning. Some bird surveys also require early morning visits.
These hours change through the season in line with dusk and dawn times and therefore in the middle of summer we may not get back to the office until 11pm. Envirotech is flexible on how staff work their hours, for example you can have the morning off and then not come into the office until 2pm or you can work in the office in the morning, have the afternoon off and then come back for the evening bat survey. In the peak ecology season we often work 5 nights a week depending on the weather.

**Working Away from Home** - When we work outside our local area our work may include occasional overnight stays away f