Senior Ecologist

Deliver Exceptional Ecological Services

Mitie is committed to bringing about nature-positive change for our customers. As a Senior Ecologist, you will play a key role in achieving our Plan Zero goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess customer landscapes and submit ecological reports and recommendations to improve properties for nature and people.
• Implement new ways of working to continually improve ecological and environmental services.
• Advise on and deliver ecological and environmental surveying and reporting to enable customers to progress planning applications.
• Engage with ecological and environmental suppliers and partners to ensure best practice for customers.

What You Will Do Day to Day

As a Senior Ecologist, you will be embedded within the Natural Environment team. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Being conversant with key customer targets, achievements, and challenges and ensuring delivery on a service level.
• Delivering high-quality, focused reporting to managers on ecological and environmental services.
• Delivering continuous improvements into internal ecological and environmental governance processes and ensuring professional standards are met.

Who You Will Work With

You will deliver ecological and environmental projects for Mitie Landscapes and our customers. You will represent the ecology team across the business, helping to raise awareness of our services to the wider Mitie Landscapes organisation.

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree level or higher in an ecology or environmental subject, or other relevant qualification.
• Field-based ecology training.
• Member of, or working towards, a relevant Professional Institute (such as CIEEM).

Skills and Knowledge

• Minimum of 5 years' experience of working in an ecological capacity.
• 2+ survey class licenses for protected species: a Class 2 Bat survey license, and CL35 Badger license are highly desirable.
• Knowledge of the Biodiversity Net Gain process, and an ability to operate DEFRA's BNG matrix.
• Knowledge of the planning system in the context of ecology, and the ability to accurately deliver reports including some or all of the following: BNG; HRA's; PEA's; EcIA's; LEMP's.

Benefits

Mitie offers a range of benefits to support your lifestyle, including:

• A virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household.
• Financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme.
• Access to high street discounts through our MiDeals platform.
• Life cover of up to four times your salary.
• Enhanced pension contributions.
• A save-as-you-earn scheme.
• A Mitie Matching Share Plan.

Progress Your Career

Mitie is committed to supporting the development of our employees. We offer a diverse range of training and development opportunities to help you progress your career.

Mitie is the UK's leading facilities management and professional services company, with 68,000 employees maintaining companies globally. Our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites, as well as hospitals and schools.

Together, our diversity makes us stronger.

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