Ecological Leadership Position

4 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Ricardo Energy & Environment Full time
About this Opportunity

Role: Associate Director - Aquatic Ecology
Location: UK / London / Harwell / Shoreham / Manchester / Bristol / Glasgow
Hybrid/Remote Working
Salary range: £

The Associate Director role within Aquatic Ecology is an opportunity to develop and shape a dedicated technical team, and build upon the existing extensive project portfolio, both in the UK and internationally. Many of our projects are complex in nature and you will be required to work with other disciplines to create effective solutions.

Key Responsibilities:
Provide technical leadership across the Ecology team to deliver expertise in aquatic ecology investigations across all project stages, from bidding/feasibility/optioneering, extensive field survey programming, detailed design, and assessment.
Act as technical lead for the production of consent related technical assessments such as Habitats Regulations Assessments (HRA) and Water Framework Directive (WFD) assessments.
Growing, leading, and developing teams and supporting and training junior staff.

Requirements:
A degree in a relevant subject, such as ecology or other biological sciences, and/or a relevant postgraduate qualification.
Demonstrable commercial consultancy experience and have Full Membership of CIEEM and/or Chartered Ecologist status.
Extensive knowledge of UK and EU Wildlife Legislation, planning policies, licensing requirements, and best practice survey techniques.
Demonstrable experience working on large-scale environmental projects.
Willingness to undertake line management responsibilities and a business leadership role.
Flexible approach to working, with inquisitiveness and willingness to learn.
Ability to adapt to working on a wide range of projects.
Be able to represent Ricardo and its clients to key stakeholders, including wide-ranging technical engagement and consultation with regulators, local authorities, NGOs, and the general public.

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. Our core benefits include 25 days' annual leave, plus 8 flexible bank holidays, a competitive company pension scheme, life assurance, and professional subscriptions reimbursement. We also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.



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