Analyst Consultant/Consultant BNG – Environmental and Ecological Assessment

RICARDO ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental consulting firm in the UK seeks a BNG Analyst Consultant to provide technical support on various ecology projects. You will utilize the biodiversity net gain metric and prepare detailed reports for clients in the public and private sectors. Ideal candidates possess solid GIS skills and excellent communication abilities. This position offers flexible working arrangements and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

25 days' annual leave

8 flexible bank holidays

Competitive pension scheme

Health support

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience of using the statutory biodiversity metric.
• In-depth knowledge of UK habitat types and condition assessment data.
• Ability to produce meticulous and accurate technical reports.

Responsibilities

• Use the BNG metric for projects in support of clients’ proposals.
• Prepare BNG reports for delivery to clients.

Skills

Knowledge of biodiversity metrics

GIS skills

Excellent communication skills

Organizational skills

Job description

Overview

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.

Ricardo, as a member of WSP, is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.

The Role

We are looking for a BNG (Biodiversity Net Gain) Analyst Consultant grade to join our team. You will join colleagues in providing technical support on a variety of ecology projects, across a wide range of clients in the water, developer, infrastructure and public sectors.

Responsibilities

• Your role will involve using the BNG (Biodiversity net gain) metric for projects and options selection in support of our clients’ proposals and operations.
• You will also prepare BNG (biodiversity net gain) reports for delivery to clients.

Key competencies and experience

• Knowledge and experience of using the statutory biodiversity metric
• In depth knowledge of UK hab habitat types and condition assessment data.
• Strong GIS skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; be able to produce meticulous and accurate technical reports as well as communicate confidently with a variety of clients and stakeholders
• Organised with the ability to multi-task and handle several projects simultaneously

Desirable experience

• Membership of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM).
• Building client relationships.
• Collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills and behaviours

• A self-starter, as you’ll be part of a small and very busy team. Excellent team working skills are therefore essential together with strong communication skills, sound understanding of and a close attention to detail.
• This is a fast-paced and challenging environment offering you the opportunity to make your mark. You will have support from the wider business for your career to develop into a wide range of future opportunities within Ricardo Energy & Environment.

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.

We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Work life balance

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. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.

Benefits

We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.

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; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. 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 a recognised as a \'disability confident\' employer.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via [e-mail] if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.