Lead Ecologist (Birmingham) - 4-Day Week & Growth

Tyler Grange | B Corp™; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4-Day Working Week

Salary Transparency

Healthcare Cashback

EV Car Scheme

Cycle to Work

Life Insurance

Wellbeing Focus

Birthday Off

Job summary

Tyler Grange | B Corp™ in Birmingham is seeking an Associate Ecologist Team Lead to lead the Birmingham Ecology team, collaborating regionally to deliver operational excellence and nurture staff development.

You'll combine leadership, commercial awareness and technical ecology expertise to drive growth, uphold high technical standards and shape the future of our ecology business while advancing your own career.

Qualifications

• A degree (or higher) in Ecology, Environmental Science, Biological Sciences or related discipline.
• Full membership of CIEEM, ideally Chartered or working towards Chartership.
• Proven leadership and people management experience within ecology, planning or environmental consultancy.
• Strong understanding of UK ecological legislation, planning policy and industry best practice.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience reviewing operational data and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Strong commercial awareness, with experience supporting business development and sales activity.
• Excellent report writing, review and quality assurance skills.
• Experience mentoring, coaching and developing colleagues.
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving abilities.
• An approach aligned with our values of Honesty, Caring, Belonging, Opportunity and Enjoyment.
• A full UK driving licence

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Birmingham Ecology team to meet annual business and operational targets.
• Collaborate with the Regional Ecology Director to deliver the Ecology strategy.
• Review operational performance including pipeline management and business development activity.
• Support recruitment, workforce planning and subcontractor management.
• Coordinate workload across the region with the resource team.
• Identify skills gaps and development opportunities with Technical Leads.
• Prepare monthly operational reports for the Birmingham Ecology team.
• Collaborate with other leads to support project delivery and problem solving.
• Support regional sales activity and business development initiatives.
• Act as Project Manager and Project Director on key projects.
• Mentor and develop junior ecologists across the Ecology team.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Commercial awareness

Report writing

Mentoring

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Communication

Driving licence

Education

Degree in Ecology/Environmental Science

Full membership of CIEEM

Job description

Tyler Grange | B Corp™ in Birmingham is seeking an Associate Ecologist Team Lead to lead the Birmingham Ecology team, collaborating regionally to deliver operational excellence and nurture staff development.

You'll combine leadership, commercial awareness and technical ecology expertise to drive growth, uphold high technical standards and shape the future of our ecology business while advancing your own career.