National Botanical Lead[1071207]

Binnies; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK ecological consultancy is seeking a national lead for habitats and botany within their Ecology Team. This role involves ensuring high-quality assessments and survey methodologies while mentoring junior staff. You will engage in complex field surveys and contribute to ecological deliverables for various significant projects across England and Wales.

Qualifications

• Experienced Ecology professional with membership in CIEEM or equivalent.
• Proven ability to undertake high-standard field surveys.
• Experience with writing ecological reports.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality assurance on survey methodologies and data.
• Mentor ecologists and manage teams within the region.
• Design habitat restoration schemes and prepare management plans.

Skills

Botanical field skills

Communication

Field survey expertise

Ecological report writing

Habitat assessment

Education

Ecological/environmental related degree

Tools

Arc suite (Collector, Survey 123)

Job description

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You will get the opportunity to work on a wide portfolio of projects, from nationally significant infrastructure projects to landscape scale restoration. Our portfolio of work includes flood, coastal and maritime projects and a range of other sectors such as ports, water utilities, transport and renewable power.

One of our newest projects is SESRO (South East Strategic Reservoir Option). SESRO is a 150 million cubic metre reservoir near Abingdon, which is also seeking to provide opportunities to create new habitats and increase biodiversity. https://thames-wrmp.co.uk/projects/sesro/.

You would have a leading role in our national Ecology Team to help drive the quality of our surveys, assessment and delivery of BNG and also maximise staff development.

You would be welcome in one of our offices (Redhill, Bradford on Avon/Bristol, Birmingham, Swansea or Chester), but we are open to candidates from across England and Wales and offer flexible working.

Binnies is a registered Ecological (CIEEM) and Landscape Practice (Landscape Institute) and hold the IEMA EIA Quality Mark, which is a benchmark of our high standards in Ecological and EIA delivery. Binnies are also a sponsor of the Association of Environmental Clerk of Works.

About the Role

To be the Binnies national lead for habitats and botany, the role would involve:

• Leading the quality assurance on survey methodologies, data, and review of reports.
• Undertaking field surveys, with a focus on the more complex habitat and botanical surveys.
• Mentoring our ecologists with a particular interest in botany.
• Provide line management of other ecologists within your region.
• Developing a training plan for Binnies ecologists in habitat and botanical surveys.
• Design of habitat restoration/creation schemes and preparing management and monitoring plans.
• Undertaking BNG calculations using the Statutory Biodiversity Metric (and other client specific BNG toolkits).
• Input into a range of ecological deliverables including: BNG assessment reports, EcIA, planning documents, HRA and other consents.
• Supporting tenders/proposals.

If you would like to discuss the role in advance of making a formal application please contact our Team Leader Emma Stevens at [emailprotected] or through LinkedIn.

Qualifications/Requirements

The role is suitable for an experienced Ecology professional with full membership of CIEEM or equivalent. You should possess and be able to demonstrate the following qualifications, skills and knowledge;

• have an ecological/environmental related degree
• be or working towards Chartership
• have an equivalent of FISC Level 4 standard in botanical field skills
• experience of undertaking field surveys to collect biological data to a high standard (e.g., via NVC)
• experience of UK Habitats assessments and BNG condition assessments
• experience of writing ecological reports, and preparing habitat management plans
• have excellent written and oral communication
• are willing to work away from home as required by the business in order to deliver specific contracts
• hold a full UK driving licence.
• range of other protected species surveys
• experience of using Arc suite (Collector, Survey 123) or similar