Strategic Nature Recovery Ecologist – Associate

LUC; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

London allowance

Job summary

LUC is seeking an experienced Associate-level Nature Recovery Ecologist to join our Strategic Ecology team across Bristol, London or Manchester offices. This role combines ecology, landscape planning and policy scrutiny in a hybrid model with in-office presence, site visits and travel as needed.

The successful candidate will lead ecological evidence-base work, mentor colleagues, support client development and contribute to landscape-scale nature recovery strategies for public, private and

Qualifications

• Excellent understanding of the challenges facing nature recovery in the UK
• Strong working knowledge of UK ecology (generalist or specialist)
• Solid working knowledge of relevant emerging policy and legislation (examples of local /regional application included)
• Experience in line management and mentoring of colleagues in a structured process
• Demonstrable work-winning and business development skills
• A reasoned, scientific approach to problem solving, including the ability to follow, and test, logical assessment methodologies
• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary project teams, which may span internal, client and/or stakeholder disciplines
• Familiarity with the strategic application of datasets
• Experience in the development and/or delivery of strategy and action plans for nature or landscape recovery (range of scales may apply)
• Experience in the design and/or delivery of habitat or broader land management plans (range of scales may apply)
• Stakeholder engagement and collaborative problem-solving experience
• Experience in the application of biodiversity and/or environmental metrics – this includes strategic landscape scale application as well as site‑specific metrics
• Understanding of the application of delivery funding more broadly
• Demonstrable knowledge of ecosystem services and/or natural capital (generalist or specialist)

Responsibilities

• Management and delivery of ecological evidence-base assessments to achieve nature recovery within land use planning at a range of spatial scales
• Developing and testing innovative project methodologies founded in strong science in response to land planning and management challenges
• Application of ecological knowledge to challenges for climate change resilience as well as wider ecosystem services
• Leading strategic ecology advice to a multidisciplinary project team, where understanding, assimilation, assessment and resolve of multi-functional demands are required
• Management of projects – both field and office elements – to meet our highest quality standards
• Contribution to, and where appropriate lead, project-specific consultation and engagement with technical stakeholders
• Supporting growth for you and the team through development of our project portfolio and through active client development
• Line management and mentoring (structured process) of colleagues, including contribution to training initiatives

Job description

LUC is seeking an experienced Associate-level Nature Recovery Ecologist to join our Strategic Ecology team across Bristol, London or Manchester offices. This role combines ecology, landscape planning and policy scrutiny in a hybrid model with in-office presence, site visits and travel as needed.

The successful candidate will lead ecological evidence-base work, mentor colleagues, support client development and contribute to landscape-scale nature recovery strategies for public, private and