Assistant Ecologist - Lincolnshire - Fixed Term Contract

Thomson Ecology; Lincolnshire (IL); Remote; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Thomson Ecology offers a fixed-term Assistant Ecologist role for the 2025 Ecology Season. This remote position requires a degree in ecology or related field, and involves learning survey techniques while servicing projects in Lincolnshire. Ideal for graduates eager to gain experience in a supportive and collaborative environmental consultancy.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Healthcare cash plan

Enhanced pension scheme

Life insurance

Discounted gym membership

Paid professional memberships

Clothing allowance

Outstanding performance rewards

Regular company social events

Qualifications

• Willing to work as an Ecologist with a degree in ecology or relevant experience.
• 1 year of previous experience in ecological surveys is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Learn professional survey and mitigation techniques.
• Work on various projects as part of a team.

Skills

Self-motivated

Ability to travel

Independent work

Teamwork

Education

Degree in ecology or related field

Job description

Thomson Environmental Consultants Boston, United Kingdom Terrestrial Ecology Hybrid

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Company Description

Our core purpose is to enable nature and business to thrive together.

Our brand mission is to be chosen by clients as their preferred specialists and regarded by people in our industry as the company to work for. We aim to be the most innovative, pragmatic and fast-growing environmental consultancy in the UK.

With offices across the UK, our experts are committed to delivering exceptional outcomes to our clients across a range of environmental services and ecological contracting.

Our services include but are not limited to: terrestrial ecology, freshwater ecology, hydrology, marine laboratory, habitat management, arboricultural services, geographic information systems (GIS) and mapping, environmental impact assessments.

Position

This is a great opportunity to learn professional survey and mitigation techniques, in a range of species and habitats, and to gain experience of working in a busy independent environmental consultancy.

We would like to hear from hardworking graduates and those looking to get into the industry with a degree in ecology, environmental science, zoology or another related field and have a passion to work as an Ecologist.

This is a remote position based in Lincolnshire to service projects in the area, managed out of our Kenilworth (Midlands) team.

This position is a fixed term position for the 2025 Ecology Season - starting around June through until the end of September 2025 (approximately).

Requirements

You’ll need to;

• Have a degree in ecology or a related field, or suitable relevant experience.
• Be living in the UK with the right to work in the UK.
• Have a valid driving licence and vehicle, that can be insured for business use.
• You will be based in Lincolnshire, within 50 miles of Boston.
• Have the ability and willingness to travel and stay away at survey sites in various locations around the UK.
• Have confidence to work independently, and as part of a team.
• Be self-motivated with the ability to learn quickly.

It would be advantageous if you also had the following:

• 1 year / season of previous experience undertaking ecological surveys in the UK.
• A protected species licence e.g. GCN, bat or dormouse.
• Membership to the Chartered Institute of Ecological and Environmental Management (CIEEM)
• First Aid at Work certification

Other information

Working at Thomson

At Thomson, we strive to be the very best at what we do, both in the eyes of our customers and our colleagues. We believe in One Thomson; we draw on and value every individual’s unique skills and experience to come together and support each other in delivering an exceptional service.

Our people are our greatest asset. We want Thomson to be a great place to work, where everyone feels supported to be the best they can be. We are proud of our friendly, supportive, ‘nothing is too much trouble’ culture. We live and breathe our RISE (Respect, Integrity, Support, Excellence) values. Your opinions matter to us; we are constantly evolving.

We promote a healthy work-life balance to ensure we have an engaged, productive and happy team. We are flexible and committed and welcome new challenges.

We recognisethe importance in training and developing our team as well as offering a competitive pay and reward package.

Involving ourselves in our local communities is important to us and we are proud of our continued achievements in fund raising for charity. We work hard but have fun too.

We are passionate about career development so we make sure we nurture talent. Our people benefit from access to a diverse range of industry-accredited external training, as well as in-house training opportunities led by our specialists. The variety of projects we deliver across the breadth of environmental services encourages cross-team working and collaboration.We can offer you the opportunity to contribute to and lead on high-profile, once in a life-time projects.

You’ll enjoy all the benefits we have to offer which include:25 days annual leave,healthcare cash plan,enhanced stakeholder pension scheme, life insurance, discounted gym membership, paid professional memberships, clothing allowance, outstanding performance rewards, long service awards, free parking and regular local and company social events.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As an equal opportunities employer, Thomson is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, gender reassignment, being married or in a civil partnership, being pregnant or on maternity leave, disability, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply to and join Thomson.

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