Ecologist - Worcestershire Wildlife Consultancy - Worcestershire Wildlife Trust

Closing date: Thursday 6 March 2025
Salary: c£26,500 to £30,000 FTE depending on experience, will consider between 1.0 and 0.8 FTE (35 – 28 hours per week)
Contract type: Permanent / Working hours: Full time
Location: Lower Smite Farm, Smite Hill Hindlip, Worcester & Droitwich, Worcestershire, WR3 8SZ

We are seeking an experienced Ecologist to join Worcestershire Wildlife Consultancy, the ecological consultancy company of Worcestershire Wildlife Trust.

The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering ecological services and projects for a range of clients on time and on budget.

The work of the ecological consultancy team plays a vital role in delivering our vision of a wilder Worcestershire where there is more nature everywhere for everyone. The postholder will therefore play a key role in delivering the Trust’s three strategic goals set out in our strategy to 2030, which are:

• Nature in recovery: 30% of land for nature by 2030.
• Action for nature: one in four taking action for nature by 2030.
• Sustaining our future: more diversity, more funding and carbon zero by 2030.

Worcestershire Wildlife Consultancy has been delivering high quality ecological services to clients in Worcestershire and beyond for over 30 years. Our team provides sound and practical advice across a range of ecological services. We are looking for someone to join the growing team to help the consultancy deliver high quality services in line with the needs of our clients and best ecological practice.

We are looking for someone with professional experience as an ecologist with some protected species licences in place. To be successful in this role requires good organisation, experience of delivering ecological advice and services, and effective communication with key internal and external stakeholders.

A full driving licence is essential.

Terms:

• This is a 1.0 to 0.8 full-time equivalent role, 35-28 hours per week position on a permanent contract.
• The role will be largely based at Worcestershire Wildlife Trust, Lower Smite Farm, Hindlip, Worcester WR3 8SZ with regular travel within Worcestershire and occasionally further afield.
• The Trust Pension Scheme is a Salary Sacrifice Scheme with Royal London. Employees sacrifice a minimum of 4% and the Trust then contributes an additional 8% plus the Employers National Insurance savings made due to the salary sacrifice element.
• Annual leave is 33 days (inclusive of eight bank holidays with three days required to be used to cover the closure between Christmas and New Year) increasing by one day per three years of service to a maximum of 38 days.
• Group Life Assurance policy worth three times annual salary.
• Health Cash Plan and Wellbeing Services provided via HealthShield.
• Contractual Sick Pay.

Deadline: Thursday 6th March 2025 at 8am

Interviews: week commencing 10th March

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