Senior Ecologist Opportunity at Anglian Water 2024

Salary and Position

Circa £45,000 per annum

Depending on skills and experience

Full time/37 hrs a week/Permanent

Location

Flexible across the Anglian Water Region and Home working

Anglian Water offers a flexible approach. This role allows you to work both from home and an Anglian Water office. Your base location would be Huntingdon.

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We have an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Ecologist to join us on a full-time, permanent basis.

Role Overview

The Senior Ecologist (SE) will ensure compliance with statutory and voluntary commitments regarding biodiversity. Working within the Anglian Water (AW) Biodiversity Team and collaborating with others across AW, its Alliance partners, and the wider supply chain, the SE will support the business to meet its needs while contributing to its Purpose: to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region through our commitment to love every drop.

Benefits

As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%

Excellent family-friendly policies such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave, 4 weeks for paternity/partner pay, and shared parental pay opportunities.

Personal private health care

Annual bonus scheme

26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion

Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary

Life Cover at 8x your salary

Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

Additional perks including 20% off new EE mobile contracts, discounted cinema tickets, and a Cycle2Work scheme

Free parking at all offices, sites, and leisure parks

Key Responsibilities

Liaise with Alliance partners to understand the forward programme of work and anticipate which schemes may need a habitats regulations assessment (HRA).

When Anglian Water is the competent authority, assess ecological reports and advice from consultant ecologists to ensure that development proceeds according to HRA requirements. Approve schemes as required.

Develop and maintain relations with Natural England (NE) and ensure NE is engaged, as required, during any Appropriate Assessments that are undertaken.

Maintain awareness of work programmes and stage gates.

For our major projects, maintain awareness of activities relating to ecology, environmental management, and invasive species, providing support and leadership as necessary on role-related matters.

Undertake monitoring, directly or through consultants, of BNG sites to track the change in biodiversity units.

Ensure AW’s BNG position with respect to its voluntary and statutory commitment is up to date, using AW’s BNG tool.

Work with the Biodiversity team to identify opportunities to improve performance concerning ecology and environmental management-related matters.

Qualifications and Skills

To be successful in this role, you should have:

A graduate degree in a relevant topic or demonstrable working experience.

Considerable experience in Habitats Regulations Assessment.

Membership of an appropriate professional institute or body (e.g., CIEEM).

Holding protected species licences for one or more species is desirable.

Experience in the conservation and enhancement of land for biodiversity.

The ability to plan, prioritize, and organize workload to meet targets and deadlines, ensuring efficient and effective support to all teams.

The ability to undertake UK Hab and BNG habitat condition assessments.

Strong working knowledge of UK nature conservation legislation.

Inclusion at Anglian Water

Join us and make a difference. Our customers come from diverse backgrounds, and we believe our workplace should reflect that. We are committed to ensuring all our colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. Together with our fellow water companies, we are committed to the Social Mobility Pledge; we are a signatory to Business in the Community’s Race at Work charter; we hold the Armed Forces Gold Covenant for Employers; we are an accredited Disability Confident employer and play a leading role in the Women’s Utility Network.

Application Deadline

Closing date: 31/05/2024

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