The Vacancy

RSK ADAS is seeking an Ecologist to join our team.  The role is permanent, flexible and will be home based but associated with our regional office in Leeds, with the majority of work to be within the North and East Midlands.

Our Ecology business comprises a highly skilled team focused on providing services to a wide range of clients, particularly developers, utility companies and the renewable energy and rural industries.

We support our employees' development and give them the tools they need to steer their own careers, that’s why when you join ADAS, a mentor works with you to create and achieve your goals. Working on your own projects will provide you the opportunity to manage your workload and since most projects are local, extended travel is not frequent.

We also want to guarantee that you have a good work-life balance with many opportunities for flexible working hours, locality flexibility, social activities and community involvement projects to achieve this. If you are looking to work as part of a friendly, flexible, and committed team and can bring us your talent as well as a proactive, can-do attitude, now is an excellent time to join ADAS!

Key Responsibilities:

• Good knowledge of and confidence undertaking baseline habitat survey, assessment and reporting
• Working alone and with our existing ecologists in the wider region to ensure quality projects are delivered on time to our clients
• Talking to our clients to ensure quality delivery of projects to deadlines
• Writing of technical reports ready for review by your colleagues, such as ecological constraints reports, Preliminary Ecological Appraisals, Ecological Impact Assessments, and protected species reports

Person Specification:

• Graduate level education in a relevant subject
• Previous ecology related experience
• Good working knowledge of ecology, legislation, and survey techniques, including protected species surveys and mitigation
• Excellent written communication skills and be able to produce accurate technical reports to a professional standard
• A full driving licence, access to your own vehicle

Desirable skills required: 

• CIEEM membership
• Experience of Biodiversity Net Gain assessment and UKHAB 
• Strong botanical skills (e.g NVC, Condition Assessments) 
• One protected species licence (e.g. Great Crested Newt or Bats) 

Salary and Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Life assurance
• A flexible benefits programme including the option to buy additional holidays, health cash plan and discounted gym membership.

RSK Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer

More detailed job description attached.

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RSK will not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies other than RSK PSL or Secondary agencies.

About Us

Working alongside landowners, farmers, and growers since 1946, we have been providing ideas, specialist knowledge, and solutions to secure our food and enhance the environment for over 75 years.

Our aim is to help address the challenges and opportunities faced by organisations working in food production and the natural environment, and we continue to thrive by attracting innovative thinkers into our workforce. 

We currently have over 400 employees delivering solutions in 60 specialist subjects, making us the UK’s largest independent provider of agricultural and environmental consultancy, rural development services, research and development, and policy advice. Whether you want to work on national or international projects, we can provide a varied career in a wide array of industries and public sector services. 

ADAS is part of the RSK Group, a leading integrated environmental, engineering, and technical services business providing dynamic, multidisciplinary services to a wide range of sectors. RSK was founded in 1989 and has grown considerably since then. In fact, Environment Analyst recently highlighted RSK’s growth commenting, “Few companies in the environmental services sector can claim to be expanding at the same pace as RSK.” 

RSK operates as a group of synergistic businesses with a growth strategy centred on diversification to build a resilient business that can withstand external pressures while also bringing more value to clients and opportunities to employees. 

Documents

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