Job Description
Senior/Principal Ecologist
A Local Authority in the South East is looking for a Senior/Principal Ecologist to join the team on an initial 6-month contract.
About The Role
The client is looking for a candidate to come in and have the following responsibilities:
- Reviewing internal processes regarding the requirements of Environment Act and making recommendations as to how the Council can improve the way it responds to them
- Providing ecological advice at any stage as requested within the development management process (pre-application, screening, scoping, formal application and enforcement).
- Providing ecological advice at any stage as requested within the Development Consent Order process by Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects
- Assessing and advising on, ecological impacts and appropriateness of any proposed mitigation and biodiversity enhancement measures
- Assessing and advising on, biodiversity net gain statements, metric assessments and plans
- Representing the service at, and input to, meetings with developers and applicants, planning committees, planning inquiries and appeal hearings
- Supporting the development of local plans, and other strategic planning documents
- Supporting the preparation of LPA biodiversity reports, as required by the Environment Act.
About The Candidate
The ideal candidate will be chartered by RTPI, or an equivalent qualification and experienced in Ecology.
When
The client is looking to interview and proceed with the right candidate as soon as possible.
Interested?
If this role is of interest to you, please contact myself James on 0208 0502 155 or alternatively, send me an email of your up to date CV on james.p@stonehouserg.com.
If you are interested in Town Planning positions at other levels of seniority or you do not feel this role is for you but still would like to speak about other roles, please do make contact.