Ecologist lead Work, Jobs in Shawford, Ham (with Salaries)

Ecologist Lead
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory —Bulford
- £50,066 - £56,000 a year
- Part-time
- Remote
- Presentation skills
- No degree
- In-person
- Annual leave
Principal / Associate Ecologist
Mott MacDonald —Southampton
- Full-time
- Management
- Travel
- Training & development
- Employee discount
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Senior Site Ecologist
Balfour Beatty —Winchester
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Word
- Master's degree
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
TEAM LEADER ECOLOGY - Southampton
Tetra Tech —Southampton
- Business development
- Travel
- Mentoring
Principal Ecologist
Coombes UK —Petersfield
- £45,000 - £55,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Mentoring
- Training & development
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
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Principal Ecologist - BNG Specialist
AECOM —Basingstoke
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Mentoring
- Training & development
Senior Project Engineer [Lineside Delivery]
Network Rail —Basingstoke
- £55,596 - £67,813 a year
- Full-time
- No degree
- Contracts
- Annual leave

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Ecologist Lead

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory -
Bulford

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Job details

Permanent | Part-time | Full-time
£50,066 - £56,000 a year

Benefits

Cycle to work scheme
Annual leave
Company pension
On-site parking

Qualifications

Biology
Environmental protection
Applied ecology
Presentation skills
Business
Leadership

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Reference number

465213

Salary

£50,066 - £56,000

Salary will be dependent on skills and experience.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Grade 7

Dstl Level 6

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

COO - Estates

Type of role

Estates

Working pattern

Annualised hours, Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time, Compressed hours

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Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 0JQ

At Dstl, our vision is to have a modern way of working efficiently, accommodating and enabling our people to create, collaborate and deliver.

To do this successfully in this job will require attendance at a Dstl location; Government Departments including wider MoD or Delivery and Mission Partners premises for a minimum of 80% of your working time.

Where business needs allow, and with the agreement of your line manager, there may be the option for a combination of workplace and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement.

About the job

Job summary

The Lead Ecologist will provide expert ecological advice and leadership to deliver high quality conservation outcomes, biodiversity net gain projects, and effective volunteer engagement.

You will be involved in developing and implementing ecological strategies, conducting field surveys, managing projects, and building strong stakeholder relationships.

Through your commitment to ecological conservation and biodiversity, you will help maintain and enhance the SSSI, SPA, and SAC designations on site. All work must comply with legislation and Dstl policy while balancing the requirements of an active MOD Range and wider site construction.

Dstl recognises the importance of diversity and inclusion as people from diverse backgrounds bring fresh ideas. We are committed to building an inclusive working environment in which each employee fulfils their potential and maximises their contribution.

Job description

You will lead on Ecological Survey and Assessment including habitat surveys, protected species surveys and botanical assessments and produce subject specific reports as required to support ecological data to inform decision making.

You will be seen as the SME on ecological legislation and best practice standards.

For information on the job responsibilities, please see the job profile attached below.

Person specification

We are looking for someone who has experience in managing medium to large-scale ecological projects along with experience in delivering conversation and ecology programmes through the use of volunteers.

You will also have a strong understanding of the legislation relation to Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Special Protection Ares (SPA) and Special Area of Conversation (SAC).

For more information the essential criteria for the job, please see the job profile attached below.

Important Information

Our work in defence, security and intelligence requires our employees to be UK Nationals who are able to gain a high level of security clearance to undertake the projects we are involved in to protect us from security threats.

For this reason, only UK Nationals will be able to apply for this role. If you are an international or dual-national candidate, and you think you have the skills we need, please consider applying to any of our government, security or defence partners.

This role will require full UK security clearance and you should have resided in the UK for the past 5 years. For some roles Developed Vetting will also be required, in this case you should have resided in the UK for the past 10 years.

Qualifications

Essential:
Degree in Ecology, Conservation Biology or related discipline or equivalent experience.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Leadership
Working Together
Managing a Quality Service
Making Effective Decisions

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Porton Down supports extensive areas of species-rich chalk grassland that are designated for their ecological importance. Describe the principal threats that can impact the condition and integrity of chalk grassland habitats

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £50,066, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory contributes £14,504 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

Benefits

Dstls full range of great benefits can be found in the information pack which includes:

Financial: An excellent pension scheme starting from 26% employer contribution (find out more here). In Year Rewarding Achievement bonuses and thank you vouchers. Rental deposit scheme and cycle to work scheme.
Flexible working: Options include alternative working patterns such as; compressed hours, job shares and annualised hours (agreed number of hours per annum paid monthly i.e. working term-time only).
Working hours: Flexibility around your working day (e.g. start time, finish time). Ability to bank hours in a 12 month reference period including the ability to accrue and use 3 days per calendar month.
Where you work: Depending on your role, blended working may be available including remote working to suit you and your team. This can be discussed at interview.
Annual leave: 25 days pro rata (rising to 30 after 5 years) plus 8 public holidays with the ability to buy/sell 5 additional days per annum.
Family: Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks with full pay, an additional 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid
Learning and Development: Dstl encourages and supports charterships, accreditations and provides employees access to fully funded apprenticeships up to level 7 (Masters Degree). Dstl will pay for 2 memberships with relevant bodies/institutions. Employees also have access to Civil Service Learning.
Facilities: Onsite parking, EV Charging points, restaurants, cafés and gyms.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

We want you to have your best chance of success in our recruitment process, so If at any stage of the application process you would like help or assistance please contact the Dstl Recruitment Team [email protected] and we will do all we can to support you.

At the application stage, we will assess your submitted application against the essential criteria set out in the job profile.

Sifting will take place week commencing 31st August with interviews to be held from week commencing 28th September at Dstl Porton Down.

Your interview will consist of behavioural and technical competency-based questions.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter .

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

This job is not open to candidates who hold a dual nationality.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Recruitment Team
Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

Should you wish to raise a formal complaint about the Dstl recruitment process you should email [email protected] stating the nature of the issue. We will respond within 5 working days.

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