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Title | Project Officer – Support Team |
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The Ecology Consultancy was established in 1999 and is now one of the largest dedicated consultancies owned and run by ecologists in the country. We are passionate about what we do and our staff enjoy working in a friendly and supportive environment. We pride ourselves on the quality of our work, our ability to influence scheme design for the benefit of biodiversity and enjoy working closely with our clients’ design teams. Our relaxed company character, investment in people and focus on business responsibility has seen continual annual growth, the past year being no different with staff numbers and turnover both increasing. We compete and succeed at all levels of the market, from managing the smallest local development to acting as lead consultants on nationally significant infrastructure projects. Recently we opened two new offices, a new arboriculture team and have overhauled our internal management processes to improve their use specifically for ecologists. We encourage continuing personal development and career progression and have invested heavily in our new employee-led, development, up-skilling and mentoring programme – The Orchard, which provides staff with a personalised roadmap for professional progression. The programme aims to enhance employee’s work based and personal skills through a diverse range of structured opportunities, including e-learning, job sharing and shadowing, volunteering, training, and conferences and seminars; as well as ensuring that the services we provide remain of the highest industry standard. The Ecology Consultancy and its staff also benefit from the strong relationship with our sister company Temple, specialists in EIA, noise, air, sustainability and planning. The Role Due to internal restructuring The Ecology Consultancy is looking for Project Officers (administrators) to join the support team based in our London office. The roles will vary but will all form part of the team which provides support to the company’s technical staff; ecologists, arboriculturalists, GIS technicians, and is responsible for ensuring the company operates smoothly and efficiently. We are looking for approachable, proactive and well organised individuals with excellent attention to detail, creativity and strong IT skills. The successful candidate must be able to work under pressure, prioritise tasks and manage their own workload. The Project Officers are integral to the smooth running of our offices and responsible for a wide range of functions within the support team. All staff will have their own responsibilities and be required to work together within the team to support the company’s requirements.
The areas that successful candidates could be involved in include;
Person Specification Essential skills and aptitudes
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What do we offer?
NB. This is an office based position. The Project Officer will not be required to undertake field work To apply please send your cv and a covering letter indicating which areas of the role are of particular interest. Applications must be sent by email to: jane@ecologyconsultancy.co.uk and received by: Friday 1 December. The Ecology Consultancy aims to promote equality of opportunity, dignity and due respect for all employees and clients as is consistent with the company’s Equalities Policy. |