Job description

• Provide technical expertise and support to the team and our clients on a wide range of technical areas including EIA (to include ecology, aquatics and ornithology).
• Review and approve specialist reports as well as project proposals.
• Maintain an awareness of legislation and the potential impact on the various projects.
• Work in close collaboration with specialists from other disciplines.
• Liaise with clients and authorities.
• Ensure the team maintains a high-quality standard in the services provided and produces defensible deliverables.
• Continuously improve and develop the services offered within the department.
• Maintain a good understanding of all levels of the planning system.
• Ability to manage and work efficiently and diligently to reasonable deadlines.
• Good organizational and management skills.
• Good written skills, with attention to detail, experience of preparing technical reports and ability to present and communicate findings in a clear and concise manner.
• Hold a range of species survey and mitigation licenses.
• A strong communicator with good interpersonal and negotiating skills, to enable effective working with multi-disciplinary external and in-house teams and an ability to liaise with clients and stakeholders at a professional level.
• An ability to provide clients within an ecologically sound scheme.
• Examination in Public or Public Inquiry experience.

Departmental Management

• Manage the performance management and probation processes for the team.
• Provide mentorship to and develop the team.

Qualifications:

• Relevant degree and Full Member of CIEEM.
• Full UK-valid driving license.
• Right to work in the UK.

Work Experience:

• Six or more years’ experience in the relevant field, preferably within the consulting environment would be beneficial.
• Two or more years’ experience managing a small team would be beneficial.

We offer the opportunity to join a friendly and committed team of multi-discipline professionals and a supportive and collaborative working environment.

Benefits include:

• A voluntary workplace pension.
• Private health care.
• A starting allowance of 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays).
• Payment of professional membership and a program of CPD.

We are ideally looking for a full-time person, but we would consider part-time applicants (min 4 days).

To apply, please send a covering letter, CV and examples of work that you think show you in a positive light, to careers@gavia-environmental.co.uk