Assistant Ecologist - Guildford (FTC) Guildford, England
Job description
Thomson environmental consultants: The independent, employee-owned consultancy, chosen by successful clients, admired by competitors, and the place to work preferred by top specialists.
With offices across the UK, our experts are committed to delivering our clients exceptional outcomes across a range of environmental services and ecological contracting.
Position:
We have an exciting fixed term contract opportunity for an Assistant Ecologist to support our terrestrial ecology teams in Guildford for the season (July - end of October 2023). We would like to hear from hardworking graduates with a degree in ecology, environmental science, zoology or another related field who have a passion to work as an ecologist. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!
This is a great opportunity to learn professional survey and mitigation techniques, in a range of species and habitats, and to gain experience of working in a busy independent environmental consultancy. Many of our previous seasonal Assistant Ecologists have gone on to secure permanent positions with us and now have thriving careers at Thomson. We have an excellent collaborative and friendly working environment with a great opportunity to start your career path in Ecology.
Requirements:
A successful candidate will:
- Have a degree in ecology or a related field, or suitable relevant experience.
- Be living in the UK with the right to work.
- Have a valid driving licence and vehicle, that can be insured for business use.
- You will be located within 1 hour’s commute from Guildford.
- Have the ability and willingness to travel and stay away at survey sites in various locations around the UK.
- Have confidence to work independently, and as part of a team.
- Be self-motivated with the ability to learn quickly.
It would be advantageous if you also had the following:
- previous experience undertaking ecological surveys in the UK
- a protected species licence e.g. GCN, bat or dormouse
- membership to the Chartered Institute of Ecological and Environmental Management (CIEEM)
- a Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) Card
- First Aid at Work certification
Other information:
We promote a happy, friendly workplace and are guided by the company’s core values of Respect, Integrity, Support and Excellence. We excel at providing our people with amazing career progression and offer an extensive range of company benefits which include: 25 days annual leave, healthcare cash plan, enhanced stakeholder pension scheme, life insurance, discounted gym membership, paid professional memberships, clothing allowance, outstanding performance rewards, free parking and regular local and company social events!
One of the major advantages to working at Thomson is that our people is at the heart of everything we do. As an Employee-Owned Trust (EOT), all Thomson employees have a stake in the business and reap the reward of its success including performance-related annual bonuses. We also pride ourselves in providing market leading internal and external training opportunities which contributes to individual tailored career path ways.
