Associate Director of Ecology
York, Manchester or Edinburgh
Hybrid Role
£50,000-£70,000
Our Client, a Successful and Growing Environmental Consultancy business, are looking for an Associate Director of Ecology to join the team. As an Associate Director / Technical Director you will be responsible for all aspects of growing and managing a successful ecology business. You will report to the Director of Ecology who is responsible for leading the ecology and biodiversity business across the UK.
The role will suit you if you are a natural people leader and manager, who gains significant job satisfaction from seeing their team flourish. You will steer the career paths of your team, set a healthy culture, and lead by example. You will take a leadership role in planning projects, and coordinating and overseeing delivery. You will be an ambassador for the company, undertaking business development through building upon existing client relationships and actively seeking opportunities for future business, whilst also taking a leadership role in developing the team’s core competencies.
Key Responsibilities
- Developing ourselves and others
- Builds and leads a successful ecology and biodiversity team based in your area.
- Demonstrates effective management and the ability to influence and persuade across a range of stakeholders both internally and externally.
- Helps to ensure all members of the team are effectively developed and is committed to personal CPD in pursuit of continuous learning and self-improvement.
- Brings fresh ideas to team growth and structure in a challenging recruitment market.
- Inputs into team objectives and delegates effectively.
- Takes responsibility for line management, coaching, mentoring, training, wellbeing and performance management.
- Collaboration and innovation
- Ability to work collaboratively and iteratively within a multi-disciplinary design team.
- Champions the business centric agenda internally and externally.
- Establishes, consolidates, and builds on relationships with new and existing clients and colleagues.
- Maintains strong client, sector and discipline networking.
- Ensures client expectations are managed appropriately and that their needs are identified and met (or exceeded).
- Provides technical input into projects and bids and uses technical knowledge to identify and realise new client opportunities.
Qualifications & Experience
- In excess of 10 years relevant experience.
- MCIEEM / CEcol / CEnv preferred.
- Leadership / management experience preferred.
- People leader, culture leader, team player
- Excellent communication skills.
- Strong client management and resolution including the ability to present at senior levels and across a range of stakeholders
- Excellent project management skills coupled with timeliness and accuracy.
- Strong report writing skills and ability to quality assure colleagues’ work providing constructive feedback.
- Strong commercial knowledge.
- Exemplary knowledge and expertise of relevant legislation and policy.
Benefits
- Non contractual growth bonus scheme
- Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement
- Loyalty Leave
- Hybrid working environment (flexible work)
- Health Care - Private Medical Insurance
- Enhanced Company pension
- Death in service cover
- BUPA Cash Plan
- Protected CPD (Department, individual and company wide)
- E Learning portal access
- Professional Body membership contribution
- Career progression framework and development, including two defined promotion windows annually.
- Discounted Gym membership
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounts and perks -
- Employee Assistance Program - including Financial and Mental Health support from external expertise.
