Assistant Ecological Consultant

Assistant Ecological Consultant

At Origin Enterprises, we are dedicated to championing sustainable land use, and our Environmental teams support a diverse range of clients and projects—from land management and development to restoration and conservation.

Joining us means becoming part of a collaborative, purpose driven community where this collective expertise enables us to deliver high quality, fully integrated solutions and contribute to meaningful environmental outcomes across the UK and Ireland.

As a growing ecological and arboricultural consultancy and contracting business, we are an SME with a practical, intelligent and pioneering approach to advising our clients. We blend traditional ecological services with innovation, hands-on habitat creation, restoration and compliance solutions. With over 24 years’ experience, we have established a reputation as one of the few end-to-end service providers in the UK.

Since 2022, we have proudly operated as an Origin Enterprises company, an international agronomy brand whose primary focus is sustainable land use through integrated innovative solutions. Our Origin connection provides our clients and employees with the benefits and opportunities associated with being part of a global leader in sustainability, including wider geographic reach and service offering, including investment in research and development.

At Keystone we pride ourselves on a professional family feel that attracts clients and employees alike. We share Origin’s values, People, Community, Partnerships, Integrity, and Innovation, which are reflected in all that we do and lie at the very core of our business.

We operate across a comprehensive range of sectors for public and private sector clients including supporting a number of the UK’s largest Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.

Having established a first-class reputation for habitat creation, restoration, and mitigation, we specialise in conservation driven projects that focus on nature restoration and Biodiversity Net Gain at scale.

As part of a CIEEM Registered Practice, we are committed to delivering high standards of professional practice, ethics and quality. The Consultant Ecologist plays a role in contributing to delivery of these standards.

This role is responsible for delivering ecological surveys including data collection and reporting. The Consultant Ecologist is responsible for delivering ecological survey programmes. The successful candidate will deliver high-quality ecological consultancy services, including project management and client communications. Good organisational skills and survey knowledge are essential.

• support the delivery of small-medium scale ecological consultancy projects.
• provide input to technical reports of ecological projects.
• manage task to budget and programme to ensure successful delivery.
• support ecological surveys.
• work to high standards of health and safety, quality assurance and professional practice.

Candidates must be able to demonstrate foundation experience in the following areas:

• Survey design, as well as species and/or habitat survey delivery;
• Ecological assessment;
• Produces clear, concise, factual and accurate written communications using a good standard of grammar;
• Different technical approaches, problems and challenges of other disciplines;
• Delivering high standards of care and service for stakeholders;
• Project management processes and systems.

The ideal candidate will also be able to demonstrate foundation knowledge of:

• legislation, policy and guidance.
• relevant H&S legislation and organisational H&S policies and procedures.
• managing quality and resources;
• information and document management…