Strategic Ecologist

Role Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Director of Strategic Ecology to join our Natural Capital team. You’ll be responsible for directing and expanding the delivery of our strategic ecology services across our Rural, Planning and Development teams, with a clear focus in central and south of England. The work is hugely varied and you will be at the forefront of deploying and advising on rapidly evolving environmental policy in both the rural and urban spheres.

Our work focuses on strategic ecology and the peer review of work through the lens of creating value for clients.

You’ll be based out of one of our southern offices with options between Oxford, Southampton, Reading or Bristol, and your focus will be in the following areas:

• Strategic level advice to urban and rural clients, bringing nature to the core of economic growth
• Providing solutions to rapidly evolving environmental policy, including BNG
• Driving new work and operational efficiency
• Ecological due diligence covering all aspects of ecology
• Peer reviewing ecological documentation including Biodiversity Net Gain assessments completed by 3rd parties and internal Natural Capital team
• Undertaking Environmental Statements and Habitat Regulations Assessments
• Coordinating the delivery of ecological services via 3rd parties
• Effective stakeholder engagement, including corresponding with Natural England, environmental NGOs, and Local Planning Authorities

The successful candidate will also be able to provide commercially astute advice on BNG and wider ecological delivery/optimisation and work as part of multi-disciplinary teams to balance the competing needs of development and land uses.

• Career and Professional Development
• 25-30 Days Annual Leave, depending on grade
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Scheme
• Virtual GP
• Global Mobility Scheme
• Rewards Platform
• Company Pension Scheme
• Enhanced Incremental Annual Leave

Savills Natural Capital team provides advice on a wide range of natural capital matters and ecosystem services nationally. Our clients range from institutional landowners, public bodies and small to large scale developers, including Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects. The team comprises a range of specialists including ecologists, land managers, regenerative agricultural consultants and natural capital brokers.