Senior Bat Ecologist

Location: Bath, Hybrid working and good flexibility

We're supporting an SME Environmental Consultancy who are looking to grow. They are looking for a Bat Ecologist/Senior Bat Ecologist with experience of working under bat EPS licences to join a friendly and experienced team.

Key Accountabilities:

• You will be managing and delivering projects/ tasks with a focus on bats, across a range of sectors and within focused and multidisciplinary projects.
• Undertaking field surveys including Preliminary Roost Assessment / Daytime Bat Walkover surveys for bats, Ground Level Tree Assessments and activity surveys.
• Production of high quality, robust written documents, including bat survey reports, PEAs, bat aspects of EcIA/ES (Senior role), HRAs (Senior role) and EPS Licence applications (with support where necessary).
• Robust bat data analysis / interpretation skills including statistical analysis.
• Acting as day-to-day client interface.

Qualifications/skills required:

• Acting as day-to-day client interface.
• Proven working knowledge of relevant legislation, policy and best practice.
• Natural England Level 2 Class licence for bats (or Level 1 for the Bat Ecologist role, but close to a Level 2 application).
• Experience in the preparation of EPS Licence applications.