NWG (Northumbrian Water Group)

Ecological Advisor

Location
Durham, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
12/23/2024
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About The Role

Ecological Advisor

Full time 37 hours per week (flexible working arrangements including part time will be considered)

Permanent

Salary – £26,503- £33,129

Location – Pity Me, Durham, County Durham

About The Role

Are you passionate about caring for the environment? We are expanding our Ecological Services team and seeking an Ecological Advisor. The role involves providing ecological advice and support for capital projects and business requests within Northumbrian Water.

Working as part of the team, you will be undertaking environmental screening for our investment programme, to ensure that environmental impacts are minimised, all relevant legislation met, and biodiversity enhanced.

This role will play a key role in supporting the wider ecological team to develop options to meet Biodiversity Net Gain requirements, including supporting the team in meeting ongoing maintenance and surveys. Another aspect of this role includes maintaining GIS ecological records.

You will undertake ecological works, including assisting external ecologists with applications for protected species licences as required. A key part of the role will be providing ecological services and advice across both within the team, and across the business with support from the ecological specialist and direct line manager.

About You

You will bring your best, authentic self into our working environment in line with our One Team ethos, and your personal values will align with our organisational core values.

You will also have ideally hold experience in screening projects to assess their environmental impact and have previously undertaken basic ecology surveys.

An understanding and awareness of environmental legislation and policies is required, as is experience of collaborative working across a range of stakeholders. You will have the proven ability to work to tight deadlines and write clear proposals and reports.

About Us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply

NWG At a Glance:

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.

We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.

Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.

Our Benefits

We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:

  • Generous holiday entitlement starting at 23 days, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
  • Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 10%.
  • Free access to local attractions.
  • A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
  • Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
  • Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
  • Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low-cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
  • Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.

This role has also been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test.

Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date.

Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked

Please note this role requires a full UK driving licence

Interviews will take place week commencing 20th January

About Us

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.

We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.
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