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Salary Additional Information: Permanent appointment – 36 hours per week.
Merseyside Environmental Advisory Service, Planning Services, Sefton Council.
Benefits include: Casual Car User, Local Government Pension, flexible working, and CIEEM membership fees.
We are seeking two highly motivated Ecologists to join our dynamic team.
The Liverpool City Region has a wealth of nature sites and internationally important coasts and estuaries, including the Dee, Mersey, Ribble, and Alt estuaries and Wirral and Sefton coasts. We are striving to ensure that the very special wildlife thrives in a vibrant and progressive City Region economy.
This post is specifically targeted at ambitious individuals who wish to develop their ecology/planning careers and play a leading role in driving nature recovery in our City Region.
Responsibilities:
1. Provide specialist technical advice to local authority customers on ecology, biodiversity, nature conservation, and new statutory and regulatory duties under the Environment Act 2021.
2. Review planning applications and prepare policy and project development and implementation.
3. Support nature recovery, Local Site monitoring, and biodiversity net gain.
Experience in protected species is particularly welcome; possession of protected species licenses would be advantageous. Experience in working with statutory agencies and developers and a proven ability to identify and facilitate environmental solutions would be beneficial. Working towards a professional membership would also be helpful.
As an employee of Sefton Council, you will be joining a diverse and dynamic organization where people can enjoy a great work-life balance. The Council operates a hybrid working model, which involves a combination of working from home and when required from a Council office site. Access to your own transport is required, and the ability to work occasional evenings and weekends is desirable.
Closing date for receipt of completed applications: 11.55pm, 20 February 2025. Interviews are anticipated to take place mid/late-March 2025.
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