The role will require you to work closely with our client service manager and company principal, in the handling of client inquiries and the provision of tenders/quotations for jobs large and small, as well as the budgeting and management of project delivery.

You are:

• Energetic, intelligent, and hold yourself to the highest standards of integrity in everything you do;
• An excellent oral and written communicator;
• An independent thinker, commercially astute, and practiced at building and maintaining client relationships;
• Self-aware, resilient, outgoing, open and personable; and
• Ambitious, and enjoy the challenges and opportunities of working in a busy, professional environment.

Requirements:

• Skilled at handling client inquiries, estimating, quoting, and budget management;
• Demonstrable project management experience for a range of projects, large and small;
• At least 3-5 years’ experience in professional consultancy;
• A relevant, scientific undergraduate or postgraduate degree;
• A relevant professional membership (MRSB, MCIEEM, CEnv, etc);
• Extensive fieldwork and report writing experience, providing advice to planning and development clients;
• A thorough understanding of the UK planning and regulatory framework, (and best practice survey requirements) for protected species, especially bats;

Ideally you will also have:

• Experience of financial/business reporting to senior management, particularly on the status of tenders, bids and quotations;
• Experience of coaching and mentoring of junior colleagues, as well as planning and delivering training and CPD events;
• A well-developed ability to review and input to the work of others;
• Some managerial experience or training, and a keenness to progress in line management;
• A GCN or bat survey licence, and have successfully obtained EPS licences for bats or GCN

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