Job Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Director of Strategic Ecology to join our Natural Capital team.
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 Non-Government Organisations (eNGOs), 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.
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What we offer you:
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
Find out more about Savills offer
Team Overview
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.
Recruitment agencies
Savills only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and that agency has been previously contacted and directed by a member of our recruitment team. We do not pay agency fees when speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to Savills or any of our employees other than via our careers website and through our recruitment process. If this is not adhered to, agency fees will not be paid.
Submission of any unsolicited CVs or proposals to Savills will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance of this approach.
- Business area
- Rural & Projects
- Locations
- Oxford, Bristol
- Contract Type
- Permanent, Full time
- Remote Status
- This role is office based
- Salary
- Competitive
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Holiday
We understand the importance of a work life balance and offer you a generous holiday entitlement, which increases throughout your career as you progress through our job levels or reach service milestones.
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Health
Your wellbeing and that of your family is as important to us as it is to you. We offer Virtual Gp, Digital Health, Private Medical Scheme and mental health support amongst other benefits.
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Lifestyle
We promote a healthy work life balance, supported by our approach to flexible working and our wide variety of health, wellbeing and social programmes.
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Our Offer
Read more about our benefits and culture in our offer overview below
No matter the role you’re in, we all share one purpose: to help people thrive through places and spaces. This is built into our DNA, shaping the way we behave to deliver the best results. We define it by four key values:
We listen: Tell us your goals and aspirations and we’ll provide the support you need to achieve them. We appreciate the individual value of every team member and create an environment where you can reach your full potential.
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We challenge: The best results happen when we question the status quo. We create an environment where you can safely challenge our thinking, bringing fresh ideas to the table to innovate as a team.
We collaborate: When you join Savills, you become part of a 40,000-strong network of driven individuals, all sharing their knowledge and experience to push the real estate industry forward.
At the heart of it all, we deliver best-in-class insights and advice to help people make better property decisions. We're looking for colleagues who will help us on this mission. When you join Savills, our ask for you is simple – to be extraordinary, together.
Over 42,000 people work for us in more than 70 countries all over the world. This breadth of global coverage, combined with specialist services and market insight, means we'll always have an expert who is local to you.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Director of Strategic Ecology to join our Natural Capital team.
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