Careers

A career that supports conservation

Let’s be honest, not all ecological consultancies are the same. We want to do the very best for nature and ALL of our profits are gift-aided to the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust to support conservation directly on the ground. We also want to do the best for you. We prioritise your work home life balance by offering flexible working arrangements, and we commit to developing you professionally through our Personal Development programme.

All of our current roles are listed below.

Strategic Ecologists

We are looking for senior consultant level Ecologists, with significant experience of applied experience, who are seeking an ecology role with a difference:

Locations 

Each role we are looking to recruit for will be hosted by a different consultancy and has options for Network Rail office:

• East Midlands – EMEC Ecology: Derby, Doncaster, Lincoln, Leicester, Bedford, Peterborough
• Anglia & Greater London – Future Nature: Norwich

Salary – Up to £44,172 dependent on location and experience

Contract Type – Contract type: Initial 12-month Fixed term, with potential extension to Oct 2025.

The Wildlife Trusts Consultancies (WTCs) have been engaged by Network Rail to deliver an extensive Biodiversity Plan throughout the Network Rail Eastern Region. The role will steerand implement landscape-scale biodiversity improvements throughout the Network Rail Eastern Region. The role offers the opportunity to work in a friendly, collaborative team in a major organisation and engage with key internal and external stakeholders. The role will also offer the opportunity to work with major technologies, including data gathering tools and GIS, to organise ecological information.

Day to day, the Strategic Ecologists will work under the guidance of the Project Manager, leading in the production of core project deliverables, with the support of Operational Ecologist(s). Initially in the first year, this will focus on:

• Biodiversity Inventory for the lineside estate, based on stakeholder and existing data
• Biodiversity Action Plans with overarching objectives for Routes
• Habitat Management Plans showing how the objectives will be put into practice
• Pilot development of implementation for future stages
• Supporting stakeholder engagement
• Supporting integration of plans into day-to-day working practices and standards

The role will move to working with internal and external teams to implement the plans into biodiversity interventions on the ground.

If you are interested in applying, please go to https://nottswt.livevacancies.co.uk/ where you can also view further information including the job description and person specification.

If you have any questions regarding the role, please email: hr@nottswt.co.uk

Operational Ecologists

We are seeking consultant level ecologists, with a significant level of applied experience, who are seeking an ecology role with a difference:

Locations

Each role will be hosted by a different consultancy and has options for Network Rail office:

• North & East  (N) – EcoNorth: York, Newcastle, Darlington, Hull
• Greater London – Future Nature: London (preferred), Peterborough, Cambridge, Ipswich

Salary – Up to £34,653, dependent on location and experience

Contract Type –  Initial 12–month Fixed term, with potential extension to Oct 2025.

The Wildlife Trusts Consultancies (WTCs) have been engaged by Network Rail to deliver an extensive Biodiversity Plan throughout the Network Rail Eastern Region. The role will helpshape and implement landscape–scale biodiversity improvements throughout rail networks. The role offers the opportunity to work in a friendly, collaborative team in a major organisation and engage with key internal and external stakeholders. The role will also offer the opportunity to work with major technologies, including data gathering tools and GIS, to organise ecological information.

Operational Ecologists will work under the guidance of a Strategic Ecologist, assisting them in the production of core project deliverables. The first year will focus on:

• Biodiversity Inventory for the lineside estate, based on stakeholder and existing data
• Biodiversity Action Plans with overarching objectives for Routes
• Habitat Management Plans showing how the objectives will be put into practice
• Pilot development of implementation for future stages
• Supporting stakeholder engagement
• Supporting integration of plans into day–to–day working practices and standards

EMEC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust (NWT) to apply for this position please visit the NWT website

Senior Ecologist

EMEC are looking for an experienced Senior Ecologist to join our team.

Location – Hybrid (Remote/The Old Ragged School, Nottingham) with regular travel within the Eastern Region

Salary – £34,653.82  – £36,766.21 per annum

Contract Type –  Permanent / Working hours: Full time

Initially you will work primarily with one of EMEC’s most significant clients, completing an innovative regional biodiversity project for a national infrastructure provider to deliver large-scale biodiversity improvements across their estate.

You will be an ecological lead for a section of the project and collaborate with a varied team of ecologists including senior industry leaders, to ensure the best ecological practice is incorporated into our clients new biodiversity processes.

Your knowledge and expertise will be utilised to produce Biodiversity Action Plans and Habitat Management Plans, creating a framework for long-term Biodiversity Net Gain at a regional scale.

As there will be travel required to our other sites and the Eastern region, a full, clean driving licence is essential.

If you are interested in applying, the full job description can be viewed here 

Engagement Manager

We are looking for an experienced to join our team.

Location – Hybrid remote, with option for EMEC or NR office base dependent on location

Salary – £30,900-£36,050 pa (dependent on experience)

Contract Type – Fixed term, 37.5 hours a week with TOIL

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Engagement Manager to join our friendly team. The Wildlife Trusts Consultancies (WTCs) have been engaged by Network Rail Eastern Region to deliver an extensive Biodiversity Plan throughout their Eastern Region.

The Engagement Manager role will be hosted by one of the consultancies, EMEC Ecology. They will facilitate the delivery of the Biodiversity Plan by engaging with external and internal stakeholders over biodiversity opportunity site development and data sharing. This  will primarily be conducted through stakeholder relationship management including developing biodiversity improvement opportunities with third parties. It will also include supporting the collection and management of GIS data about the biodiversity sites. External stakeholders may include Government Bodies, Charities, Local Species Groups, Community Groups and Landowners.

If you are interested in applying, then please use this link for more information and the full role profile at https://nottswt.livevacancies.co.uk/

Land Management Operative

Are you a passionate and enthusiastic individual looking for a new challenge?

Location – The Old Ragged School, Brook Street, Nottingham, NG1 1EA

Salary – £12.20 per hour

Contract Type – Zero Hours Contract, Fixed Term for 6 months

EMEC is a growing business, with project delivery across the East Midlands and beyond. We have an exciting opportunity for a Land Management Operative to join our experienced and friendly Land Management team.

You will be working on the delivery of habitat and site contracts in Nottinghamshire and the wider area.  This will include grassland, woodland, scrub and wetland management, survey and monitoring activity and event delivery.

You’ll be someone who wants to make a difference and help nature’s recovery, with experience of delivering practical conservation and countryside management work.

Work will include some travel and staying away from home, as well as work on difficult terrain and the use of heavy equipment, e.g. steep slopes and in inclement weather.

For more information, the full role profile and to apply please go to https://nottswt.livevacancies.co.uk/#/job/details/88