
Business Development & Bid Manager
- Edinburgh
- £35,000-48,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
Salary: £35000-£48000
Reference Number: EC250801This is an excellent opportunity for both Consultant Ecologists and Senior Ecologists to join the Nature and Biodiversity team and help design and deliver ecological strategies across a diverse range of projects, with a particular focus on Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) services.Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting and managing ecological projects across infrastructure, residential, commercial, renewable energy, and other sectors.
- Planning and conducting ecological surveys and producing high-quality reports and assessments (e.g., PEA, UKHab, protected species, EcIA, BNG metrics, HMMPs, LEMPs).
- Designing and implementing bespoke BNG strategies, including on-site green infrastructure and off-site solutions, and producing assessments using the Statutory Defra Metric.
- Supporting client relationships, fee proposals, tenders, project planning, and risk assessments.
- Minimum of 2 years' professional experience in the ecological sector.
- Experience with Biodiversity Net Gain and the Statutory Biodiversity Metric.
- Minimum of 5 years' professional experience in the ecological sector.
- Associate Membership of CIEEM (working towards Full Membership).
- Demonstrable experience delivering and managing ecological projects.
- Good project management skills and client-facing experience.
- Protected species licences (e.g., bats, great crested newts, dormice).
- Experience designing habitat creation/enhancement schemes and developing offsite BNG solutions (desirable).