Lead Ecologist (Scotland)

Zulu Ecosystems’ mission is to regenerate pure ecosystems responsibly in order that the planet and its communities can thrive. We mix proprietary expertise and area experience with on-the-ground relationships to mobilise landowners, traders, authorities our bodies, and communities round giant scale nature programmes.

Our main focus in Scotland is on the pure regeneration of historic woodlands, woodland
creation, and peatland restoration. All of our tasks search to realize the very best total influence
by way of uplift on carbon, biodiversity, and water.

YOUR MISSION

As Lead Ecologist (Scotland), you’ll concentrate on baseline and situation evaluation surveys together with floor truthing our analytics to help the design and supply of a variety of our tasks throughout Scotland. Reporting to the Regeneration Programme Supervisor (Scotland), and as a member of our Operations staff, your work will contribute to our restoration tasks’ planning, design, implementation, and long-term administration. Working intently with a multi-disciplinary staff of colleagues, your work will assist to make sure a variety of ecosystem outcomes. 

As a dedicated skilled and skilled ecologist, you’ll search to use the very best requirements
of ecological integrity and mission high quality whereas remaining agile, inventive, and sensible in your
method to working with a variety of ecosystems and stakeholders. 

You’ll: 

• Conduct habitat and species surveys to tell the design and implementation of historic
  woodland restoration, woodland creation, and peatland restoration tasks. 
• Assist mission managers by offering the mandatory surveys for historic woodland
  restoration, woodland creation, and peatland restoration in step with funding necessities. 
• Floor reality preliminary desk-based mission analytics.
• Undertake ongoing monitoring, reporting, and verification of our tasks.
• Contribute to bettering inside fashions and analysis on biodiversity indicators and
  potential uplift.

This function balances subject work with desk-based obligations: you’ll undertake important
baseline and situation evaluation surveys and ongoing monitoring and reporting. You’ll work
straight with colleagues on designing and delivering on-the-ground tasks. You can be
offering vital info to make sure that tasks are delivering on our dedication to realize
the very best total influence on carbon, biodiversity, and water uplift. 

YOUR PROFILE

• A love of nature and a robust dedication to assist clear up the local weather and nature crises. 
• Membership (or working in direction of membership) of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and
  Environmental Administration (CIEEM). 
• I’ve confirmed subject surveying abilities and competency in quite a lot of habitat and species
  survey strategies, together with the Nationwide Vegetation Classification (NVC woodlands, grassland,
  and mires), breeding birds, herbivore influence evaluation, woodland herbivore influence evaluation,
  protected species, peat depth, and peatland situation evaluation.
• Information of processing strategies and manipulation of GIS datasets: proficiency in GIS
  mapping information and software program and expertise in digital subject information assortment and evaluation.
• Skilled in information evaluation and reporting.
• Impartial, proactive, methodical, and data-driven method to problem-solving. 
• Capability to handle a broad scope of labor and survey a number of tasks concurrently. 
• Expertise working in upland environments and distant lone working. 
• Talk and collaborate with varied stakeholders, together with landowners and land
  managers.
• Driver’s license and willingness to journey inside Scotland. 

Good to haves: 

• Skilled in survey methodology design and growth.
• Capability and willingness to ship survey coaching to colleagues and land managers.
• Thought chief with a eager curiosity in coverage and follow and the flexibility
  to take part in trade consultations and discussions.