Senior Ecologist

  • Penguin Recruitment
  • City, Birmingham
  • Mar 16, 2026
Full time Consultant

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Ecologist
Location: Birmingham
Salary: 38,000 - 45,000


This is a new and exciting opportunity like no other, for an experienced senior ecologist to bring your skills to a well-established environmental consultancy to help protect species and work on land restoration projects.
This ecologist role is suitable if you have technical report writing knowledge and want to further your career development, within an enthusiastic team of environmental consultants across the UK.
On offer for our senior ecologist:
Competitive salary 38,000 - 45,000
Full training and support
Wide range of wildlife projects
Flexible benefits package
Generous pension
Fulfilling work
Involvement of protecting / rehoming endangered species


What's involved with this senior ecologist Role:
Writing Biodiversity Net Gain strategies, protecting and re-homing protected species, client facing, business development, collecting high-quality field data and supporting reporting tasks, writing and reviewing technical reports.


To be considered for this seasonal ecologist position:
A degree in Ecology, Environmental Science, or a related field
Experience in ecological consultancy as an Ecologist or Senior Ecologist
Strong technical field skills and ideally one protected species licence (e.g. bats, great crested newts)
In-depth knowledge of UK wildlife legislation and planning policy is advantageous
Located in or near Birmingham

If you a senior ecologist, looking for a new challenge and f you think you meet this criteria and are interested, apply right away!

Interested in this or other environmental opportunities? Please do not hesitate to contact Joel Bullen at Penguin Recruitment. We have many more vacancies available on our website. This is a permanent role.
Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency in respect to this position