Bat Ecologists – Licenced Bat Ecologists and Bat Earned Recognition (BER) Level 1-3 Registered Consultant

SLR is seeking multiple licenced bat ecologists (Natural England Class 2 and above) with proven experience in securing mitigation licences. We particularly welcome applications from Bat Earned Recognition registered consultants (Level 1 – 3) or eligible to be BER accredited agents or for individuals looking to become a BER registered consultants to join our expanding Ecology and Biodiversity team in the UK. Opportunities are available across multiple grades. The role can be located across any of our office locations in England or remote. You will work on a diverse portfolio of projects and sectors, particularly including Power, Mining and Minerals and Built Environment delivering high-quality bat surveys, mitigation strategies and technical reporting. This role presents an exciting opportunity to be responsible for the delivery of ecology inputs to large and complex projects, which now represent an increasingly large proportion of our work.

While the advert focuses on bat expertise, we do not pigeonhole our ecologists. If you hold additional ecological skills, whether in other protected species, botany, ornithology, etc – we actively encourage you to continue developing and utilising those competencies and we will ensure the range of work and training available to you enables you to do so.

The Role

Duties will be varied but will include:

• Undertake a range of bat surveys including Daytime Bat Walkover, Daytime Preliminary Roost Assessments (PRA), dusk emergence and rarely dawn return surveys, backtracking surveys, hibernation surveys, Ground Level Tree Assessment (GLTA) and use of advanced bat survey techniques including trapping and radiotracking.
• Record and manage survey data to a high professional standard using our top of the range survey equipment and technology, utilising our dedicated in-house data recording apps and automation software and processes and working closely with the digital team to maximise efficiencies in automation where possible.
• Completing BER site registrations, EPSL licensing and mitigation works
• Accurately analyse bat data in a timely manner and it would be advantageous to hold Certificate of Bat Acoustics Analysis
• Supervising mitigation works and implementing method statements
• Contribute to technical reports, contributing to BER site registrations preparing and leading on European Protected Species Licences (EPSL) and designing and overseeing bat mitigation and compensation strategies for a range of bat species including hibernation and maternity roosts across a range of sites including linear infrastructure projects, complex structures, major power projects and renewable energy projects.