Experienced Ecologist or Botanist

**About you**

As an Experienced Ecologist at Lodge Environmental, you will be working with an enthusiastic team of environmental consultants, ecologists, and planners to coordinate and deliver on field survey and reporting across our range of interesting projects within the Illawarra, Southern Highlands, and Shoalhaven. You will be passionate about the environment and our community’s interaction within it. You will be working collaboratively with a tightknit team to implement environmental creativity into job designs. We strive to introduce flexibility on our projects to achieve a result which is harmonious with both the local biodiversity and environmental legislation. We value creativity and making smart changes to achieve big outcomes for our surroundings.

Working at Lodge Environmental, you will be a self-motivated and solution driven Experienced Ecologist ready to use your position to improve the balance between human growth and biodiversity conservation. We welcome dialogue between ecologists and clients to inspire conservation and instil a sense of environmental stewardship. It is within this that we lead our clients towards a better outcome on all accounts.

**Education and qualifications**
- Either hold a recognised degree in Environmental Science OR other relevant tertiary education (Tafe or similar).
- Hold a ‘class c’ drivers license.
- Sound flora and fauna identification in the vegetation communities of NSW.
- Have ~5 years’ experience in a similar role.
- Be BAM accredited or have the desire and ability to become BAM accredited.
- To be eligible you must have the right to work in Australia.

**Key tasks**
- Complete vegetation surveys.
- Vegetation integrity plots.
- Classify and map vegetation communities using the NSW BioNet Vegetation Classification.
- Targeted flora survey.
- Targeted fauna survey.
- General fauna survey.
- Navigate environmental legislation:

- BC Act, EPBC Act, WM Act, EP&A Act, BOS, BAM, etc.
- Prepare reports including:

- Ecological Constraints and Opportunities Assessments.
- Biodiversity Stewardship Site Assessments Reports.
- Flora and Fauna Assessments.
- Vegetation Management Plans.
- Fauna Management Plans.
- Biodiversity Development Assessment Reports.
- You will also contribute towards the positive work environment both in and outside of the office, manage projects, budgets, and project staffing. You will communicate effectively across both written and verbal discourse.

**Company benefits**
- Flexibility - we provide the option to work remotely and with flexible hours.
- Learning & development opportunities; We have regular paid days spent with all staff out in the field, providing an opportunity to share knowledge and learn from each other. You will also have the opportunity to attend relevant seminar’s/conferences and complete short-course qualifications.
- To be part of a rapidly growing, exciting and fun company.
- Ability to pursue interest areas that align with the company’s direction.
- Office social events.
- You will be part of a company which gives back to the environment. Lodge Environmental is signed up to 1% For The Planet and donate 1% of sales to local environmental causes.

The position is flexible in its offering in that for the right person, various options are available to ensure our staffs work-life balance is met.

**Applications**
- Relevant tertiary education.
- Experience within ecological consulting (or if not consulting, then strong ecological survey experience) including years within relevant roles.
- Understanding of the environmental legislative context at the Local, State and Commonwealth level.
- Example of when you have led, nurtured or championed new, out-of-the-box thinking to push an environmental outcome in a business minded context.