Associate Director of Habitats

Associate Director of Habitats Location: Birmingham, Guildford or Thomson Locations United Kingdom Company Description Our mission is to enable nature and business to thrive together. The independent consultancy, chosen by clients as their preferred specialists and regarded by people as the company to work for. We aim to be the most innovative, pragmatic and fast-growing environmental consultancy in the UK. With offices across the UK, our experts are committed to delivering exceptional outcomes to our clients across a range of environmental services and ecological contracting. Our services include but are not limited to: terrestrial ecology, freshwater ecology, marine laboratory, habitat management, arboricultural services, geographic information systems (GIS) and mapping, environmental impact assessments. Position We have an exciting opportunity to lead our Habitats department who deliver on the ground works such as habitat creation, translocation & management and protected species mitigation & enhancements. In this pivotal role you will be accountable for its direction, delivery and financial success. As Associate Director of Habitats, you will provide strategic leadership to guide the team to deliver high quality services to our clients and achieve our exciting plans for growth. You will confidently represent Thomson externally, building relationships with prospective and existing clients, to win future work and build the Thomson reputation. You'll ensure excellence in project delivery, client satisfaction, and team capability, whilst managing the teams financial performance. At Thomson we support hybrid working arrangements, employees can work a mix of remote and office working. For this position, we encourage applications from candidates based near our Guildford or Birmingham (Kenilworth) locations. Requirements This role requires a dynamic combination of technical expertise, business acumen, business development skills, and leadership ability. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in a relevant sector, client relationship management, business development, and a strong understanding of wildlife legislation and HSQE requirements. Requirements for this role include:

• Experience in leading a team, ensuring they are motivated, work is distributed effectively and delivered safely.
• Experience in building and maintaining client relationships and creating and progressing new business opportunities to grow market presence. Demonstrable network across the sector.
• Ability to set a strategic vision and drive the direction of the department. Experience of setting a departmental plan and budget, then leading the team to achieve this.
• Experience leading complex projects and providing expert technical advice.
• Experience working on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects is desirable.

Other information Working at Thomson At Thomson, we strive to be the very best at what we do, both in the eyes of our customers and our colleagues. We believe in One Thomson; we draw on and value every individual's unique skills and experience to come together and support each other in delivering an exceptional service. Our people are our greatest asset. We want Thomson to be a great place to work, where everyone feels supported to be the best they can be. We are proud of our friendly, supportive, 'nothing is too much trouble' culture. We live and breathe our RISE (Respect, Integrity, Support, Excellence) values. Your opinions matter to us; we are constantly evolving. We promote a healthy work-life balance to ensure we have an engaged, productive and happy team. We are flexible and committed and welcome new challenges. We recognise the importance in training and developing our team as well as offering a competitive pay and reward package. Involving ourselves in our local communities is important to us and we are proud of our continued achievements in fund raising for charity. We work hard but have fun too. We are passionate about career development so we make sure we nurture talent. Our people benefit from access to a diverse range of industry-accredited external training, as well as in-house training opportunities led by our specialists. The variety of projects we deliver across the breadth of environmental services encourages cross-team working and collaboration. We can offer you the opportunity to contribute to and lead on high-profile, once in a life-time projects. You'll enjoy all the benefits we have to offer which include: 25 days annual leave, healthcare cash plan, enhanced stakeholder pension scheme, life insurance, discounted gym membership, paid professional memberships, clothing allowance, outstanding performance rewards, long service awards, free parking and regular local and company social events. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion As an equal opportunities employer, Thomson is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, gender reassignment, being married or in a civil partnership, being pregnant or on maternity leave, disability, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply to and join Thomson.