Penguin Recruitment Ltd

 

Nottingham

This growing environmental consultancy currently have an outstanding opportunity for an experienced environmental consultant with specific knowledge of Farm and Land consultancy to join their team based in Nottingham.

Qualification- Candidates for this role are anticipated to hold a relevant degree – Agriculture, land management, environmental based, MSc / Further academic qualifications anticipated. The successful candidate will be FACTS qualified and hold a full clean driving license. Further BASIS qualifications will be advantageous.

Location- Nottingham, travel across the UK as required – position can be home based – please enquire

Experience- The successful candidate for this role will hold demonstrable experience in t delivering consultancy and advice services to farm businesses, with experience of working on projects in areas such as conservation management, catchment sensitive farming, planning applications, nutrient planning and farm business management. A demonstrable track record in business development and selling to farm businesses is a requirement, as is an in-depth knowledge of relevant UK policy and legislation.

Candidates will be expected to demonstrate broad knowledge in the following; nutrient planning tools, e.g. PLANET, husbandry, policy, regulation including NVZ regulations, grants available to farm businesses, farm waste and manures storage, commercial awareness.

Salary- Negotiable on skills and experience (anticipated to be in the region of £27-32,000 plus benefits)

Company- Environmental consultancy

The focus of the role is to provide specialist consultancy advice and services to a range of farm businesses, assisting them in adapting to environmental regulations, climate change and changing market conditions.

You will develop and sell a range of technical and business consultancy services to farmers and environmental agencies.

Duties Include:

• Develop and sell farm (environmental) consultancy services

• Business and financial reviews, feasibility studies

• Provide specialist technical advice

• Report writing

• Environmental conservation, habitat management, resource management and legislation advice

• Supply chain analysis

• Agri – environmental schemes, resource management, nutrient management

• To deliver other consultancy services to the farming sector including business and financial management, planning advice and energy developments.

Benefits:

• An excellent opportunity to further develop and expand your farm / agriculture environmental consultancy career.

• Competitive salary

• Benefits package

• Further training and progression opportunities within an expanding consultancy

• Wide range of private and public sector clients

Interested in this and other environmental jobs? For an initial, non- committal discussion about this vacancy and other opportunities in the environmental sector please do not hesitate to contact CLAIRE POWER of Penguin Recruitment on 01792 365101, alternatively you can email your CV and we will get back to you. E-mails to claire.power@penguinrecruitment.co.uk.  NB – the closing date for applications for this role is the 26th July   

This position is open to European Union Citizens or holders of UK work permits

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