Ecology Team Manager

About the business and the role

Do you believe you can make the world a better place?

SLR’s purpose is Making Sustainability Happen, which we achieve by having a team of experts who partner with our clients to tackle some of the world’s most complex sustainability Challenges.

SLR is an international environmental consultancy with a globally recognised reputation for providing high quality tailored services.  With close to 200 staff spanning the length of Aotearoa and an additional 800+ staff across Asia Pacific, we provide consultancy advice and support on a wide range of strategic and site-specific issues to a diverse and growing base of business, regulatory and governmental clients. We celebrate a ‘One Team Culture’, where bringing together diversity of thought and expression is key to building the best team to deliver excellent results.

A rare Team Manager opportunity has come up within our Ecology & Biodiversity team in Aotearoa. Based in Nelson, this role will see you provide inspirational and empowering leadership to our people in both our Nelson and Wellington offices. Key focuses will be the development and coaching of senior employees, leadership of our high performing team, business development to ensure our business and team continue to grow and thrive, as well as technical excellence to ensure our team delivers technically excellent work to our clients.

Responsibilities

You will be confident in your technical ability and have a positive attitude to do the following tasks:

• Manage and lead 13 direct reports across our Nelson and Wellington Ecology & Biodiversity team
• Provide technical leadership, training and actively coach the local team
• Lead the delivery of projects to time and budget
• Proactively identify and engage with new and emerging clients to promote SLR Ecology & Marine services 
• Contribute to the growth and development of the Ecology & Marine Practice in line with SLR’S purpose and values
• Be a “person of the people”; engage, inspire and motivate peers and staff to achieve financial and strategic goals
• Approve expense claims and timesheets, ensuring good timesheet behaviours within the team
• Manage SLR’s commercial risk through review of project work and maintaining standards of excellence

Skills and experience

The successful candidate must have: 

• A degree in Ecology, Marine Science or a related field
• Demonstrated consulting experience with 12-15+ years in Ecology or Marine Science and ideally as an expert who has exceptional technical ability in marine ecology
• Demonstrated experience winning, leading and managing projects
• A good network or client base to bring new clients and work into the business
• Experience in preparing impact assessments and environmental risk assessments
• Working knowledge of New Zealand environmental legislation and policies, standards and guidelines
• A strong focus on health and safety, particularly in relation to fieldwork
• Ability to build long lasting, trusted relationships
• Consistently achieves targets and supports professional development
• New Zealand Citizenship or rights to work in New Zealand
• Excellent driving history and hold a current driver's license

Our Benefits

We are proud of our unique culture where we work together to collaborate on projects to get the best possible outcome for our clients. Whether you’re working in the office, from home or a mix of the two, we recognise that every person is different, and our benefits aim to ensure that we cater for all.

You can find a comprehensive list here.

Next Steps

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion. Please note that interviews are conducted with gender diverse interview panels to the best of our ability. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

Unsolicited resumes from recruitment consultants will not be accepted. You must be part of the preferred supplier agreement list which is coordinated through our Talent Acquisition team.

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