**The Opportunity**:
**Our well-established and highly-regarded Botany team requires a Senior-Principal level Botanist to establish a new role of Botany Team Leader.**
**_ The role will require the following contributions:_**
- Leading, mentoring, coaching and contributing to the career development of the Botany team
- Leading and co-ordinating personnel contributing to botanical scopes of work
- Project management of individual projects for botanical assessments, monitoring and related scopes of work
- Over-arching management of the portfolio of botanical projects, including appropriate prioritisation and delegation
- Client relationship management
- Financial management of projects and budgets
- Tenders, proposals and quotes for botanical scopes of work
- Leading the delivery of botanical projects, and taking ultimate responsibility for:
- Study planning
- HSE, travel and logistics for field trips
- Field surveys/monitoring
- Managing relevant sub-consultants
- Technical review of assessment, monitoring and related reports
**_Other contributions to technical delivery of botanical projects, which may include:_**
- Field participation
- Flora identifications
- Data management
- GIS/mapping
- Floristic analysis
- Technical reporting
- Assistance, as necessary, with the various technical and project management functions in technical teams outside the Botany team
A remuneration package commensurate with experience level, inclusive of incentive bonuses applies to this role.
**_ Depending on experience and aspirations, there are also opportunities for contributions to:_**
- Environmental impact assessments and environmental management projects
- Zoological/fauna studies
- Business development and marketing
- Leadership of broader business operations and strategy
**About You**:
**_To be considered for this role, you will be able to demonstrate:_**
- relevant tertiary qualification (degree minimum) in botany, ecology, biological science, environmental science or equivalent
- demonstrated familiarity with current Technical Guidance for flora and vegetation surveys
- proven track record in an environmental consulting team
- the ability to lead flora and vegetation assessments and monitoring programs, and undertake small assessments independently
- willingness to travel for some field assessments, including to remote locations
- familiarity with the flora of Western Australia in various bioregions
- experience in the preparation of technical biological assessment reports
- excellent written communication skills
- current Western Australian C-class driver's licence
- take pride in delivering high-quality outputs
- enjoy being part of a high-performing and supportive team
- a can-do attitude and willingness to work harmoniously with valued clients and a high-performing and supportive team
- capabilities in the use of GIS software and spatial data management
- knowledge of and/or experience in zoological assessments, in addition to botanical expertise
- environmental impact assessment and approvals experience