Senior Project Manager

• Mar 2022 - Present

Project Manager / Ecologist

• Sep 2019 - Mar 2022

- Experienced Project Ecologist: producing bids, survey planning, team co-ordination, client/contractor collaboration, resource management and controlling budgets. - Technical/Species Lead and Lead Surveyor: providing technical support to clients, peers and junior team members. - Protected species surveys including bats, badgers, hazel dormice, great crested newts, common reptiles, otters and water voles. - Desk based work: desk studies, analysis of biodiversity data, sounds analysis, use of online mapping resources. - Report writing: Preliminary Ecological Appraisals (PEAs), Protected Species Reports, Protected Species Licence Applications, Habitat Management Plans (HMPs), Precautionary Method of Workings (PMWs) and Habitat Regulations Assessments (HRAs). - Ecological Clerk of Works: Overseeing mitigation/monitoring projects - Extended Phase 1 Habitat Surveys and Ecological Walkovers Project Experience: - Flood defence Schemes in England & Wales - Highways development Schemes in England & Wales - Rail development Schemes in England - Urban development/Cycle initiative Schemes in England & Wales - Small-scale County Council maintenance, repair and improvement Schemes

Freelance Ecologist

• Dec 2017 - Aug 2019

- Protected species surveys including bats, hazel dormice, common reptiles, otters and water voles. - Report writing: Protected Species Reports and Technical input - Extended Phase 1 Habitat Surveys and Ecological Walkovers - Protected species surveys including bats, hazel dormice, common reptiles, otters and water voles. - Report writing: Protected Species Reports and Technical input - Extended Phase 1 Habitat Surveys and Ecological Walkovers

Commissioned Officer

• Sep 2013 - Dec 2017

Recruit Training Officer, December 2016 – December 2017 - Oversee, lead and provide training for 30+ new recruits over a 14-week duration. - Manage a training team of up to 6 individuals to ensure targets and aims were being met and that delivery of lessons were accurate and consistent. - Provide weekly reports to the Chain of Command informing on progress by the training teams and recruits. Medical Support Officer, April 2015 – December 2016 - Lead a Medical Troop; planning and overseeing training, duties and events. - Dispatch appropriate medical cover for overseas and UK held exercises. - Write regular reports to guide medics through their training and careers. - Provide support and assistance in personal matters where needed as the Units Equality and Diversity Adviser. - Attend regular meetings to discuss the Troops and Units capability and to set realistic targets for future deployments. - Responsible for Troop medical stores and armoury, conducted weekly checks to ensure no discrepancies in stock or usage. Officer Cadet, September 2013 – April 2015 - Completing Officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Bat Scientist / Team Leader

• Jun 2012 - Sep 2012

- Lead a team of ecological scientists in conducting species surveys as part of ongoing conservation research in Central America. - Write up the results and submit them to the Science Leads at Base Camp - Lead a team of ecological scientists in conducting species surveys as part of ongoing conservation research in Central America. - Write up the results and submit them to the Science Leads at Base Camp

Seasonal Ecologist

• Mar 2011 - Aug 2011

Assist with bat surveys (Dusk/Dawn, Emergence counts and roost checks), GCN monitoring (Bottle trapping, Torching), Phase 1 Habitat surveys Assist with bat surveys (Dusk/Dawn, Emergence counts and roost checks), GCN monitoring (Bottle trapping, Torching), Phase 1 Habitat surveys

Volunteer Field Ecologist

• May 2010 - May 2010

Assist with bat surveys (Dusk/Dawn, Emergence counts and roost checks), Tree and hedgerow surveys, GCN monitoring (Bottle trapping, Torching), Phase 1 Habitat surveys Assist with bat surveys (Dusk/Dawn, Emergence counts and roost checks), Tree and hedgerow surveys, GCN monitoring (Bottle trapping, Torching), Phase 1 Habitat surveys