Ecologist

Salary

G6: £38,275 per annum full time (pro rata for part time).

Contractual hours

Basis

Full Time

Region

Oxford

Package

29 days holiday, LGPS, subsidised leisure membership, flex scheme (where appropriate), employee benefits scheme, post-probation pay increment.

Job category/type

Permanent

Date posted

13/07/2026

Job reference

002838

Does working as an ecologist in Oxford, the City of dreaming spires, with its beautiful architecture, history and culture sound exciting? You will part of the Ecology Team for Oxford City Council, working with a Principal Ecologist in the Environmental Quality team, part of Environmental Sustainability.

Your primary responsibility will be to review and provide advice on ecological work undertaken in support of planning applications and consented developments within the city boundaries. You will assist Planning Officers by designing conditions to protect and enhance biodiversity for inclusion in planning decisions.

A key element of this work will be ensuring planning applications comply with legislative biodiversity net gain requirements and providing advice internally on how to effectively secure and monitor biodiversity gains delivered through development.

You will also work on the production of a Biodiversity Strategy for Oxford, with a view to helping to protect and enhance the city’s fauna, flora, and ecological networks. This Strategy will play an important role in meeting the Council’s enhanced biodiversity duty under the amended Natural Environment and Rural Communities (NERC) Act 2006.

Within a varied and interesting urban landscape with green infrastructure you will also work on ecology/biodiversity projects that may occur, provide advice internally, externally, and to the general public, and take on any other ecology related duties the Council has.

The Council is committed to flexible working to help you fulfil your role as part of work life balance.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact James Barlow by email Sign in to view email