1. Ecological Consultancy
Claire Wansbury

2. Potential Career Directions
Government
Charities
Consultancy
Academia
Others – e.g. ecotourism

3. My Career Degree – pure and applied biology
MSc – rural resources & environmental policy
Voluntary work – the secret weapon for any environmental job hunter
Countryside Council for Wales
English Nature – HQ & local team
Consultancy – JFA and Atkins
Professional Body Memberships (FCIEEM, CEcol, CMLI, CEnv)

4. London 2012 Games Olympic Park
FOR USE IN UK ONLY.
Contract:
Consultant for the design of the Olympic Park and site wide infrastructure for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
Client:
Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA)
Description:
Atkins has been appointed as part of the team to take forward the design of the Olympic Park infrastructure. The work streams with which we are involved include landscape and public realm, utilities, security, waterways, drainage, roads and bridges. We are working in consultation with other appointed consultants, statutory authorities, contractors, and ODA delivery partners to ensure that the Olympic Park works are completed to cost and programme. We are leading the design for the enabling and remedial works, coordinating utility services design for the Olympic Park and completing detail design of services for the north site. We are undertaking scheme and detailed design for the loop road and secondary roads in the north of the Olympic Park together with scheme and detailed design of the perimeter public highways including the A12 and Ruckholt Road. We are also in close relationship with the Stratford City development to coordinate the highway approach across both projects and are designing a number of bridge structures on site.
Multidisciplinary engineering infrastructure design, project managing enabling works,
site clearance and remediation,
environmental impact assessment

5. A typical day? No such thing! Juniors – mainly fieldwork and reporting
Get work, do a good job, get paid
More senior – more thought leadership, work winning, reviewing others’ work and mentoring them, but less time out in the field.

6. How to get a job / career
Qualifications – the value of a relevant MSc or PhD.
How to get some useful experience.
Useful skills.
Working practices & professionalism.
Pay and conditions.
How to get very well paid very quickly
– pick another career.
So why do it?

7. Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management
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@InstEcolEnvMan

8. www.atkinsglobal.com @johnbox_ecology