Careers

Work for Ecology

The Ecology team is ambitious, dynamic and driven by our vision to build a greener future. If you share our values and want to make a contribution to our work, then a career with us might be the right choice for you.

Current vacancies

Our current vacancies are displayed below. If you wish to submit your CV to us, for consideration for other future vacancies, please email your CV and a covering letter indicating what type of role you are looking for, to [email protected].  With your consent, we will hold your CV on our database for a period of up to 12 months.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy early, subject to receiving suitable applications. We therefore encourage you to apply at your earliest convenience.

Head of People and Culture

Head of People and Culture

Ecology has an exciting opportunity for a Head of People and Culture to join our Team.

We're looking for a Head of People and Culture who is passionate about creating an environment where people thrive, ensuring we have the right skills, structure, and culture to achieve our ambitious goals. This is an opportunity to lead, shape and drive real change in a building Society that's going places.

As Head of People and Culture, you’ll work influentially and strategically to develop and evolve our culture and inspire our colleagues across the business. You’ll design and execute a people strategy that ensures we have all the right elements for success, implement ideas to empower and engage our colleagues, and drive growth and change during a transformative period for our business

To download the full job description, please click here.

To read more about the role and to apply, please click the button below.

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Closing date: Tuesday, 8 July 2025

Further information

Privacy

The Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) gives individuals certain rights and defines the rules for processing personal information. It also states that those who record and process personal information, such as the Society, must be open and honest in how the information is used.

The principal purpose of collecting personal data from you is to enable you to apply for employment with the Society. When you submit your application, we ask for your contact details, CV and other selected information so that we can deal with your application.

If your application is not successful, we will keep your personal data for a maximum of 1 year from the date of application, after then it will be deleted/destroyed.

If you believe the Society has not complied with your data protection rights, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office which enforces data protection laws.  Their website is www.ico.org.uk.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

As an equal opportunities employer, we’re committed to creating an environment where there is mutual respect and equality of opportunity for all colleagues.

The process
Apply

If you are interested in applying you will be asked to submit your CV and covering letter to let us know about your previous experience. We’ll send you an acknowledgment to let you know that we’ve received your application.

Review

We’ll review your application against the skills and experience we are looking for in our successful candidate and let you know if your application is going to be progressed. If successful, we’ll be in touch to arrange the next stage.

Interview

For most vacancies, you’ll be invited to an initial interview which may be held over the telephone. During this interview you will be able to learn more about the role for which you have applied as well as giving the interviewer a chance to get to know more about you, your experience and what you are looking for in your next role.

If successful at this stage, you’ll be invited to attend a face to face interview with the recruiting manager, which will normally be held at our eco-build offices in Silsden, West Yorkshire. You’ll be asked to complete an application form and return it to us before your interview. There may also be some aptitude tests to complete relevant to the role you have applied for.

Feedback

We’ll usually let you know the outcome of your interview within a week of the last interview taking place. Your interviewer will give you an indication of when this will be. If you are successful, we will discuss the next steps with you and start preparing for you to join us. If you aren’t successful, we’ll let you know and we’ll provide feedback so you’ll know why.