Strath Caulaidh - Informed Ecological Decisions :: Our People
Our People
We take pride in the quality of the people we recruit and retain because our people are our most important asset. That is why Strath Caulaidh is an Investor in People.
We feel that it is important to employ our technical staff on a permanent basis whenever possible - this helps us to ensure that we maintain our quality standards, a core aim. Occasionally, new staff join under a short-term contract but always with a view to making the post permanent if at all possible.
Our technical staff have a wide range of backgrounds because we value the mix of skills and experience that an open recruitment policy delivers to us. Some staff come with wide-ranging ecological expertise, either commercial or academic. But many are sourced from fields as diverse as commercial forestry, marine biology, banking and off-shore engineering.
A diversity of skills is required to work with us because our technical staff are often asked undertake many of the tasks associated with running the company. These include business development and administration through to data collection, analysis and reporting. Such an approach gives us maximum flexibility and stability when planning and delivering our workload.
But we also make sure that our in-house training program is intensive and that tailored professional development is continuous, so that all employees develop the core and specialist skills they need to work effectively on behalf of our clients.