UK Nature & Biodiversity Lead

Description

• Working with the Nature and Biodiversity leadership team to develop a strategy for growing our corporate biodiversity and strategic nature-positive work.
• Project scoping and reporting for corporate strategies
• Overseeing and implementing the UK Nature and Biodiversity team’s growth strategy
• Leading and mentoring UK ecology staff and maintaining the team’s innovative and positive culture
• Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies.
• Acting as an internal and external figurehead for technical and advisory leadership for different service offers
• Actively seeking out and securing new projects which will lead to profitable work
• Leading, and supporting others to lead the technical components of complex UK projects
• Taking ownership of the UK teams’ financial performance, and managing change when difficulties are identified
• Identifying and pursuing appropriate opportunities and overseeing successful submission of proposals
• Leading the successful growth of a team and/or new service offers
• Maintaining and developing the highest standards of technical quality; continuously seeking to develop the discipline through innovation and creativity

Requirements

• Experience of providing ecological services for infrastructure projects, including road and rail schemes
• A client focussed approach and the ability to find solutions to complex ecological issues
• Knowledge and experience of the sectors in which ecology work is carried out in the UK and a strong awareness of recent developments in the ecology sector, including biodiversity net gain, off-site credits and nature-based solutions.
• Understanding and experience in the application of Biodiversity Net Gain and how it relates to other ecosystem services, as well as being able to communicate the wider benefits of biodiversity to clients
• Experience in coaching and mentoring junior staff to develop their technical and consultancy skills and fostering a positive team culture
• TNFD assessments, ESRS4 under CSRD, SBTN and GRI 101 project-based nature-positive / net gain strategies, targets, and performance indicators
• Extensive experience of advising on scheme design in relation to ecological impacts and biodiversity net gain, ecological impact assessments, habitat management and monitoring plans, and habitat regulations assessments
• Experience in providing company or portfolio level technical input on corporate strategies, strategic guidance on landscape-scale projects, and nature-related disclosure framework reporting, including:
• Experience in developing innovative solutions to address complex project requirements

Benefits

• Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
• Hybrid working arrangements.
• 10% Car allowance
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
• Attractive salary and benefits package including, private medical insurance, life assurance and income protection.
• Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions
• A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
• 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
• A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities. A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring.
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance