Habitat Delivery Lead

Environment Bank Habitat Delivery Lead

At Environment Bank, we're working together to help restore natural habitats across England. With thousands of acres of new habitat creation already underway, our projects are delivering biodiversity gains and helping vital ecosystems to recover and flourish.

Our diverse team includes ecologists, land managers, habitat specialists, geospatial analysts, planning advisors, account managers, digital creatives, legal experts, and more.

From our habitat specialists to our sales and marketing teams, everyone at Environment Bank is a champion for our values, working towards our goal of reversing biodiversity loss.

Environment Bank is a market-leading organisation in a sector that's experiencing rapid growth. We've already built a highly skilled team of experts and we're actively looking to expand our team in the coming months.

We're incredibly proud of all we achieved so far and we're still growing. If you'd like to be part of a driven organisation that's making a real difference, find your next role with the team at Environment Bank.

About the Role

We're looking for a passionate, motivated and versatile Habitat Delivery Lead to be responsible for the co-ordination, management and delivery of our extensive Habitat creation and enhancement programme through the management of our in house team of Habitat Delivery Specialists and our network of trusted partners.

You are an experienced and dynamic Team Lead who will spearhead the growth and development of our national Habitat Delivery team. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in managing teams and capital works programmes at a variety of scales and across a range of geographies, with a focus on safety, quality and maximising opportunities for cost savings and efficiencies. You will be experienced in planning and managing team resources and budgets. This role will suit someone who can understand the big picture, identify tangible opportunities and build a tactical approach to realising them through clear plans, outstanding leadership and the ability to inspire others.

Building and maintaining strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders will be key to ensuring long-term success and growth. This role requires a strategic thinker with excellent communication skills, capable of leading a team to achieve ambitious targets.

What You'll Be Doing

Strategic Leadership and Team Management

• You will be responsible for achieving Environment Bank's strategic outcomes for the annual programme of habitat creation and enhancement, including enabling infrastructure such as fencing, with a focus on high integrity, quality outcomes, safely, on time and to budget.
• You will ensure that our habitat banks are established in line with the agreed proposals as defined by our teams of experts and co-created with our landowners.
• You will work with the Land Director and Finance Team to set the Habitat Delivery Team annual budget and resource requirement.
• You will manage and mentor a team of land management and project management specialists responsible for the establishment of our land portfolio of high integrity habitat banks.
• You will draft and implement policies and procedures to set clear and efficient ways of working for your team.

Programme Management

Habitat Delivery