Senior Habitat Delivery Specialist

About us

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 site managers 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

As a Senior Specialist within the Habitat Creation team, you will play a pivotal leadership role in the safe, timely and cost-effective delivery of habitat creation and enhancement projects across your region. In addition to managing your own portfolio of sites, you will provide oversight, guidance and escalation support to Habitat Delivery Specialists, ensuring high-quality delivery standards and consistent application of best practice.

You will work closely with Land Managers, Ecologists and Applied Ecologists to plan and deliver habitat creation and enhancement works, including woodland and scrub establishment, species-rich grassland creation, wetland construction, and associated infrastructure. You will also take responsibility for regional resourcing decisions, ensuring workloads are balanced equitably and aligned with team members’ strengths and development goals.

We are looking for a senior Habitat Delivery Specialist to cover the South of England.

Responsibilities

Project and delivery leadership:

• Lead day-to-day project management including planning, execution, progress tracking and milestone reporting.
• Oversee accurate budget planning, monitoring and forecasting, ensuring alignment with agreed spend profiles.
• Appoint and manage contractors and suppliers in line with Environment Bank policies, including negotiation of contract terms.
• Coordinate and oversee contractor performance on site, ensuring quality, safety and ecological integrity.
• Manage on-site progress, quality and issue resolution, escalating risks and changes where impacts exceed agreed tolerances.
• Review Construction Phase Plans (or equivalent), delivery methodologies and contribute to project risk registers.
• Manage contractor KPIs and ensure delivery meets ecological, regulatory, contractual and quality requirements.
• Champion value-for-money delivery without compromising ecological outcomes.
• Maintain strong relationships with landowners, contractors and stakeholders

Team leadership, coaching and line management

• Provide line management to Habitat Delivery Specialists, including objective setting, performance reviews and ongoing support.
• Offer coaching, mentoring and technical guidance to build capability and confidence across the team.
• Act as a point of escalation for delivery challenges, providing clear direction and decision-making.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, knowledge sharing and professional development.

Regional Resourcing & Workforce Planning

• Make informed resourcing decisions across the region, ensuring workloads are balanced and aligned with team strengths.
• Support prioritisation of work and allocation of delivery packages to optimise efficiency and quality.
• Identify skills gaps and development needs, working with leadership to shape training and recruitment plans.

EDI & Belonging

At the heart of Environment Bank are the people who make it all possible. We employ individuals who share our passion for delivering our mission and living our values.

We believe that fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace makes us more innovative, dynamic and competitive. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures and experiences. We are committed to creating an environment where everyone is valued and respected, free from discrimination based on race, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status.

Requirements

Essential skills/experience:

• Significant hands-on delivery experience in agricultural land-based or habitat creation environments.
• Demonstrable experience managing contractors and on-site works.
• Strong project management capability including budgets, delivery plans, schedules and constraints.
• Experience working directly with farmers and/or landowners in a professional capacity.
• Proven ability or clear potential to coach, mentor or lead others, with experience of line management or team leadership.
• Strong interpersonal skills with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent organisation, planning and time-management skills.
• Clear communication and reporting discipline.
• Practical problem-solving skills in live delivery environments.
• Ability to balance quality, time and cost under site-level pressures.
• Full UK clean driving licence and willingness to travel for regional site visits and events.

Desirable skills/experience:

• Experience working in regulated delivery environments or assurance-led programmes.
• Awareness of APM-aligned project controls (plans, risks and reporting).
• A Health and Safety qualification (e.g., NEBOSH/IOSH).

Benefits

As an organisation, we believe that work should be fulfilling, inspiring, and balanced, so we’re creating a space where our team can thrive, both personally and professionally – providing flexible working arrangements, mental wellbeing support, and more.

We offer…

• Performance-based annual bonus up to 10% of salary
• Pension scheme with employer-matched contributions at 6% of salary
• 30 days of annual leave, plus paid bank holidays, birthday, and wellbeing day
• Option to purchase 5 additional days of annual leave after probation
• Hybrid flexible working options
• Regional and departmental team co-working days
• Expenses-paid whole company meet twice a year
• Team fundraising and charity events
• Ongoing career development with training and mentoring
• Medical cash back scheme to cover everyday healthcare costs
• Employee assistance mental wellbeing support
• Enhanced sickness pay allowance