Job Description
What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?
At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.
A little more about your role…
This is an exciting opportunity to join an industry leading and supportive team doing innovative and challenging work with broad reach across sectors. Our dedicated Nature Advisory team sits within Nature Services in the Earth & Environment Business Unit. Nature Advisory works closely with technical specialists across the business to deliver challenging and innovative projects for our clients which enable them to take account of nature in decision-making.
We provide assessment and advisory services for a wide range of projects, sectors and clients, including corporates, local/regional government, water industry, developers and landowning clients. Working across thematic areas and at the forefront of how business incorporates nature into operations and decisions, we take on the most challenging projects focusing particularly on opportunities relating to biodiversity and nature strategy development, metrics and targets; nature finance; nature-based solutions and institutional level biodiversity strategy and governance.
We're looking for a well-established natural capital professional with significant experience to provide technical leadership of our natural capital offering across our UK business. Natural Capital is a core service offer at the forefront of our 2025-2027 Nature Advisory strategy and this role is central to the growth of our Nature Advisory service offer within the 250-person strong WSP Nature Services team.
The role provides an exciting opportunity to grow our natural capital work, developing new client relationships and liaising with other disciplines in WSP to bring natural capital to the forefront of wider delivery, embedding it across our portfolio of work as a UK business. The role will focus primarily on projects in the UK but with potential to engage in our wider international work. Typical project examples include:
1. Developing the project pipeline and financial model for nature finance projects, to restore nature at scale;
2. Developing spatial natural capital opportunity maps for local authorities and utility companies to inform strategic investment;
3. Assessing natural capital as part of new infrastructure and development projects including providing advice on enhancement opportunities in collaboration with ecologists and landscape architects;
4. Developing natural capital accounts for clients looking to embed quantitative measures into decision-making and nature-related reporting (e.g. TNFD) to highlight its value and monitor changes over time;
5. Working with the economics team on using natural capital approaches to realise benefits to the economy from restoring nature.
You will be fully supported by technical experts from across WSP but the role will provide autonomy to grow this work and develop innovative ideas that deliver better outcomes for our clients, the environment, economy and society.
A typical week would include:
1. Generating opportunities, preparation of tenders and raising the profile of WSP's work;
2. Providing technical leadership on all aspects relating to natural capital and ecosystem services assessment;
3. Overseeing the delivery and project management of a range of deliverables (technical, commercial and financial) in support of our clients' projects;
4. Being a focal point for natural capital work by communicating internally with other disciplines about potential areas for cross-disciplinary work and collaboration;
5. Working with the leadership team to develop staff, capabilities and retain/attract the best natural capital talent.
What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…
* A good post-graduate degree in environmental/natural science or environmental economics;
* A proven record of delivering natural capital work with private and/or public sector clients including direct knowledge and use of relevant guidance and tools (for example ENCA, NATURE Tool, NCRAT, InVEST, EcoServ-R, ORVal, Woodland Carbon Code and/or Peatland Code);
* Excellent client relationship skills and experience of providing strategic and technical advice to private and public sector clients;
* A proven ability to win work, writing and contributing to bids and managing projects;
* Passion for delivering positive natural capital outcomes for clients and society and sharing your expertise with colleagues;
* The ability to apply technical excellence in a commercially astute manner;
* Advanced ecosystem services modelling skills;
* An interest in mentoring and developing junior staff;
* Excel VBA, GIS and other programming skills desirable.
Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.
Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.
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About Us
We are one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 69,300 passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 9,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?
Work-life balance
At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It's important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community.
Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.
Inclusivity & Diversity
We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP. We have our employee resource groups bring together employees and allies with different backgrounds to promote a culture of inclusivity.
Health & Wellbeing
We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.
Med24 offers you and your family unlimited telephone access to an NHS doctor, available 24/7, with options for face-to-face video consultations. We also provide reasonable workplace adjustments for those in need. Additionally, you can benefit from the Gymflex scheme, which offers up to 40% off annual gym memberships through our WSP flexible benefits program, as well as a comprehensive menopause support package.
Flex your time
To enhance work-life balance, WSP offers the “WSP My Hour,” allowing you to take one hour each day for personal activities, with the flexibility to make up the time earlier or later that day.
We also provide part-time and flexible working arrangements, the option to purchase additional leave, and the ability to use your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.
Your development
We understand the importance of development and training to you. That's why we foster a supportive environment that invests in your growth, whether through training, mentoring, or Chartership.
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