Closing Date
2025-04-25
Job Title: Senior Biodiversity Net Gain Advisor
Hybrid working - Falmer office (2 days a week)/Site visits
Salary: up to £60,000 depending on experience
Job Summary:
As a Senior Biodiversity Net Gain Advisor you will be leading and managing large-scale business change projects within our organisation, ensuring their successful delivery to time, cost and quality. You will play a key role in supporting the implementation of our organisational transformation programmes by providing expert guidance on all aspects of project management methodology, tools and techniques.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Leading and managing multiple complex change initiatives simultaneously, working collaboratively with stakeholders across the organisation to ensure they are delivered effectively and efficiently.
2. Developing detailed project plans, schedules and budgets for each initiative, monitoring progress against these and taking corrective action as required to ensure milestones are met.
3. Identifying and mitigating risks associated with each project, developing contingency plans where necessary to minimise impacts.
4. Managing and motivating teams throughout the life cycle of each initiative, utilising effective communication, interpersonal and influencing skills to build commitment and drive through positive outcomes.
5. Ensuring appropriate governance structures are established and maintained for each project, facilitating regular steering group meetings and obtaining buy-in from senior leaders to support decision making processes.
6. Providing specialist advice and guidance to other project managers within the team and across the wider organisation, sharing best practice and promoting high standards of project management.
Qualifications:
Essential:
7. Experience in managing complex business change projects.
8. Proven ability to deliver multiple initiatives to a consistently high standard.
9. Excellent knowledge of project management methodologies, tools and techniques.
10. Strong leadership and people management skills.
11. Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills.
12. A track record of successfully delivering business change projects within a corporate environment.
Desirable:
13. Experience in the water industry or similar regulated utility sector.
14. Project management qualification (e.g. APM, PRINCE2).
15. Knowledge of IT systems and applications used in project management.
16. Experience of using Microsoft Project and Visio.
Package
This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approach to working between home and office.
17. Company and performance-related bonus
18. Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution
19. Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary
20. Health benefits through a Cash Plan
21. Two paid community volunteering days a year
22. 25 days annual holiday
23. Occupational health service
24. Perkbox benefits offering discounts and savings on several products and experiences
25. Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
26. We offer competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
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