Environment Bank

Project Manager – NSIPs Delivery

Environment Bank

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • **Key responsibilities**
  • - Act as Project Manager for Environment Bank’s NSIP commissions, ensuring projects and services are delivered on time, to scope and budget.
  • - Provide expert input and coordination support to NSIP clients throughout the DCO lifecycle, from early feasibility through to consent and implementation.
  • - Coordinate multidisciplinary internal teams including Land, Ecology, Sales/Commercial, Finance, Science and Verification.
  • - Manage the development of feasibility studies to identify appropriate BNG, environmental mitigation and enhancement requirements for NSIPs.
  • - Support the definition of environmental mitigation strategies, including how BNG and wider environmental and social benefits will be delivered on the ground.
  • - Oversee the transition from advisory and strategy development into practical delivery and implementation of habitat creation and management.
  • - Act as a key internal and external point of contact, building strong working relationships with clients, consultants and statutory stakeholders.
  • - Ensure alignment between DCO requirements, EIA / HRA outputs, consultation outcomes and Environment Bank delivery models.
  • - Identify and manage project risks, particularly relating to consenting, programme, cost and delivery.
  • - Contribute to continuous improvement of Environment Bank’s NSIP proposition, processes and project management approaches.

Requirements

  • **Essential:**
  • - 5–10 years’ relevant experience in land acquisition, land agency, infrastructure development or environmental planning.
  • - Demonstrable experience working on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs).
  • - Strong understanding of the Development Consent Order (DCO) process and how NSIPs are consented in the UK.
  • - Background in land acquisition, land agency or land strategy, either in-house within a renewables or infrastructure organisation or within a consultancy supporting such organisations.
  • - Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing complex workstreams.
  • - Good working knowledge of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and its role in the DCO process.
  • - Ability to understand and integrate ecological, habitat and environmental mitigation requirements into land-led project delivery.
  • - Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation and communication skills.
  • - Strong organisational and project management capability.
  • **Desirable:**
  • - Ecological background or strong understanding of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), habitat creation and habitat management.
  • - Experience working with land acquisition, land agency or land management processes.
  • - Experience co-ordinating and acquiring land to deliver environmental mitigation or enhancement for major infrastructure projects.
  • - Understanding of wider environmental and social value delivery beyond BNG.
  • - Professional qualification in project management, planning, ecology or a related discipline.
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
  • 🏡 Remote and 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

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
project managementenvironmental planningland acquisitionNationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs)Development Consent Order (DCO) processEnvironmental Impact Assessment (EIA)Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)habitat creationhabitat managementstakeholder management
Soft skills
negotiationcommunicationorganizational skillsteam coordinationrelationship buildingrisk managementcontinuous improvementstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingleadership
Certifications
professional qualification in project managementprofessional qualification in planningprofessional qualification in ecology