Project Technical Lead / Director

• £50-80k basic + 100% bonus
• Remote

We are searching for a technical lead with a significant experience of delivering environmental projects. As the technical lead, you will oversee projects to deploy nature-based solutions to generate nutrient and biodiversity net gain credits, as well as other ecosystem services. You will manage and coordinate the end-to-end delivery of nature-based solutions projects. This will require following a process to deliver a suite of environmental assessments, legal agreements and implementation plans to support the delivery of a project. You will be required to produce progress reports, identify risks, and develop work schedules. You should be able to work independently and manage the inputs from other team members and external contractors to efficiently deliver projects to high quality standards while minimising costs. 

Our successful Technical Leads will keep abreast of developments in nature markets, with a focus on Nutrient Neutrality and Biodiversity Net Gain. This knowledge will be used to quickly identify potential opportunities and problems arising from wider industry developments. Outstanding Technical Leads are accountable, trustworthy and have great communication skills. These skills will be used to build lasting relationships, both internally and with clients, contractors and other stakeholders.

• Adapting project templates to determine specific project requirements. 
• Developing project plans and work schedules. 
• Identifying tasks that can be delivered internally and tasks requiring external support from subcontractors. 
• Coordinate multidisciplinary activities and inputs by the project team, including specialist inputs.
• Delegation of tasks to relevant team members, and assignment and delivery of your own tasks. 
• Regular feedback on progress towards project goals. 
• Quality assurance of project outputs, including those produced by subcontractors.  
• Identifying risks and forming contingency plans as soon as possible.
• Delivery of cost-efficient project outputs within reasonable timeframes.
• Close liaison with clients and other stakeholders, including presentations were required. 
• Updating work schedules and performing troubleshooting as required.
• Analysing existing business operations and suggesting improvements.
• Being transparent with the team about challenges, failures, and successes.
• Keeping up-to-date with industry trends and developments.
• Contributing to an environment where all team members can ask questions and voice their concerns.
• Business development to identify opportunities and win new business.

• Bachelor’s degree in geography, environmental science, ecology, engineering or a  related field.
• Significant and demonstrable experience in a similar role providing technical leadership to deliver complex environmental projects.  
• Expert professional and business skills, including leadership, planning, organisation, communication, financial awareness and reporting, presentation and report writing, and relationship management.
• Expert skills in data analysis. 
• Strong understanding of technical approaches to delivering environmental projects. 
• Expert knowledge of the regulatory context underpinning nature markets in the UK.
• Expert knowledge of the regulatory environment and relevant constraints for deploying environmental projects. 
• Willingness to build professional relationships with staff, clients, contractors and stakeholders.
• Experience in the development of business vision and strategy. 
• Skills in QGIS and/or data analysis using programming languages (R, Python) are preferable. 
• Chartership with a relevant chartered institute is preferred. 
• Valid UK driving licence. 

 No agencies please.