Biodiversity Officer

About the Role

Base Location: Glasgow, Perth, Inverness or Aberdeen.

Salary: £33,500-£50,300 + car / allowance + performance-related bonus + a
range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.

Working Pattern: Permanent tendersglobal.net Full Time tendersglobal.net Flexible First options
available

SSEN are looking for a Biodiversity Officer to support the development and implementation of
habitat enhancement projects to support our over-arching Transmission Biodiversity Net Gain
delivery, irreplaceable habitats, and Nature-based Solutions plan. A key focus area will be the
North of Scotland including the Highlands and Islands, so frequent travel to this area will be
required.

The key responsibilities involved are as follows:

• Work with other members of the Consents & Environment Team and external stakeholders to
  ensure that the projects deliver against business and regulatory targets relating to
  Biodiversity Net Gain, irreplaceable habitats and nature-based solutions.
• Provide robust and accurate monthly strategic Biodiversity Net Gain, irreplaceable habitat
  and other nature target delivery statistics/KPI’s for business dashboards. Input into
  regulatory output reports and incentive submissions for Ofgem.
• Design, establish and deliver new processes and ways of working to secure irreplaceable habitat and strategic biodiversity enhancement sites in such a way as to meet business and regulatory targets (from optioneering through to Operations).
• Offer technical input, guidance and support to all business units on habitat enhancement
  project requirements.
• Provide technical expertise on project site visits to provide initial habitat assessments
  to advise on suitability of projects for Biodiversity Net Gain and irreplaceable habitat
  delivery.

What do I need?

To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:

• Knowledge of habitat classification (particularly UKHab), surveys and assessment and
  ecological management of the natural environment for conservation, restoration, protection and
  its enhancement for habitats and species.
• Knowledge of biodiversity metric approaches for assessing biodiversity value of sites and
  emerging policy, best practice and guidance for applying Biodiversity Net Gain reporting
  experience.
• Ability to build and foster excellent relationships with internal and external stakeholders
  to engage, influence and negotiate to ensure SSEN is a sector leader in off-site habitat
  enhancement.
• Experience of database management, progress tracking, data analysis and reporting against
  targets.
• Experience delivering and monitoring habitat enhancement projects.

About our Business

SSEN Transmission owns and
operates the electricity transmission network in the north of Scotland, transporting energy
from where it is generated to where it is needed, providing a safe and reliable supply of
electricity to the communities it serves. Home to some of the UK’s greatest resources of
renewable energy, SSEN Transmission is playing a critical role in the transition to a low
carbon future, developing, building, maintaining and operating a network for net zero.

What’s in it for you?

An excellent package with 34 days holiday entitlement, enhanced maternity/paternity leave,
discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits
package on our careers site.

As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an
inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applicants from all protected
characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required during the
application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for ‘Inclusion & Diversity at SSE‘ to find out more.

Next Steps

All applications should be submitted online, and I’ll be back in touch after the vacancy
closing date to let you know the outcome.

If you would like to discuss any working differently requirements or adjustments you may
require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact Stephanie at [email protected] / 01738 342963.

Before commencing employment with SSE, you’ll be required to fully complete our
pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic criminal records and credit check.