Metric Specialist - London, United Kingdom - Natural England

Natural England

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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- £27,273
Job grade:

Higher Executive Officer
Specialist
Contract type:
Permanent
Type of role:
Environment and Sustainability
Working pattern:
Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
2Contents

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East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, South East England, South West England, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the HumberAbout the job

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This position is based Nationally
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About Natural England
Do you have a passion for nature and the environment? Do you want to make a real difference and secure significant environmental gains in the present and the future? Do you enjoy working in a team? Can you see yourself advising communities and customers to maximise gains for the Natural Environment?

If this appeals to you, a career at Natural England offers rewarding opportunities to secure environmental improvements and play your part in creating a better future for people and nature.

The priority work Natural England is delivering includes:

Establishing a Nature Recovery Network to help wildlife thrive
Monitoring environmental changes to identify and help reduce the effects of climate change
Working with farmers and landowners to develop greener food production methods
Advising on plans for new developments to maximise gains for nature
Providing ways for people to better connect with nature, including green social prescribing

We are the Government's advisor for the natural environment, playing a vital role in delivering the Government's 25 Year Environment Plan, an ambitious vision which brings new opportunities to protect and enhance and to achieve real outcomes for the environment.

Are you passionate about wildlife conservation, have an eye for detail, good technical skill and want to influence evidence-led policy and practice? Then we've got the job for you

In a major new step for nature recovery, the Environment Act 2021 introduced a statutory requirement for long-term legally binding targets for biodiversity, water and air.

The targets include improving the health of our rivers, cleaning up our air and halting the decline in our wildlife populations.

Significant developments are required to deliver the Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) target to ensure lasting benefits for wildlife and people.

The Biodiversity Metric and associated work are key tools that support BNG delivery and a priority work area within Natural England and amongst our stakeholders.

The Biodiversity Metric is a decade in development by Natural England and partners.

The latest Biodiversity Metric is currently being finalised and will be published in Spring 2023 together with the simplified metric for Small Sites and an Environmental Benefits from Nature Tool.

It will be owned by the Secretary of State and will be legally mandated for measuring Biodiversity Net Gain as of November 2023.

Our team of Metric Specialists is growing, and we are looking for two Specialists to join our team.

Steve Panks, a Natural England Principal Specialist in Biodiversity Net Gain says about the role:
"I work closely with a virtual team across the Defra family, including colleagues in other Natural England teams, Defra, the Forestry Commission, the Environment Agency and with a range of Natural England's habitat specialists, sharing knowledge, evolving evidence and guidance and working collaboratively towards common goals. I also work with a broad range of external organisations, including Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), ecological consultants, developers and local authorities.

I feel hugely supported in my role and I am actively encouraged to continually learn and develop in a way that ensures that I can make an ever increasing and rewarding contribution towards conservation".

Key tasks

The balance of the key tasks for each role will vary and will depend on the needs and priorities at the time.

Build capability in the organisation, using your role in internal networks for information exchange with colleagues across Natural England in the scoping and development of environmental metric and calculator tool needs.
Build internal and external capability by developing and delivering training packages for developed metrics.
Comanage the netgain and metric mailboxes signposting to relevant guidance, addressing metric and netgain questions, problem solving and capturing feedback.
Support the scoping and development of existing and new metric tools such as for; environmental benefits for nature, natural capital accounting, marine net gain, and tools to meet measurability needs for Defra delivery of the Environment Act habitat and species targets and indicators.
Provide technical support for Parliamentary Questions, Minister briefings, M