Assistant Manager, Environment - Nature

Lloyds Bank plc; Bristol, Leeds, City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

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Assistant Manager, Environment - Nature

Apply locations Bristol Leeds Wellington Place Edinburgh time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday time left to apply End Date: May 27, 2025 (10 days left to apply) job requisition id 135308

End Date

Monday 26 May 2025

Salary Range

£0 - £0

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Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

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Job Description

JOB TITLE: Assistant Manager, Environment - Nature

SALARY: £39,825 - £44,250

LOCATION(S): Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds

HOURS: Full-time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least

two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites

About this Opportunity

This is an opportunity to bring your experience and technical expertise in nature to Lloyds Banking Group where you’ll play a key role in supporting the delivery of our sustainability ambitions!

The Assistant Manager, Nature will have technical and analytical expertise, and an awareness and understanding of a range of nature-related topics, including the links between climate change and nature loss. The Assistant Manager will provide support across the Nature team for all nature-related activities with a day-to-day focus on activity to assess and manage nature-related risks.

You’ll be part of the Group Sustainable Business team which sits at the centre of Lloyds Banking Group and plays an important role in enabling Lloyds Banking Group’s purpose ambitions and activities which are critical to the delivery of the Group’s strategy and helping Britain Prosper. These include defining the ambitions and enablement actions across key areas such as affordable homes, financial empowerment, regional development, transition to net zero and protecting nature.

As Assistant Manager, Nature, you’ll be:

• Providing guidance to the Group on the assessment and management of nature-related impacts, dependencies, risks and opportunities and supporting an internal approach that ensures continued alignment with external frameworks.

• Drawing on leading science-based frameworks and initiatives from external bodies such as TNFD, SBTN, IPBES, WBCSD, WEF, and UNEP-FI to ensure our assessments are based on the best available data and metrics and fit-for-purpose in managing the Group’s portfolio.

• Building and maintaining good relationships with key partners across the Group to collaborate on developing our nature-related risk assessments.

• Contributing to the development of LBG capabilities in nature, by sharing your knowledge and expertise on key nature-related frameworks and expertise on the state of nature, pressures on nature and dependencies on ecosystem services with colleagues across all levels.

• Translating nature-related requirements and policy developments in the UK in order to help provide analysis and strategic insights for the Group.

• Contributing to a high-performing team, encouraging and embedding new, agile and innovative practices to improve process effectiveness, efficiency, accuracy and pace.

Why Lloyds Banking Group?

Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too.

What you’ll need:

We’re looking for an individual with strong analytical expertise and understanding of nature-related topics who wishes to apply their skills within a financial services company. If this is you, we’d like to hear from you.

• Demonstrates a broad understanding of global, regional and national nature-related frameworks, policies and initiatives, such as the TNFD, Biodiversity Net Gain, the Environmental Improvement Plan, relevant components of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the CBD’s Global Biodiversity Framework.

• Understands the links between climate change and nature loss, and nature’s essential role in supporting climate change mitigation and adaptation. Knowledge of the role of nature within transition planning would be desirable.

• Has strong data and analytical skills, with experience of assessing and managing nature-related issues. Experience of using nature-related data and geospatial software such as ArcGIS is desirable.

• Has a proven ability to adapt and excel in a fast-paced environment, effectively balancing multiple priorities across diverse work areas, demonstrating flexibility and strategic problem-solving to support a high-performing team.

• Has good verbal and written communication skills, with an ability to create high-quality presentations and written papers for a wide range of audiences.

• Has a track record of building and maintaining good working relationships with a wide range of individuals or groups.

• Continuously develops and grows by pursuing and investing in personal development opportunities.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We’re disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• At least 28 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you’re excited about being part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you!

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

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