Biodiversity Technical Director | Lenders & DFIs

Consult; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday

Flexible working

Training budget

Professional membership

Medical cash plan

Family-friendly benefits

Job summary

Consult, a specialist ESG advisory firm, is seeking a Biodiversity Technical Director in London. You will own the technical quality of biodiversity work, set standards, and lead the team while expanding the portfolio and client base.

This is a senior leadership role with global reach: you will interact with lenders, developers and DFIs, travel internationally for site visits, and have a path toward equity.

Qualifications

• Biodiversity work to international lender standards (IFC PS6, ESS6, Equator Principles).
• Project-level, lender-facing experience assessing real projects against these standards.
• Leading proposals and winning work; multi-disciplinary teams built.

Responsibilities

• Act as the firm's senior technical authority on biodiversity, setting standards and assuring quality.
• Lead complex assignments: critical habitat assessments, Biodiversity Action Plans, offset strategies and lender due diligence.
• Be the senior point of contact for lenders, developers and DFIs.
• Lead and win proposals, bids and client pitches.
• Build, coach and develop the biodiversity team.
• Own project budgets, risk and commercial performance.
• Travel internationally for site visits of around a week.

Skills

Biodiversity standards

Lender-facing experience

Proposal leadership

Job description

Consult, a specialist ESG advisory firm, is seeking a Biodiversity Technical Director in London. You will own the technical quality of biodiversity work, set standards, and lead the team while expanding the portfolio and client base.

This is a senior leadership role with global reach: you will interact with lenders, developers and DFIs, travel internationally for site visits, and have a path toward equity.