Green Infrastructure and Biodiversity Manager

Fexco Property Services; Salisbury; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension scheme

25 days annual leave

Holiday purchase / sell scheme

Recruitment referral bonus

Flexibility / hybrid working

Job summary

Fexco Property Services seeks a Green Infrastructure and Biodiversity Manager to lead greenspace and habitat management across a defined regional area in a hybrid role. You will inspect sites, monitor contractors, and drive biodiversity-net-gain initiatives in line with planning obligations.

The role combines fieldwork four days a week with office work, requiring strong contract management, stakeholder engagement, and a proactive approach to environmental stewardship.

Qualifications

• Passion for greenspace and biodiversity.
• Experience in landscape and habitat management through education and/or practice.
• Qualification in horticulture, landscape management, ecology, environmental management or related discipline. Level 3+ or higher.
• IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent health and safety qualification.
• Good plant identification and horticultural knowledge.
• Ability to interpret drawings, specifications, management plans and technical reports.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality greenspace, biodiversity and estate services across your area, inspecting sites and identifying improvements.
• Ensure compliance with inspection regimes, statutory requirements, record-keeping and reporting obligations.
• Manage landscape, habitat and estate maintenance contracts, monitoring performance, quality, compliance and value for money.
• Inspect completed works against specifications, management plans and contract requirements.
• Undertake audits of new developments before handover, ensuring compliance with planning conditions and Biodiversity Net Gain commitments.

Skills

Greenspace management

Biodiversity

Contract management

Stakeholder engagement

Site inspections

Microsoft Office

Driving licence

Education

Horticulture/landscape management/ecology qualification Level 3+

Tools

Digital inspection/reporting systems

Landscape maintenance software

Job description

Green Infrastructure and Biodiversity Manager

Nationwide

Full time

Permanent

Job Title: Green Infrastructure and Biodiversity Manager

Company: Fexco Property Services

Location: Hybrid

Type of Employment: Full time

The Green Infrastructure and Biodiversity Manager (GIBM) is an exciting new role requiring a flexible candidate with excellent greenspace, contract management and people skills who can work alongside our Divisional Green Infrastructure and Biodiversity Manager (DGIBM) to deliver sector leading greenspace and habitat management. This is a hybrid role combining office-based work with regular site inspections, audits and stakeholder engagement. Typically, you will spend four days per week visiting sites, monitoring contractor performance, assessing landscape quality, inspecting habitats and environmental assets, and identifying improvement opportunities.

Role Overview

You will be responsible formanaging a portfolio of greenspaces, public openspacesand associated environmental assets within a defined geographic area. Your role will focus on ensuring landscapes, habitats, Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) features, Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) and other greenspace infrastructure aremaintainedto ahighstandardandmanagedin accordancewithapprovedmanagement plans, planningobligationsand companyobjectives.

Actingas theprimaryon-siterepresentative, youwillbuildpositive relationships with residents, contractors, developers and stakeholders, responding to queries and ensuring concerns are resolved effectively. Supported by a central customer services team, you will deliver a visible presence across your sites and promote high-quality greenspace management and environmental stewardship.

This is a hybrid role combining office-based work with regular site inspections, audits and stakeholder engagement. Typically, you will spend four days per week visiting sites, monitoring contractor performance, assessing landscape quality, inspecting habitats and environmental assets, and identifying improvement opportunities.

You will be responsible for specifying remedial works, monitoring contractor performance, scrutinising completed works and ensuring expenditure is controlled appropriately. You will also support the review and development of landscape specifications, management plans, site budgets and maintenance programmes.

The role includes undertaking pre-handover inspections of new developments, auditing landscape installations, habitat creation areas, SuDS features, public open spaces and ecological enhancements to ensure compliance with approved plans, planning conditions, Section 106 obligations and BNG requirements before acceptance into management.

Where sites are subject to Biodiversity Net Gain requirements, you will support the implementation, monitoring and reporting of Habitat Management and Monitoring Plans, ensuring compliance with legal obligations and long-term environmental objectives.

Regular travel across your designated area will be required, along with occasional attendance at company offices, training events, meetings and industry activities. You may also provide support to neighbouring areas when required.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality greenspace,biodiversityand estate services across your area, undertaking site inspections and specifying improvement and remedialworks.
• Ensure compliance with inspection regimes, statutory requirements,record-keepingand reporting obligations.
• Manage landscape,habitatand estate maintenance contracts,monitoringperformance, quality,complianceand value for money.
• Inspectcompletedworksagainstapprovedspecifications,managementplans, drawings and contract requirements.
• Undertakeauditsofnewdevelopmentsbefore handover,ensuringcompliance with planning conditions, Section 106 obligations, approved landscape schemes, ecological mitigationmeasuresand Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)commitments.
• Inspect planting, BNG habitats, wildlife features, Sustainable Drainage Systems ( SuDS ), openspacesand associated estate infrastructure,identifyingand resolving defects before adoption.
• Inspect SuDS assets to ensure they remain safe, functional and maintained in accordance with approved specifications.
• Maintainaccurateasset records, plans, inspections and compliance documentation.
• Liaise with developers, contractors, consultants, local authorities and other stakeholders on greenspace and environmental management matters.
• Build positive relationships with residents, responding to enquiries, complaints and estate management concerns.
• Support community engagement activities, including biodiversity projects, planting initiatives and nature events.
• Assistwith procurement, contractorappointmentsand specificationdevelopment.
• Supportpresentations,sitevisits, bids and business development activities.
• Provide technical advice and support to colleagues.
• Undertake training and development to maintain and enhance professional knowledge.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Passionforgreenspace, biodiversity and nature recovery.
• Knowledge oflandscape, habitat and environmental management gained through education and/or practical experience.
• Qualificationin horticulture, landscape management, ecology, environmental management or a related discipline. Minium of Level 3 or Higher
• IOSHManagingSafely(orequivalenthealthandsafetyqualification).
• Goodplantidentificationandhorticulturalknowledge.
• Ability to interpret drawings, specifications, management plans and technicalreports.
• Understanding of planning conditions, Section 106obligationsand open space adoption requirements.
• Knowledge ofBiodiversityNetGain, habitat management and ecological enhancement.
• Experience undertaking site inspections andidentifyingdefects and maintenancerequirements.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple sites and priorities.
• ProficientinMicrosoftOfficeanddigitalinspection/reportingsystems.
• FullUKdriving licence .
• Experience managing landscape, grounds maintenance or estate managementcontractors.
• Experienceauditingnewdevelopmentsand openspacehandovers.
• Knowledge of Sustainable Drainage Systems ( SuDS ) management andmaintenance.
• Membershipofarelevantprofessionalbody(e.g.CharteredInstituteof Horticulture, Landscape Institute or CIEEM ).( D)

Please note: This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

Fexco is an equal opportunities employer and is proud to foster a work environment where our people are supported and encouraged to be themselves. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and sections of society and each application is given fair consideration.

Introducing the Fexco Property Services Group

The Group currently consists of 4 property management brands that collectively manage over 90,000 properties, via 12 regional offices across England & Wales supported by in-house teams that manage Admin & Finance, HR, H&S, Marketing & Communications and Legal & Compliance. You’ll be joining a well-established and growing group. More information can be found here:www.fexcopropertyservices.co.uk/

Introducing IPM and the Fexco Property Services Group

IPM is part of the Fexco Property Services Group with offices in Doncaster and London. The Group currently consists of multiple property management brands, delivering property management services to over 100,000 homes across England and Wales. Our colleagues work on customer and client facing roles, as well as many other varied roles and skillsets, in a diverse, growing, and dynamic organisation and sector. We operate from multiple office locations throughout the UK, and we are part of the multi-national Fexco group, with products and services spanning multiple sectors and geographies internationally. For further information, please view our website: www.fexcopropertyservices.co.uk/ and https://ipm.uk

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Hours

37.5

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