International Biodiversity Officer 2026069

JNCC Support Co; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Disability Confident employer

Job summary

JNCC Support Co seeks an International Biodiversity Officer to lead international biodiversity work and collaborate with governments, NGOs and researchers. You will help deliver nature recovery projects and support policy development, while strengthening partnerships and capacity building across territories.

You will work on climate resilience, ecosystem protection and biodiversity commitments, with a strong emphasis on practical conservation actions and knowledge exchange across diverse

Qualifications

• Experience designing and delivering climate, conservation or environmental projects.
• Ability to translate science into practical conservation actions.
• Experience collaborating across cultures and with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of international biodiversity work and nature recovery projects.
• Support Blue Belt Programme delivery team with governance, reports and outputs.
• Build networks with governments, NGOs and local communities to enable knowledge transfer.

Skills

Ecology

Policy development

Stakeholder engagement

Climate change

Job description

International Biodiversity Officer 2026069

Join JNCC's International Implementation Team and help drive impactful conservation action across the UK Overseas Territories and beyond. We work together with governments and local partners to design and deliver practical, evidence-led solutions for nature, from coral reef conservation and capacity building to policy development and stakeholder engagement.

As an International Biodiversity Officer, you will lead collaboration across a diverse network of partners, support delivery of JNCC's international biodiversity portfolio, including supporting JNCC's input into the Blue Belt Programme. This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled biodiversity professional who thrives on partnership working, knowledge sharing and turning science into real-world conservation impact.

The UK Overseas Territories have long been acknowledged as being rich in biodiversity and geodiversity. Many of the UK’s inhabited Overseas Territories are small, remote islands. They provide a home to 220,000 people who are reliant on their natural environment, and the benefits that it provides, for their economic welfare and their security. Despite the remoteness of the islands, these natural environments are threatened, often because of development, but also from the natural disasters that the islands' natural environments can help protect against. Climate change predictions are only set to further threaten biodiversity and the livelihoods of those that rely on it.

JNCC has been working with the UK’s Overseas Territories for over 25 years. We provide technical assistance to support their biodiversity, climate change and wider environmental management strategies. We also provide scientific advice to the UK Government, which provides support to the Overseas Territories to manage their environment and enhance economic security and disaster resilience through a variety of policy initiatives and funding programmes.

Post Duties

• Support the delivery of international work on biodiversity, including contributing to the development and implementation of nature recovery projects and proposals to support land/sea-scape decision making, nature based solutions and climate change resilience.
• Support technical delivery of JNCC's Blue Belt Programme delivery team including supporting project governance, delivery of reports, briefings and other outputs as required.
• Build strong networks and effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders to enable knowledge transfer, capacity building and effective partnership working to deliver nature conservation outcomes.
• Support the identification of new strategic opportunities and contribute to the development and writing of bids.
• Support the wider work of the Team and JNCC as appropriate, including Overseas Territories liaison, contract management, project support and delivery of technical work, as required.

Technical

• Strong understanding and demonstrated practical application of ecology, the benefits biodiversity provides to people and systems, pressures and impacts on biodiversity, and their implications for sustainable development. Expertise in climate change, ecosystem vulnerability and resilience preferred.
• Knowledge and demonstrated practical application of nature conservation policy, management frameworks and international biodiversity commitments.

Experience (Responsibilities)

• Experience of successfully designing and delivering climate, conservation, biodiversity or environmental management projects.
• Experience translating scientific evidence into practical conservation actions, management advice or policy recommendations.
• Experience working across different cultures and collaborating effectively with a range of stakeholders such as government agencies, NGOs, researchers and local communities.

Behaviours

• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace

In the event that we receive a large volume of applications we reserve the right to conduct the sift based on the Lead Behaviour of Working Together

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Company: JNCC Support Co Salary: from £33,130 a year, pro rata Hours: Full-time Location: Peterborough, PE2 8YY Working pattern: Hybrid - 4 days remote Job type: Contract Posting date: 30 Oct 2026 Closing date: 16 Nov 2026

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