Nature Restoration Portfolio Lead

El Bichólogo; Inverness; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

34+ Days Holiday with the option tobuy

21 weeks full pay maternity leave

Flexible Working options

Private healthcare and gym discounts

Wellbeing support

Job summary

SSEN Transmission is seeking a Senior Project Manager – Nature to deliver a portfolio of offsite nature restoration schemes and provide governance, reporting and budgeting expertise across a complex programme.

You will lead a team of Nature Delivery Managers to drive risk management and establish end-to-end governance and financial controls supporting Biodiversity Net Gain commitments in Northern Scotland and the Islands.

Qualifications

• Experience of project management processes, contract management, and technical reporting for a diverse portfolio of projects with multiple external stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with a track record of successful delivery across progress, risks, mitigations, costs and programme.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Nature Delivery Managers to deliver a portfolio of offsite nature restoration schemes for Biodiversity Net Gain, Peatland Restoration, and Ancient Woodland Restoration.
• Drive programme and risk management to ensure delivery is on time and on budget, developing strategies for delivery and following best practice processes.
• Develop and implement rigorous governance approaches, owning end-to-end governance of portfolio offsite nature restoration schemes, ensuring approvals and reporting guidelines are met.
• Collaborate with the Natural Capital Manager, Finance, and wider team to drive budgeting, forecasting and spend tracking with financial rigour.
• Build and maintain relationships with landowners, internal and external stakeholders, and communities to support sustainable delivery.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Team leadership

Budgeting

Governance

Job description

SSEN Transmission is seeking a Senior Project Manager – Nature to deliver a portfolio of offsite nature restoration schemes and provide governance, reporting and budgeting expertise across a complex programme.

You will lead a team of Nature Delivery Managers to drive risk management and establish end-to-end governance and financial controls supporting Biodiversity Net Gain commitments in Northern Scotland and the Islands.