Senior Nature Projects Lead – Offsite Biodiversity Restoration

SSEN Transmission; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare discounts

Wellbeing benefits

Cycle to Work

Family entitlements

Job summary

SSEN Transmission is seeking a Senior Project Manager – Nature to lead a portfolio of offsite restoration schemes across Northern Scotland. You will oversee governance, reporting and budgeting as part of the Nature Delivery Team, ensuring delivery aligns with Biodiversity Net Gain commitments.

The role requires managing a team of Nature Delivery Managers, collaborating with landowners and stakeholders, and travelling across the region; substantial experience in project management and capital

Qualifications

• Experience of project management processes, contract management and technical reporting across diverse projects with external stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills with proven delivery across progress, risks, costs and programme.
• Proven ability to manage high-performance teams driving accountability and delivery.
• Experience of budget management and spend reporting for large capital projects.
• Interest in nature restoration schemes in Northern Scotland and related regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead Nature Delivery Managers to deliver offsite restoration schemes across Biodiversity Net Gain, Peatland and Ancient Woodland.
• Drive programme and risk management to ensure delivery on time and on budget, developing delivery strategies and best practices.
• Develop and implement rigorous governance approaches, owning end-to-end governance and reporting guidelines.
• Work with Natural Capital Manager, Finance and wider nature team to drive budgeting, forecasting and spend tracking with financial rigour.
• Build and maintain relationships with landowners, stakeholders and communities to support sustainable delivery.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Budget management

Nature restoration interest

Job description

SSEN Transmission is seeking a Senior Project Manager – Nature to lead a portfolio of offsite restoration schemes across Northern Scotland. You will oversee governance, reporting and budgeting as part of the Nature Delivery Team, ensuring delivery aligns with Biodiversity Net Gain commitments.

The role requires managing a team of Nature Delivery Managers, collaborating with landowners and stakeholders, and travelling across the region; substantial experience in project management and capital