Sustainability & Biodiversity Consultant

ABN Feeds; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK agricultural consultancy is seeking a Sustainability & Biodiversity Consultant. This hybrid role requires a degree in a relevant field and at least five years of experience in sustainability consultancy. The consultant will provide expert advice to dairy and agri-food clients, translate policies into practical actions, and manage projects from start to finish. You will be a key player in shaping strategies for carbon reduction and biodiversity enhancement, while enjoying benefits like a competitive salary and matched pension contributions.

Benefits

Matched pension contributions up to 10%

Flexible benefits supporting development and wellbeing

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years experience in agricultural sustainability or biodiversity consultancy.
• Proven ability to translate policy into on-farm practices.
• Experience managing consultancy projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultancy on sustainability and biodiversity.
• Design and deliver tailored sustainability strategies.
• Act as a subject matter expert on UK and international environmental policy.

Skills

Agricultural sustainability expertise

Strong communication skills

Consultancy experience

Education

Degree in agriculture, environmental science, sustainability, or related field

Job description

Sustainability & Biodiversity Consultant

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The Role & Key Responsibilities

Job Title: Sustainability & Biodiversity Consultant

Location: Hybrid, UK

Contract & Hours – Permanent, Mon – Fri, 40 hours per week

Package includes: Salary From £55,000 a year, plus pension contributions matched up to 10% and access to flexible benefits that support your development, wellbeing, and everyday life.

Regular UK travel required – typically 2-3 days some weeks, with occasional overnight stays. Other weeks will be home‑based.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Sustainability & Biodiversity Consultant to join our Kite and Asterra UK Corporate team. In this role, you’ll help dairy processors, retailers, and their supplying farms navigate the challenges of carbon reduction, biodiversity enhancement, soil health, and water quality.

You’ll translate complex policy and science into practical, on‑farm actions, ensuring strategies are both credible and commercially viable.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Provide consultancy to corporate dairy and agri‑food customers on sustainability, biodiversity, water quality, and carbon.
• Translate policy and frameworks into clear, practical advice for farmers.
• Design and deliver customer‑specific sustainability strategies and programmes.
• Act as a subject matter expert on UK and international environmental policy.
• Collaborate with colleagues across AB Agri to co‑create impactful solutions.
• Manage consultancy projects from brief to completion, delivering high‑quality outputs.
• Represent AB Agri in boardrooms and on farms, adapting communication to each audience.

What We’re Looking For

• Degree in agriculture, environmental science, sustainability, or related field.
• Extensive knowledge built through at least five years in agricultural sustainability or biodiversity consultancy.
• Demonstrated skill in translating policy into on‑farm practices.
• Strong communication skills with confidence engaging both corporate stakeholders and farmers.
• Proficient in conveying ideas and collaborating with both corporate stakeholders and farmers.

Where growth meets purpose

What sets us apart is how we delight our customers – and that’s because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together, we’re shaping a world where responsible nutrition is accessible to all. With a big goal comes equally big opportunities to make a career that truly feels like your own. As a team we’re collaborative, purpose‑driven and encourage trying new ideas. We also find ways to nourish your individual journey, so everyone can feel proud of the difference that they make in their own way.

We’re thrilled to share that AB Agri has been recognised as one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025. This is a proud moment for us all. It highlights the real progress we’ve made to build a workplace that is inclusive, supportive, and fair for everyone. Over the last 5 years we have rebuilt our talent management practices, from inclusive hiring, to transparent pay frameworks, flexible work, and the momentum of our Employee Network Groups. Our actions are embedding inclusion at the heart of how we operate and creating a culture where people can be themselves.

Disability Confident Employer

We’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone. If you need any additional support (alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter, or anything else) just let us know.

About the Company

Kite Consulting provide business services to the entire food supply chain from farmer to retailer. We are recognised as one of the UK’s leading dairy consultancy companies, we are proud of our knowledge‑base and relationships we form with our customers through practical imaginative advice focused on delivering excellence building success through the success of our customers.

We’re part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology‑based products, and offering data services for the agri‑food industry.

Application Notes

We hope you feel that AB Agri is somewhere you can thrive and so we’d love to hear from you. We get a lot of applications for our roles and sometimes need to close the process early so register your details and upload your CV via our careers website as soon as you can – it will only take a few minutes.

When you do, we’ll ask you some equal opportunities questions just to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive – or show us areas we can improve. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions, and this won’t affect your application.

Apply today or contact our recruitment team for more information.

Agencies and Media Sales

AB Agri group politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We don’t accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.