Biodiversity Officer

About the Role

**Base Location**: Glasgow, Perth, Inverness or Aberdeen.

**Salary**: £33,500-£50,300 + car / allowance + performance-related bonus + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.

**Working Pattern**: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

SSEN are looking for a Biodiversity Officer to support the development and implementation of habitat enhancement projects to support our over-arching Transmission Biodiversity Net Gain delivery, irreplaceable habitats, and Nature-based Solutions plan. A key focus area will be the North of Scotland including the Highlands and Islands, so frequent travel to this area will be required.

**The key responsibilities involved are as follows**:

- Work with other members of the Consents & Environment Team and external stakeholders to ensure that the projects deliver against business and regulatory targets relating to Biodiversity Net Gain, irreplaceable habitats and nature-based solutions.
- Provide robust and accurate monthly strategic Biodiversity Net Gain, irreplaceable habitat and other nature target delivery statistics/KPI’s for business dashboards. Input into regulatory output reports and incentive submissions for Ofgem.
- Design, establish and deliver new processes and ways of working to secure irreplaceable

habitat and strategic biodiversity enhancement sites in such a way as to meet business and

regulatory targets (from optioneering through to Operations).
- Offer technical input, guidance and support to all business units on habitat enhancement project requirements.
- Provide technical expertise on project site visits to provide initial habitat assessments to advise on suitability of projects for Biodiversity Net Gain and irreplaceable habitat delivery.

What do I need?

**To be considered for this role, we would love you to have**:

- Knowledge of habitat classification (particularly UKHab), surveys and assessment and ecological management of the natural environment for conservation, restoration, protection and its enhancement for habitats and species.
- Ability to build and foster excellent relationships with internal and external stakeholders to engage, influence and negotiate to ensure SSEN is a sector leader in off-site habitat enhancement.
- Experience of database management, progress tracking, data analysis and reporting against targets.
- Experience delivering and monitoring habitat enhancement projects.

About our Business

SSEN Transmission owns and operates the electricity transmission network in the north of Scotland, transporting energy from where it is generated to where it is needed, providing a safe and reliable supply of electricity to the communities it serves. Home to some of the UK's greatest resources of renewable energy, SSEN Transmission is playing a critical role in the transition to a low carbon future, developing, building, maintaining and operating a network for net zero.

What's in it for you?

An excellent package with 34 days holiday entitlement, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.

Next Steps

**EXTERNAL**: Before commencing employment with SSE, you'll be required to fully complete our pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic criminal records and credit check.

**INTERNAL**: As a courtesy, please let your current line manager know you are applying.

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