Ibat Programme Officer

The Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT) is the product of a ground-breaking alliance between four major conservation organisations: BirdLife International, Conservation International, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). The tool integrates data from core global biodiversity datasets - the World Database on Protected Areas, World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas and the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species - into a single portal to support decision-makers from industry, finance and governments. Launched over 12 years ago, it is an innovative solution for providing biodiversity information to decision-makers, while channelling resources into the underlying datasets.

**Location**
Cambridge, UK

**Full time**
35 hours per week

**Contract**
Open-ended

**Salary**
c. £32,000 - £38,000, dependent on skills and experience, plus a competitive 12% pension benefit

**Annual Leave**
25 days pro rata in year 1, increasing by 1 day/annum to 28 days

BirdLife International is the world’s largest nature conservation partnership. Through our unique local-to-global approach, we deliver high-impact and long-term conservation for the benefit of nature and people. We are now looking to recruit a passionate and proactive **IBAT Programme Officer **to join our team.

The Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT) is the product of a ground-breaking alliance between four major conservation organisations: BirdLife International, Conservation International, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). The tool integrates data from core global biodiversity datasets - the World Database on Protected Areas, World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas and the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species - into a single portal to support decision-makers from industry, finance and governments. Launched over 12 years ago, it is an innovative solution for providing biodiversity information to decision-makers, while channelling resources into the underlying datasets.

In this role, you will be working on one of the biggest global challenges facing the world today - the biodiversity crisis. This role is at the forefront of the business and biodiversity space, providing practical solutions to the business and finance community.

**How you will do this**:

- Supported by experts from four of the most influential conservation organisations, you will empower decision-makers from global companies across a variety of sectors to incorporate authoritative biodiversity into their operational processes.
- You will be the public face of IBAT, representing the IBAT Alliance to industry and conservation communities alike.
- Using your passion for nature, skills and knowledge, you will help ensure IBAT remains the world’s most authoritative biodiversity tool and continues to evolve to meet the emerging needs of a rapidly changing disclosure landscape.
- You will be responsible for IBAT’s business development, user support, and marketing and communications.
- Working closely with the IBAT Manager and other Programme Officer, and supported by the IBAT User Sub-committee, you will engage with businesses and financial institutions across a range of sectors to expand IBAT to more organisations.
- You will support existing IBAT users, delivering training and providing user support to ensure organisations can use IBAT to incorporate biodiversity into their decision-making.
- Working within a multi-disciplinary and cross-organisational team, you will help generate innovative ideas based on your experience working with IBAT users to generate new products and services.

**Ideally, you will have**:

- A robust understanding of biodiversity and conservation principles.
- A degree in a field related to biodiversity, environmental sustainability, economics or international business.
- Experience in business and biodiversity, a commercial environment or in the finance sector.
- Excellent communication skills.
- A passion to use your skills and experience to address the biodiversity crisis.

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**Some of our benefits**:

- We are able to offer a hybrid model of working on-site and from home/remote for most roles, which helps to ensure a flexible work-life balance.
- A chance to work in the award-winning David Attenborough building, which brings together much of the Cambridge-based conservation community on a ‘conservation campus’.
- A generous pension scheme, up to 12% company contribution.
- Holiday starting at 25 days, excluding Bank Holidays and increasing for every year of service up to a maximum of 28 days.
- Full access to LinkedIn Learning with access to more than 13,000 high-quality, on-demand courses.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Employee Assistance Programme, including access to Health Assured online health port