Hybrid Senior Consultant – International Biodiversity

at ERM

• Job title: Senior Consultant – International Biodiversity
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• International biodiversity consultant addressing biodiversity risks and developing nature-positive strategies. Working with corporates and financial sectors on environmental assessments and ecosystem service standards.

Responsibilities

• Work within a team to deliver Environmental Social Impact Assessments and Environmental Social Due Diligence services to private sector clients and financial institutions on global projects across sectors.
• Interpret and apply financial lender standards on biodiversity and ecosystem services (e.g. IFC Performance Standard 6) in the development of ESIAs, as well as due diligence reports and action plans.
• Support the design and execution of biodiversity and ecosystem services baseline surveys, including the supervision subcontractors, management of health and safety and coordination of logistics.
• Advise on the implementation of the mitigation hierarchy, including through the design and review Biodiversity Management Plans, Biodiversity Action Plans, Critical Habitat Assessments and Biodiversity Offset Strategies.
• Review and advise on biodiversity monitoring approaches and actions to achieve net positive impact.
• Support corporates in developing biodiversity/nature-positive strategies that manage nature-related impacts, dependencies, risks and opportunities at the site level up to the corporate-level.
• Advise on appropriate biodiversity metrics for both project-level and portfolio (corporate) level use to measure changes to the state of nature.
• Organise and participate in stakeholder meetings, interviews and workshops.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in ecology, biology or equivalent discipline.
• Approximately 3-years of consulting experience in a biodiversity or ecology role.
• Experience applying lender standards (e.g. IFC PS6, EBRD PR6).
• Technical data analysis and interpretation skills.
• Solid report writing and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate to a wide set of stakeholders.
• Driven, motivated and passionate about positive change to biodiversity and the natural environment.
• Fluency in English.

Benefits

• Inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to thrive
• Tools, support, and adjustments needed to succeed and feel a true sense of belonging