Application deadline: Thursday, 03 April 2025– 23:45 (applicants will be reviewed on a rolling basis)
Location: Cambridge, UK (hybrid working, minimum four days per month in Cambridge)

Full-time: 35 hours per week
Contract: Open-ended

Salary: £32,000 - £38,000 per annum, dependant on skills and experience, plus competitive 12% pension benefit

Annual Leave: 25 days pro rata in year 1, increasing by 1 day pa 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.

The Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT) is the product of a ground-breaking alliance between four major conservation organisations. The tool integrates data from core global biodiversity datasets into a single portal to support decision makers from industry, finance and governments.

We are now looking for an IBAT Programme Officer to work on one of the biggest global challenges facing the world today – the biodiversity crisis. In this role you will be at the forefront of the business and biodiversity space, providing practical solutions to the business and finance community.

How you will do this:

• Engage with businesses and financial institutions across various sectors to increase IBAT uptake.
• Support decision-makers from global companies in integrating authoritative biodiversity data into their operations.
• Represent the IBAT Alliance to industry and conservation communities, acting as the public face of IBAT.
• Provide training and user support to ensure organisations effectively incorporate biodiversity into decision-making.
• Work closely with experts from four leading conservation organisations, enhancing your knowledge and expertise.
• Contribute to IBAT’s business development and ongoing evolution to meet emerging disclosure requirements.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to develop innovative products and services based on user needs.

Ideally you will have:

• A degree in a field related to biodiversity, environmental sustainability, economics or international business, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in business and biodiversity, a commercial environment or in the finance sector.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to deliver training and user support.
• A robust understanding of biodiversity and conservation principles.
• A passion for using your skills and experience to address the biodiversity crisis
• Ability to work within a cross-organisational and multidisciplinary team.
• A proactive approach to business development and stakeholder engagement.
• Passion for nature, conservation, and sustainability.
• Additional languages, especially Spanish, would be an advantage.

See the full job description here.

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 portal (webinars, nutritional advice, 4-week programmes, financial wellbeing and more).

BirdLife values a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Find out more about our Diversity statement.

We are committed to building and maintaining an inclusive and supportive culture, a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We aim to promote a more inclusive environment, which attracts all candidates and signals our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity.

We will consider putting into place appropriate reasonable adjustments for candidates who may have a disability.

Please note: under the UK Government criteria this role will only qualify for Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship for specific exceptions. Please get in touch if you need further information.

Interviews: Interviews will be held via Zoom on week commencing 02 April.