Location
Norfolk Wildlife Trust, Bewick House, 22 Thorpe Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 1RY

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£43,440 - £48,749 per annum

About the Role
Norfolk Wildlife Trust's Nature Recovery team is seeking a Head of Nature Economy and Business Development to develop and deliver an integrated advisory offer focused on nature economy markets and to grow our ecological consultancy. This role is vital to ensuring Norfolk Wildlife Services continues to provide a significant income stream for the Trust.

Norfolk Wildlife Trust is the county’s largest environmental charity, dedicated to protecting and enhancing Norfolk’s wildlife and wild places. Norfolk Wildlife Services (NWS) is a consultancy business offering a comprehensive range of professional ecological and arboricultural services. As a Chartered Institute of Ecology & Environmental Management (CIEEM) ‘Registered Practice’, NWS demonstrates a commitment to high professional standards. NWS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Norfolk Wildlife Trust and a member of the Wildlife Trust Consultancies network. All net profits earned by NWS are donated annually to Norfolk Wildlife Trust to support its mission of making Norfolk’s nature abundant, thriving, and valued.

This impactful and dynamic role will help scale up nature recovery efforts and increase the area of land managed and restored for nature across Norfolk, contributing to the national Wildlife Trusts’ goal of 30% of the UK’s land and sea managed for nature by 2030. The emergence of the nature economy presents significant private investment opportunities, and you will lead Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s journey into this sphere, unlocking diverse financing options to deliver nature recovery at scale.

The successful candidate will lead Norfolk Wildlife Services consultancy, identifying and delivering ways to strengthen and grow ecological and arboricultural consultancy business opportunities, increasing revenue growth and profitability. You will act as a central point of contact for the consultancy, representing the business externally to key clients, partners, and industry forums, and internally within the Trust.

This is an exciting time to join Norfolk Wildlife Trust in a new role that will have significant impact in addressing the nature and climate crisis. We offer a competitive benefits package including generous leave allowance, pension scheme, life assurance, payment of professional membership fees, free access to reserves, staff discounts, employee assistance programme, and wellbeing support.

Experience
Proven track record of delivering business growth and achieving financial targets, ideally within conservation, land management, ecology, or planning sectors.
Experience leading and growing consultancy services is highly desirable.

About you
Strategic and dynamic leader with the ability to develop and deliver integrated advisory services.
Strong communicator capable of representing the consultancy externally and internally.
Passionate about nature recovery and motivated to contribute to tackling the nature and climate crisis.
Ability to identify and capitalize on new business opportunities within the nature economy.

Qualifications
Relevant professional qualifications or equivalent experience in ecology, conservation, business development, or related fields are desirable but not explicitly required.