Natural Capital Manager

Base Location: For this role, we require successful applicants to be based from one of our Scottish locations – Perth, Inverness or Aberdeen.  Travel will also be required to Northern Scotland and the Islands.

Salary: £50,100 - £75,100 + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

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

The role

We are seeking a Natural Capital Manager to lead the development and delivery of SSEN Transmission’s Natural Capital Strategy, ensuring our work supports a Nature Positive Scotland.  This is a key role that blends environmental expertise with strong financial oversight, guiding how we forecast, budget and track investment in nature restoration projects.  Working across Northern Scotland and the Islands, you will help shape industry leading approaches to natural capital and nature reporting, ensuring our commitments are met with ambition and rigour. 

You will

• Develop and deliver a natural capital strategy for SSEN Transmission to ensure that the business meets its commitments on natural capital & nature carbon and contributes to a nature positive Scotland.
• Work with finance, project managers, and the wider nature team to forecast, budget, and track spending associated with nature restoration projects to ensure that appropriate financial rigour is applied to offsite nature restoration.
• Act as the subject matter expert to design, develop and deliver effective and proactive natural capital interventions, working closely with teams across the business including project managers, engineers, procurement, and operations.
• Work with the sustainability reporting team and SSE group to develop and deliver industry leading nature reporting, staying up to date with latest national and international requirements.
• Liaise with supply chain and procurement teams to improve reporting and data for nature impacts and dependencies in the supply chain.

You have

• Experience of budget management, forecasting and spend reporting for large capital projects.
• A deep understanding of current natural capital and nature carbon standards, markets and options for measuring natural capital and nature carbon.
• Experience of nature reporting (e.g. TNFD, SBTN, ESRS, CSRD etc.) or wider sustainability reporting.
• Ability to build and foster excellent relationships with internal and external stakeholders to engage, influence and negotiate to ensure SSEN Transmission is a sector leader in natural capital.

About SSE

SSE’s purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan sees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030.

SSEN Transmission own and operate the electricity transmission network across the north of Scotland. We transport energy from where it is generated to where it is needed, ensuring a safe and reliable electricity supply for the communities we serve. But that's not all – we're upgrading the grid to deliver cleaner, homegrown energy for the future and building a network for net zero to create secure power for generations to come.

Flexible benefits to fit your life

Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. Interest-free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.

Work with an equal opportunity employer

SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact louise.markwick@sse.com / 01738 351671 to discuss how we can support you.

We're dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.

Ready to apply?

Start your online application using the Apply Now box on this page. We only accept applications made online. We'll be in touch after the closing date to let you know if we'll be taking your application further. If you're offered a role with SSE, you'll need to complete a criminality check and a credit check before you start work.

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