Conservation Investment Business Lead – Business Engagement

About the job

The RSPB are expanding our Business Engagement arm as we continue to build on recent successes
and increased public awareness of our efforts to collaborate with businesses, enabling
collective action in support of nature’s recovery. The RSPB sees working with natural capital
markets as a key tool to support our mission to solve the climate and nature crisis. We have an
established and growing focus on using carbon markets to help us, and our partners, deliver
restoration and conservation at scale in the UK.

To drive our carbon programmes forward, we are seeking to recruit an experienced individual who
can work right across the organisation and with partners to secure new nature-based
partnerships. You will play a vital role in raising awareness of the crisis that nature is
facing and to make a significant impact in restoring habitats, saving species from extinction,
and providing opportunities for people of all ages to connect more closely to nature –
protecting it for the future.

About the Role

This role will support the development and delivery of the RSPB’s UK carbon partnerships and
reporting directly to the Head of Corporate Partnerships. You will provide critical expertise
and capacity needed to engage with business, driving significant income growth and reaching
challenging targets.

You will work closely with Senior Programme Manager – Carbon Finance as well as with colleagues
across Conversation Investment, Business Conservation Advice, and the wider Business Engagement
function to secure high-value corporate partnerships which will have a significant impact in
the fight against the dual nature and climate crisis.

You will play a leading role in the development and delivery of the overall sales strategy for
business engagement and the conservation investment pipeline projects and to secure
partnerships and blended finance models with a particular focus on carbon markets in the UK.
This role will also be pivotal in acting as a conduit between the Business Engagement team and
technical expertise in the Conservation Investment team and across the charity.

What we need from you

The post-holder will be someone who thrives in relationship management and successfully
securing new partnerships.

The successful candidate will have significant B2B new business experience and a proven track
record of securing complex corporate partnerships with strategic communications packages and
financial values of £1m+.

Flexible location with regular travel across the UK to visit partners and attend events
alongside scheduled working at the HQ in Sandy, Bedfordshire with team members – currently
monthly.

Essentials:

• Experience in negotiating and securing high-value, multi-dimensional partnerships in the
  private or third sector.
• Able to take a leading role in the partnership development strategy, generating ideas,
  bringing external insight, and delivering on agreed areas of work.
• Experience in developing and implementing ambitious sector strategies and producing
  tailored new partnership propositions that meet corporate and RSPB objectives.
• Able to proactively generate leads, build networks, and influence others, both internally
  and externally to secure multi-dimensional £1m+ value partnerships.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, effective proposal writing and
  correspondence to internal and external audiences.
• Logical, methodical and analytical, with good attention to detail, time management and
  organisational skills

Desirables:

• Experience of utilising CRM systems
• Knowledge of natural capital markets specifically the voluntary carbon markets

Additional Information

For all application/role enquiries please contact – [email protected]

In order to apply you will be required to upload a CV and complete an application form where
you will have the opportunity to tell us how you meet the criteria set above.

We are looking to conduct interviews for this position on w/c 15th July 2024.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of
Offenders Act 1974.

Before applying for this role, we recommend reading through the candidate guidance notes.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels
supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world
richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of
colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate,
sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled,
we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any
additional support you may need to complete your application.

We reserve the right to close this advert once sufficient applications have been received.