Green Finance Manager

If you are passionate about nature’s recovery and want to work within our Business
Development/Nature Based Solutions Team with others who are creatively and systematically
looking for solutions which will connect Surrey’s wildlife at a landscape level, this is your
perfect job!

This role sits in the Trust’s Business Development/Nature Based Solutions (NBS) team, an
innovative new team focused on county wide recovery and green finance investment within the
county of Surrey. This role will also manage the Trusts internal and external processes around
Green Finance and drive forward investment in nature at a landscape level.

As a senior role reporting into the Director of Business Development and Partnerships;
practical experience of green finance including biodiversity net gain is
essential; experience will also need to include demonstrable examples of project managing
medium/large scale projects, contract management, financial analysis and
working in a fast paced environment.

Our challenge is to restore Surrey’s nature and maximise climate adaptation and resilience
following Lawton’s approach for a bigger, better, more joined up ecological network. We will do
this both on our own land holding and by working with other landowners and managers in
partnership as we strive towards a target of 30% of land connected and protected for nature by
2030. We have the opportunity to embed a zero carbon, nature-based solution approach within
economic recovery and landowner decision-making.

Our offices are in Pirbright, Leatherhead and Wisley and our hybrid working policy aims to
provide a good work/life balance which can incorporate partial home working. The
salary offered to successful applicants will form part of a benefits package including: above
minimum pension contributions, life assurance of 4 x salary, employee support scheme, 22+ days
holiday, flexible/hybrid working policy.

We are committed to having an inclusive and diverse workplace and encourage applications from
backgrounds which may be underrepresented in our sector, including people from minority ethnic
backgrounds and people with disabilities. We aim to offer an interview to all candidates that
meet the essential criteria for the post. Please let us know if you require any adjustment to
make our recruitment process more accessible.

Guided by a collaborative vision where we all play a part in connecting nature, we provide
expert advice and guidance to landowners and managers, making sure the land we look after leads
by example, while inspiring and educating people and organisations across the county on what
they can do. By doing this we will create a Surrey that is full of diverse and abundant
wildlife, where nature is at the heart of individual choices, corporate decisions, and local
economic and policy making. One that helps tackle the ongoing climate emergency, while
supporting the health and wellbeing of all who live here.