Habitat Delivery Contracts Manager

About us

At Environment Bank, we’re working together to help restore natural habitats across England. With thousands of acres of new habitat creation already underway, our projects are delivering biodiversity gains and helping vital ecosystems to recover and flourish. 

Our diverse team includes ecologists, land managers, habitat specialists, geospatial analysts, planning advisors, account managers, digital creatives, legal experts, and more. 

From our habitat specialists to our sales and marketing teams, everyone at Environment Bank is a champion for our values, working towards our goal of reversing biodiversity loss. 

Environment Bank is a market-leading organisation in a sector that’s experiencing rapid growth. We’ve already built a highly skilled team of experts and we’re actively looking to expand our team in the coming months. 

We’re incredibly proud of all we achieved so far and we’re still growing. If you'd like to be part of a driven organisation that's making a real difference, find your next role with the team at Environment Bank.

About the role

As a contracts manager in the Habitat creation team, you will be responsible for delivering habitat creation and enhancement projects safely, on-time and to budget. You would work closely with our team of Land Managers, Ecologists and Applied- Ecologists to deliver habitat creation works across your region. Works would include creation and enhancement of a range of habitats including, woodland and scrub, species rich grassland, wetland, and associated infrastructure works.

Responsibilities

The Contracts Manager is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of assigned habitat sites or delivery packages, including:

• Day-to-day planning and execution of delivery activities, tracking progress via site level delivery plans, reporting against agreed milestones and targets

• Accurate planning and tracking of budgets against agreed spend profiles and updating forecasts for approval to variance
• Appointment of contractors and suppliers in line with EB policies and requirements, agreeing contract terms
• Contractor and supplier coordination on site
• Management of on-site progress, quality and issue resolution, escalating risks, issues and changes where impacts exceed agreed tolerances
• Accurate reporting of delivery progress, risks and issues
• Reviewing Construction Phase Plan or equivalent (including Incident Response Plan), reviewing delivery methodology and providing input to the project risk register.
• Managing contractor KPIs
• Ensure delivery meets ecological, regulatory, contractual and quality requirements
• Support health, safety and environmental compliance across all site activities
• Address defects, non-conformances and delivery issues promptly and effectively
• Support value-for-money delivery without compromising ecological or delivery outcomes
• Maintain high quality relationships with landowners, their contractors, and other stakeholders.

EDI & Belonging

At the heart of Environment Bank are the people, who make it all possible. We employ individuals, who share the same passion to live our Environment Bank mission and values.

At Environment Bank we believe that fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace makes us more innovative, dynamic, and competitive. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. We are committed to creating an environment where everyone is valued and respected, free from discrimination based on race, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status.

Requirements

Essential Skills and Experience

• Practical delivery experience in land-based, construction, infrastructure or habitat delivery environments

• Experience managing contractors and on-site works
• Experience of working with delivery plans, schedules and delivery constraints
• Experience of working directly with farmers and/or landowners, in a professional capacity.
• Strong interpersonal skills with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Self-motivated and excellent time management skills.
• Ability to work as part of team.
• Strong organisation and planning capability
• Clear communication and reporting discipline
• Practical problem-solving in live delivery environments
• Ability to balance quality, time and cost under site-level pressures
• Full UK clean driving license and willingness to travel for regional site visits and events

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience in habitat creation, land management or environmental delivery
• Familiarity with regulated delivery environments or assurance-led programmes
• Awareness of APM-aligned project controls (plans, risks and reporting)
• A Health and Safety qualification  e.g. NEBOSH/IOSH.

Benefits

As an organisation, we believe that work should be fulfilling, inspiring, and balanced, so we’re creating a space where our team can thrive, both personally and professionally – providing flexible working arrangements, mental wellbeing support, and more.  

We offer... 

• 🎁 Performance-based annual bonus up to 10% of salary 
  💸 Pension scheme with employer-matched contributions at 6% of salary 

• 🏖️ 30 days of annual leave, plus paid bank holidays, birthday, and wellbeing day 
  ➕ Option to purchase 5 additional days of annual leave after probation
• 🏡 Hybrid flexible working options 
  💼 Regional and departmental team co-working days 
• 🌞 Expenses-paid whole company meet twice a year 
  🎗️ Team fundraising and charity events 
  🎓 Ongoing career development with training and mentoring 
• 🩺 Medical cash back scheme to cover everyday healthcare costs 
  ‍🧠 Employee assistance mental wellbeing support 
  ❤️‍🩹️ Enhanced sickness pay allowance