Head of Nature Economy and Business Development
Salary: £43,440 - £48,749 per annum 
Contract type: Permanent 
Working hours: Full time 
Location: Norwich, Norfolk, NR1

Our client's Nature Recovery team is looking for a Head of Nature Economy and Business Development to develop and deliver an integrated advisory offer with a focus on nature economy markets and grow their ecological consultancy, so it continues to provide a vital income stream for the organisation.

About The Employer

Our client is Norfolk's largest environmental charity, working for the protection and enhancement of Norfolk’s wildlife and wild places. The organisation protects and restores the county's wild spaces by managing their nature reserves, working in partnership throughout the landscape and inspiring people to enjoy and care for Norfolk's nature through projects, education activities, events and campaigns.

This subsiduary organisation is a consultancy business offering a comprehensive range of professional ecological and arboricultural services. They are a Chartered Institute of Ecology & Environmental Management (CIEEM) ‘Registered Practice’, which is a certification demonstrating our commitment to high professional standards.

This wholly owned subsidiary our client is a member of network or Wildlife Consultancies across the country. All net profits earned by this consultancy are annually donated to our client to be invested in their goal of making Norfolk’s nature abundant, thriving and valued.

The Role

This impactful and dynamic role will help the charity to scale up their nature recovery work and increase the area of land managed and restored for nature across Norfolk, therefore contributing to the national aim of 30% of the UK’s land and sea managed for nature by 2030.

You will lead the charity's consultancy business that offers a comprehensive range of professional ecological and arboricultural services with profits invested back into the organisation to enable its vital work to continue.

The emergence of the nature economy offers the potential for significant private investment, and you will lead the organisation's journey into the nature market sphere where diverse financing opportunities will give the charity the ability to deliver nature recovery at scale.

The successful candidate will

• Have a demonstrable track record of delivering business growth and achieving financial targets, ideally in the conservation, land management, and/or ecology & planning sector
• Lead the Wildlife Services consultancy business that offers a comprehensive range of professional ecological and arboricultural services with profits invested back into the employer to enable its vital work to continue.
• Identify and deliver ways to strengthen and grow the provision of ecological and arboricultural consultancy business opportunities to increase revenue growth and profitability
• Act as a central point of contact for the consultancy, representing the business both externally to key clients, partners and industry forums and internally.

This is an exciting time to join our client in this new role that will have significant impact in helping to tackle the nature and climate crisis we face today.

This employer wants to recognise and reward staff for the skills, knowledge and experience they contribute. In return, they offer a competitive benefits package including:

• Generous leave allowance starting at 25 days, rising by one day a year to a maximum of 30 days plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Pension scheme (8% employer contributions and a minimum of 2% employee contributions) for eligible staff
• Life Assurance and Group Income Protection Scheme (T&C’s apply)
• Payment of HMRC approved professional membership fees
• Free access to reserves for staff, their immediate families and up to four friends
• Staff discounts at the employer's visitor centres, access to charity worker discounts, benefit hub and other partner discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme with free 24/7 counselling, legal & information helpline
• Mental Health First Aiders and Wellbeing Champions to support well-being at work
• The satisfaction of working for an organisation dedicated to ensuring Norfolk’s nature is abundant, thriving and valued and working across some of the most beautiful locations in the county.

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Monday 17 November 2025

Interested?

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