Biodiversity Policy Lead

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced Policy lead to play a vital role in shaping ambitious solutions to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.

Greenpeace UK is an independent national/regional organisation within the global Greenpeace campaigning network, which acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace. The global network of Greenpeace organisations comprises 26 independent national/regional Greenpeace organisations with presence in over 55 countries across Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, as well as a coordinating and supporting organisation, Greenpeace International.

As our Biodiversity Policy Lead, you will power our campaigns with bold, innovative solutions to restore biodiversity by the end of the decade in a fair and equitable way. You will be at the heart of our biodiversity mission, helping us to think big about the solutions needed to meet the scale of the challenge we face.

You will achieve this by:

• Driving bold, science-led policy solutions to restore nature at scale
• Providing strategic insight across UK and global campaigns
• Working closely with senior leaders, scientists and campaigners to provide strategic thinking, spot emerging issues and opportunities to advance our campaigns
• Responding rapidly to political and environmental developments
• Helping to influence public debate and decision-making at the highest levels

About you

You are a highly knowledgeable and strategic policy expert with a deep commitment to tackling the biodiversity crisis. You combine scientific understanding with political awareness, and you’re motivated by the opportunity to turn complex challenges into bold, practical solutions.

Essential criteria for success:

• Extensive knowledge and understanding of domestic and global nature policy, including key legislative processes, international agreements and governance structures
• Significant experience of policy development and report writing based on research, analysis and science-informed policy development
• The ability to turn complex scientific or policy information into accessible, compelling briefings for a range of internal and external audiences
• Highly collaborative and adept at building strong, productive relationships with external stakeholders and internal colleagues in order to achieve change
• Demonstrable experience of monitoring the policy landscape and identifying emerging issues in order to provide expert advice and influence decision-making in fast-paced situations
• Proven track record of commitment to anti-racism and a strong understanding of how to embed equity, inclusion and anti-oppressive principles into policy solutions.

We give you

You’ll be encouraged to develop both personally and professionally, taking advantage of the wide range of learning and development opportunities available to our staff. We offer great benefits such as a generous pension scheme, subsidised lunches, free yoga and a wealth of well-being resources, just to name a few.

Our commitment to diversity

We acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in environmental and campaigning organisations and we’re committed to doing what we can to correct this. One of our Anti Racism Plan objectives is to proactively achieve stronger representation of people of colour, particularly within leadership positions, and we have recently published ambitious race representation targets. As part of our commitment to increasing representation of people from underrepresented communities in the environmental sector, we are piloting a Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS) as a new approach to make our recruitment more equitable. If you identify as a person of colour, you can choose to opt in to the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

We will be aiming to offer everyone who opts into the scheme and meets the essential criteria a first stage interview. While we fully intend to honour this, exceptionally high application volumes may affect our capacity. If so, we will communicate clearly and keep candidates informed as we continue to learn and improve.

To Apply

For further information including the job description, please download the applicant information pack. Please ensure to save this file to your computer for future reference. Once the job listing has closed you will no longer be able to access it online. We recommend taking a look at this document that contains top tips for filling out your application, compiled by our recruitment team. If you have any questions, please email us at huk@greenpeace.org. Please note that this email address is only for information. All applications have to be filled out on the website and cannot be submitted via email.

Greenpeace UK is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age or any other category protected by law.