1008-346 Income Generation Programme Manager - E Grade - November 2025 in Inverness

NatureScot needs to diversify its funding model and increase the scale of income generation and cost recovery across the organisation. Broadening our funding beyond our grant‑in‑aid is essential to support NatureScot's mission to protect and restore Scotland's nature in the face of the twin challenges of the biodiversity crisis and the climate emergency.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide programme leadership for the management, promotion and delivery of income generation and cost recovery in NatureScot.
• Develop NatureScot's Roadmap for our commercial journey, including required policy, tools, governance and guidance, to support income generation in NatureScot.
• Prepare and regularly review the Roadmap, programme plan, and report on milestones, risks and issues to the Income Generation Steering Group (IGSG).
• Support the conclusion of the NNR car parking charging pilot and deliver next steps associated with wider roll out.
• Work with business leads to co‑ordinate/oversee the development of income generation opportunities within NatureScot.
• Explore, develop and make recommendations on potential mechanisms to enhance NatureScot's ability to attract, retain and invest new sources of income.
• Capture and apply lessons learned from different income generation activities to support a consistent approach across NatureScot.
• Lead on planning and delivery of communications to promote the programme's outputs.
• Develop a network across other public bodies to better understand models for income generation, trading & philanthropy that could be relevant to NatureScot.
• Work with the Income Generation Support Accountant, and other colleagues as needed, to ensure that the programme management, financial, auditing governance and reporting requirements are fully met.
• Ensure implementation of audit recommendations from the 2025 Audit Report on Income Generation & Cost Recovery.
• Provide support to the Nature Finance Governance Board, including all compliance requirements, ensuring good project and risk management, and overseeing completion of reporting and assessment in place to support delivery of the programme.

Role Requirements

• Demonstrable knowledge and experience in establishing commercial & business development opportunities.
• A flexible and confident approach to programme, project and risk management, with a proven ability to engage effectively with others to deliver results.
• The ability to plan and manage challenging workloads, to work to deadlines, to adapt to changing and often competing priorities.
• Well‑developed communication skills, including the ability to communicate commercial information clearly and simply, and to build trusted relationships at all levels to influence key stakeholders.
• Strong business acumen and analytical skills, with experience in developing business cases, new business models and revenue generation.
• Experience of change management, including an ability to assess the effect of changes on the organisation and to identify challenges and make recommendations to resolve them.
• An understanding of NatureScot's priorities, together with an appreciation of the political environment in which NatureScot operates.

Pre‑requisites Required

• Driving licence or other means of transport.
• Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK and resident in Scotland for the duration of the job contract.
• To undertake a Disclosure Scotland application.
• Although Gaelic language is not a prerequisite, it is a desirable skill in support of our commitment to our Gaelic Language.

Working for NatureScot

• An environment with flexible working options.
• A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97% (7.35% employee contributions).
• 41.5 days of annual leave, with 5 fixed public holidays on St Andrews Day, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day and 2nd January.
• Equivalent of 2 days paid volunteering leave.
• A focus on wellbeing with access to an employee assistance programme.
• Job satisfaction from contributing proactively to the twinned nature and climate crisis.
• Death in service benefits.
• Cycle to work and electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes.
• Access to an employee discounts scheme.
• Learning and development tailored to your role.
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.

NatureScot's Net Zero Commitment

Whether working at home or in an office, or travelling to meetings and site visits, as a NatureScot you will contribute to our Net Zero plan, for example through positive carbon travel choices.

Application Process

Internal applicants should read the Self‑Service Guide (eRDMS A3155575). External applicants should read the Online Job Application Guide.

Interviews

For information regarding the vacancy please contact: Jane MacDonald | jane.macdonald@nature.scot.

Nature is vital to us all, so it's important that NatureScot represents the people of Scotland. The more diverse our workforce is, the more effectively we can connect everyone with nature. We encourage applications from candidates of all ages and genders, people from ethnic minority groups, people with disabilities, and the LGBTQ+ community.