Job Description
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
To lead the regional Land Team to originate, progress and deliver a high-quality portfolio of Habitat Banks, from initial landowner engagement through to Live status and into long-term stewardship.
You will own the full acquisition lifecycle — from Initial Site Walkover (ISW), through commercial negotiation and legal completion — ensuring strong financial outcomes, disciplined risk management, and consistent conversion.
Beyond delivery, you will lead the Land function’s long-term relationship with landowners, ensuring a high-quality experience, clear communication, and full compliance with all legal obligations across the 30+ year lifecycle of each agreement.
This is a hands-on leadership role: you will both lead the team and operate as a Senior Land Manager, setting the standard through your own delivery, judgement and commercial leadership.
Key Responsibilities
Team Leadership & Performance
- Lead, develop and inspire a high-performing team of land specialists
- Set clear objectives, KPIs and expectations
- Recruit, coach and develop talent
- Own and manage team budgets
Commercial Deal Leadership
- Work closely with Sales, Asset Management and Data teams to ensure land acquisition is driven by current and forecast demand, with a focus on optimising absorption rates, pricing, and revenue timing
- Deliver Habitat Banks that meet or exceed target financial returns, including margin, cash payback, and capital efficiency metrics. Embedding financial discipline across the team, ensuring all opportunities are assessed against clear commercial benchmarks.
- Own the end-to-end commercial structuring of Habitat Bank agreements, ensuring alignment with portfolio strategy, demand signals and capital deployment priorities
- Shape and negotiate deal structures that enable Environment Bank to access and secure high-priority sites, balancing competitiveness with disciplined value creation
- Drive high-quality pipeline reporting with clear stage gate governance, ensuring strong conversion rates to firm deadlines
Land Acquisition, Site Progression & Sales Support
- Oversee progression of sites from onboarding through ISW to legal completion
- Lead complex or high-value sites
- Ensure that there is a strong external network to enable a strong pipeline of both freehold and leasehold land
Landowner Relationships & Dispute Resolution
- Own senior landowner relationships
- Lead complex negotiations and dispute resolution
Legal, Consenting & Risk Management
- Develop legal agreements with Legal team, provide input on complex/specialist commercial terms
- Maintain governance of consenting activity
- Identify and mitigate risks across design, consenting and landowner dimensions
- Ensure robust governance and decision-making
EDI & Belonging
At the heart of Environment Bank are the people who make it all possible. We employ individuals who share our passion for delivering our mission and living our values.
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.
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience
- Ideally MRICS qualified with significant relevant experience
- Proven leadership experience
- Strong commercial acumen
- Experience managing budgets
- Track record of delivering targets
- Entrepreneurial mindset
- Strong communication skills
- Full UK driving licence
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
