Science and Verification Lead

Summary

Join Environment Bank's Emerging Nature Markets team as a Science and Verification Lead. This strategic role focuses on maintaining credible monitoring, reporting, and verification frameworks for nature investment products. You will lead the development of monitoring and reporting strategies, shape the approach to third-party verification, and ensure alignment with emerging standards. A key responsibility is evaluating new tools and methods in environmental monitoring and modeling, prioritizing relevant advancements. The role also involves measuring and reporting on ecosystem services beyond biodiversity, such as carbon, water, and social value. This position requires collaboration with various teams and external stakeholders. It's a technical leadership role, not a fieldwork position.

Requirements

• At least five years of experience in applied ecology, biodiversity monitoring or nature-based solutions
• Strong understanding of key nature reporting and verification frameworks such as TNFD, SBTN and CSRD
• Familiarity with current and emerging approaches to ecological and ecosystem service monitoring
• You will be comfortable engaging with datasets, tools and monitoring protocols. You do not need to be a coder or field ecologist, but you should be confident reading a new methodology or model and understanding what it means
• You can explain complex technical topics clearly to non-specialist colleagues such as the Emerging Markets Head of Corporate Engagement. You are confident making recommendations and helping others act in the face of uncertainty

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain credible monitoring, reporting and verification frameworks across all new products. Ensure our methods are practical, consistent and grounded in science
• Lead our approach to third-party verification and certification. Ensure our work aligns with the expectations of frameworks such as TNFD, SBTN, CSRD and nationally specific standards such as BSI Flex 701
• Shape our approach to measuring not just biodiversity, but also carbon, water, and social value. Make sure our data is suitable for integration into wider natural capital markets and can support emerging nature finance opportunities
• Track developments in environmental monitoring and modelling, from academic research to tech startup tools. Make sense of this fast-moving space and help the team understand what matters. Prioritise where we should act, what to explore, and what to ignore
• Work closely with the product team to ensure all new offers are underpinned by strong technical foundations. Translate ecological data and insights into usable reporting for businesses
• Support the ecological delivery lead to ensure fieldwork and data collection meet necessary standards. Work with sales to support credible technical claims and respond to buyer requirements
• Represent our scientific position in conversations with clients, partners and standard-setting bodies. Build credibility through transparent communication and a pragmatic, evidence-based approach

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with MRV platforms, research teams or nature tech tools is welcome
• A PhD or equivalent experience in ecology, environmental science or a related field is preferred

Benefits

• 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
• Remote and 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