Green Infrastructure and Biodiversity Manager Nationwide

Green Infrastructure and Biodiversity Manager

Nationwide

Full time

Permanent

Job Title: Green Infrastructure and Biodiversity Manager

Company: Fexco Property Services

Location: Hybrid

Type of Employment: Full time

The Green Infrastructure and Biodiversity Manager (GIBM) is an exciting new role requiring a flexible candidate with excellent green space, contract management and people skills who can work alongside our Divisional Green Infrastructure and Biodiversity Manager (DGIBM) to deliver sector leading green space and habitat management. This is a hybrid role combining office-based work with regular site inspections, audits and stakeholder engagement. Typically, you will spend four days per week visiting sites, monitoring contractor performance, assessing landscape quality, inspecting habitats and environmental assets, and identifying improvement opportunities.

You will be responsible for managing a portfolio of green spaces, public open spaces and associated environmental assets within a defined geographic area. Your role will focus on ensuring landscapes, habitats, Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) features, Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) and other green space infrastructure are maintained to a high standard and managed in accordance with approved management plans, planning obligations and company objectives.

Acting as the primary on-site representative, you will build positive relationships with residents, contractors, developers and stakeholders, responding to queries and ensuring concerns are resolved effectively. Supported by a central customer services team, you will deliver a visible presence across your sites and promote high-quality green space management and environmental stewardship.

This is a hybrid role combining office-based work with regular site inspections, audits and stakeholder engagement. Typically, you will spend four days per week visiting sites, monitoring contractor performance, assessing landscape quality, inspecting habitats and environmental assets, and identifying improvement opportunities.

You will be responsible for specifying remedial works, monitoring contractor performance, scrutinising completed works and ensuring expenditure is controlled appropriately. You will also support the review and development of landscape specifications, management plans, site budgets and maintenance programmes.

The role includes undertaking pre-handover inspections of new developments, auditing landscape installations, habitat creation areas, SuDS features, public open spaces and ecological enhancements to ensure compliance with approved plans, planning conditions, Section 106 obligations and BNG requirements before acceptance into management.

Where sites are subject to Biodiversity Net Gain requirements, you will support the implementation, monitoring and reporting of Habitat Management and Monitoring Plans, ensuring compliance with legal obligations and long-term environmental objectives.

Regular travel across your designated area will be required, along with occasional attendance at company offices, training events, meetings and industry activities. You may also provide support to neighbouring areas when required.

• Deliver high-quality green space,biodiversity and estate services across your area, undertaking site inspections and specifying improvement and remedial works.
• Ensure compliance with inspection regimes, statutory requirements, record-keeping and reporting obligations.
• Manage landscape, habitat and estate maintenance contracts, monitoring performance, quality, compliance and value for money.
• Inspect completed works against approved specifications, management plans, drawings and contract requirements.
• Undertake audits of new developments before…