Climate Resilience, Biodiversity Green Infrastructure Lead; cover

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Job title: Climate Resilience, Biodiversity, & Green Infrastructure Lead ( 12-month cover)

Salary: £85K - £88K+ TFL Benefits Grade: Band 4

Contract type: TFL
Reference: 5778

Team: Environment and Sustainability Directorate: SHE (Safey Health and Environment)

Location: Southwark (Palestra)/Hybrid working*

All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory right – to – work checks. Candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK. At the present time TfL is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

* Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4-week period.

Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements.

This is a 12-month cover role while the incumbent postholder is on an external secondment.

Climate change is already affecting London's transport network through extreme heat, flooding, drought and other severe weather events. At the same time, TfL is committed to protecting and enhancing the green infrastructure and biodiversity that make London healthier, more resilient and more attractive to live in.

This is a rare opportunity to lead one of the UK's most high-profile climate resilience and nature programmes. You will shape how TfL responds to climate risks, delivers its Climate Change Adaptation Plan and Green Infrastructure & Biodiversity Plan, and ensures environmental ambition is translated into practical action across one of the world's largest integrated transport networks.

Leading a team of environmental specialists, you will provide expert leadership on climate adaptation, biodiversity and green infrastructure while working closely with operational, engineering and delivery teams to embed resilience and nature-based solutions into projects, assets and business decisions. Success in this role will depend as much on your ability to influence and enable delivery as on your technical expertise.

Note - Internal job title for this role as 'Senior Sustainability and Environment Manager(Climate Adaptation and Green Infrastructure)'

T his role is responsible for driving TfL's climate adaptation, biodiversity, and green infrastructure agenda, influencing decision-making across the organisation and ensuring environmental ambitions are translated into tangible outcomes for London's transport network.

• Lead TfL's climate resilience, adaptation, biodiversity and green infrastructure programmes, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and the Mayor's Transport Strategy.
• Translate climate adaptation and biodiversity policy into practical requirements, standards, guidance and investment priorities for operational, engineering, planning and project teams.
• Ensure climate resilience and nature-based solutions are embedded within asset management, capital delivery and operational decision-making.
• Influence senior leaders across TfL to incorporate climate risks, resilience opportunities and biodiversity outcomes into business planning and investment decisions.
• Build organisational capability so that climate adaptation is part of how TfL manages its network rather than a standalone environmental activity.
• Represent TfL externally with regulators, government, boroughs and industry partners,…