Environment & Resilience Programme Manager

Your chance to make a real impact to the East Midlands by helping us establish impactful climate change adaption strategies across the region.

Welcome to EMCCA

EMCCA is the UK's first mayor-led combined county authority. The East Midlands is a great region. But it deserves to be better. Better connected, better funded and better prepared for a future of opportunity, growth, and hope. EMCCA will oversee devolved powers around transport, housing, skills and adult education, economic development, and net zero. We will conceive the strategies and create the connections that will empower local partners, people and businesses - maximising the impact of billions of pounds of funding. Together, our new EMCCA team can put the East Midlands on the map as a place to live, work and study.

Your role in elevating the East Midlands

The Biodiversity Task Force for EMCCA delivers a collaborative approach to design nature recovery and biodiversity into the growth-enhancing activities of the Combined Authority. It will be your responsibility to deliver on the recommendations of the taskforce and develop and lead other relevant partnerships.

Specifically, the region is vulnerable to adverse weather, exacerbated by anthropogenic driven climate change. You will have the opportunity to work with partners to identify and implement an appropriate approach to climate adaptation in the region that enables inclusive sustainable growth and natural flood management alongside other nature-based solutions.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting the continued development of EMCCA's Nature Biodiversity Task Force, its strategy, composition and delivery objectives.
• Working with local, regional, and national partners to influence, shape and secure resources for the work of the Taskforce.
• The provision of direct policy advice and a high degree of support to Senior Management and the EMCCA Board in solving problems and responding to challenges.
• Strategic planning, stakeholder engagement and project management, ensuring that our climate adaptation, nature and biodiversity objectives align with our wider sustainability goals.
• Supporting / developing and implementing climate adaptation strategies.
• Advocating for climate resilient policies and practices as well as nature-based and nature-enhancing development.
• Supporting Local Nature Recovery Strategies within the regional framework.
• Explore and enable delivery of co-benefits between net zero infrastructure and bio-diversity.

Your profile:

• Relevant degree or equivalent experience.
• A strong background in a relevant area of policy and practice and a detailed knowledge of related legislative and policy frameworks.
• Experience of delivering a climate- or nature-related strategy in a public, private, or non-profit organisation.
• Proven ability to build strong, collaborative and lasting relationships across different sectors and organisations, as well as the ability to work within a dynamic and changing environment.
• Good working knowledge of climate or nature and biodiversity policy, practice and financing with an awareness of key issues and opportunities.
• Clear and confident communication skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to engage well with people at different levels.
• Strong analytical thinking and the ability to solve problems, drawing on evidence and good judgment.

NB - this is a politically restricted post as designated under the LGHA and any subsequent amendment.

For more details on EMCCA including our rewards and benefits, please visit:

Office location - all roles are based at NGEC, Saltergate, Chesterfield, S40 1UT unless stated otherwise.

Please note - at this time EMCCA cannot offer sponsorship.

Closing date: 21 st September 2025.