AD1449 IBAT Business and Relationship Manager

Nature Economy | Permanent, Full-time | £38,000 to £44,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience

Fifteen years ago, a ground-breaking alliance between UNEP-WCMC, BirdLife International, Conservation International and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) launched the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT). This tool integrates data from globally authoritative biodiversity datasets – the World Database on Protected Areas, World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas and the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species – into a single portal to support decision-makers from industry, finance and governments. Today, it continues to be an innovative solution for providing biodiversity information to decision-makers while channelling resources into the underlying datasets. This post is hosted in the Nature Economy team of UNEP-WCMC and works full-time as part of the IBAT Secretariat supporting IBAT.

The Business and Relationship Manager will lead IBAT’s business development. Managing a team of programme officers, and working closely with the IBAT Manager, IBAT User Sub-committee and IBAT’s leadership team, the post holder will develop and implement sector-specific outreach strategies targeting key sectors of the economy. The post holder will engage with businesses and financial institutions to expand IBAT to more organisations, while overseeing IBAT’s marketing and communication activities. The post holder will manage IBAT’s user support and training efforts, ensuring organisations receive the support they need to incorporate and mainstream biodiversity into their decision-making. Working within a multidisciplinary and cross organisational team, the post holder will draw on their expertise and subscriber insights to develop a pipeline of projects to enhance IBAT’s products and services to expand its impact.