Consultant – Natural Capital and Offset – Expression of Interest

Empowering people to grow Niche in a strategic and sustainable manner. 

Niche is at the forefront of strategic thinking when it comes to creation of nature strategies for our key clients. This is an exciting and intellectually challenging space to work in. Biodiversity runs in our veins here at Niche and we pride ourselves on our ability to deliver high quality biodiversity strategies which support our customers compliance obligations and voluntary aspirations. 

Driven by our creative thinking and ability to understand both the supply and demand drivers that make environmental markets effective, we work collaboratively with our customers, landholders and government agencies to bring these schemes to life. We also embrace and actively participate in the growing move towards a nature-positive future, we believe this can be achieved through the use of quality nature accounting methods to support the creation of new natural capital assets on country which support our environment, economy and society. It’s a fast evolving space, so get ready for a heck of a ride! 

The Niche Natural Capital team focuses on the creation of new nature-based assets through compliance methodologies such as state and federal offset schemes and voluntary nature-based methodologies. This team is focusing on biodiversity as its core natural capital driver and ultimately will cover other natural capital methods such as carbon and water.

The Position 

The purpose of this role is to work within the Natural Capital Team for key clients to design and deliver strategy programs that focus on the following (generally in order of priority).

• Assisting clients to meet their compulsory obligations under the NSW Biodiversity Offset Scheme (BOS) with a focus on major projects.
• Overseeing the development of Stewardship sites in collaboration with the ecology team.
• Assisting in the design of spatial and data tools to maximise the efficiency of biodiversity programs.
• Work with the Natural Capital supply team to identify opportunities for demand-side clients in relation to biodiversity credits under the BOS.
• Landholder and community consultation to improve their knowledge of offsetting schemes to assist in their informed decision making.
• Understanding and applying nature-positive frameworks, markets and accounting models such as: Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), Emerging Commonwealth-designed nature repair market, Accounting for nature, Understanding carbon and water markets and their interrelation with the above.

Applicants without working knowledge of the NSW BOS but with a solid working knowledge of Natural Capital schemes including nature positive schemes and frameworks are encouraged to apply as several positions may be made available including a position targeting this skillset.

The position has three key strategic areas of accountability across both compliance and voluntary markets:

• Delivery of biodiversity offset strategies
• Development of nature-positive strategies 
• Data, Technology and Innovation