The Role: Worcestershire County Council (WCC) is recruiting a Biodiversity Net Gain Officer to increase the capacity of our Ecology and Environmental Policy Team to meet new responsibilities under the Environment Act 2021. As Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) gathers pace, becoming mandatory for most developments from November this year, we need additional capacity to implement monitoring, management and reporting systems, advise and train WCC colleagues, and prepare local policy and guidance. BNG offers an exciting, improved opportunity to achieve ecological betterment via development, and WCC’s BNG officer’s work will lead to real, long-term environmental gains. Alongside desk-based work on BNG policy, advice and administration, there will be opportunities to underta

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