Biodiversity Coordinator

Choice Housing; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A housing association in Northern Ireland is seeking a Biodiversity Coordinator to protect and enhance biodiversity across new and existing schemes. The successful candidate will engage with tenants and stakeholders to promote biodiversity improvements. This position offers flexible working arrangements, significant benefits, and important community engagement opportunities, making it suitable for candidates passionate about environmental sustainability.

Benefits

22 days annual leave plus 5 additional days after 5 years

Hybrid working, about 3 days from home

Flexible working with accrual of extra leave days

Death in service benefit

Paid maternity and paternity leave

Learning and Development opportunities

Annual health cash plan for various treatments

Responsibilities

• Protect and enhance biodiversity across Choice Housing schemes.
• Promote biodiversity improvements through tenant and stakeholder engagement.

Job description

Choice is seeking to recruit a Biodiversity Coordinator. This role will play a crucial role in protecting and enhancing biodiversity across existing and new Choice Housing schemes, whilst also promoting biodiversity improvements through tenant and stakeholder engagement

Our employees have access to a range of benefits:-

• 22 days annual leave plus an additional 5 days after 5 years’ service, and 12 public holidays
• Hybrid working – approximately 3 days’ working from home
• Flexible working – including the ability to accrue 2 additional leave days per month
• Death in service benefit x3 annual salary
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Learning and Development opportunities to include paid courses relevant to your role
• Health cash plan to include annual routine dental treatments, dental accident & injury, yearly optical, specialist consultations, diagnostic tests and scans, complementary therapies e.g. physiotherapy, acupuncture, osteopathy and chiropractic treatments, alternative therapies e.g. reflexology, head massage, allergy testing, and yearly health screening.

Completed application forms should be returned by 11.30pm, Wednesday 21st January 2026.

If you have any disability which prevents you from completing the online application form, please contact me to discuss what further assistance you require.

For full details, including job description, please go to https://choice-housing.getgotjobs.co.uk/

*If shortlisted you will be sent an email inviting you for interview, please check the email address you have provided on the application and also your junk mail folder*

NB: The panel may enhance the criteria in order to facilitate short-listing of the post.

The successful candidate will be required to provide proof of essential qualifications and also provide documentary evidence of their eligbility to work in the United Kingdom.

We are also committed to adhering to the Access NI Code of Practice/Service Level of Agreement in relation to requesting disclosure checks where appropriate and processing information in accordance with the code. Choice has a policy on the Recruitment of Ex-Offender and it is available upon request (email: [e-mail])