Biodiversity Officer – Conservation & Offset Management

About the role

The Biodiversity Officer will lead the planning, implementation and monitoring of the company's biodiversity offset programme, ensuring alignment with international best practice and the corporate nature strategy. This role works closely with mining operations to deliver measurable conservation outcomes through rigorous offset design, habitat restoration and stakeholder collaboration.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, implement and continuously improve the Biodiversity Offset Management Plan (BOMP) following the mitigation hierarchy.
• Conduct landscape‑level assessments to identify ecologically suitable offset sites that deliver equal or greater biodiversity value than impacted habitats.
• Identify critical habitats, priority species and sensitive ecosystems within the mine’s area of influence and offset landscapes.
• Prepare species‑specific conservation action plans for threatened, endemic or priority species identified in baseline studies.
• Analyse monitoring data to evaluate offset performance against no‑net‑loss and net‑gain targets.
• Apply adaptive management to adjust offset strategies, restoration techniques and conservation interventions based on monitoring outcomes.
• Maintain biodiversity databases and GIS to track spatial and temporal trends in habitat condition and species populations.
• Facilitate community participation in biodiversity offset and conservation initiatives, including community‑based natural resource management programmes.
• Utilise GIS platforms and remote‑sensing technologies for habitat mapping, land‑use change tracking and spatial planning.
• Support integration of biodiversity data into the company’s environmental management information system (ENVIZI & IBAT).

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Ecology, Conservation Biology, Natural Resources Management, Zoology, Botany or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience; postgraduate qualification (Honours or Master’s) in Biodiversity Conservation, Restoration Ecology, Environmental Management or related discipline is an advantage.
• Experience in a mining environment and ISO 14001:2015 EMS certification are desirable.

Required skills

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Remote sensing technologies
• Advanced Excel
• Data analysis tools