Meet our senior leaders

The main responsibilities of this post are to:

• Lead JNCC’s science, evidence and advice functions, ensuring JNCC's work is underpinned by high-quality science and evidence.
• Promote learning and development and build JNCC’s scientific and technical capability in critical areas.
• Champion innovation to test new techniques and approaches.
• Encourage activities that diversify and increase income and leverage resources through collaboration with partners.
• Be a high-profile and influential advocate for JNCC’s science, evidence and advice, promoting JNCC’s reputation as a scientific authority on UK and international nature conservation.
• Develop relationships at a senior level within the environmental science and policy communities, including UK and devolved governments, the wider public sector, NGOs and research organisations.

The main responsibilities of this post are to:

• Serve as a member of the Executive Leadership Team and provide leadership to the JNCC Support Company.
• Ensure effective development and delivery of JNCC’s work programmes and manage corporate risks.
• Manage Finance and Procurement, Human Resources, Facilities, Communications and Business Development teams.
• Maintain and develop systems of control, including policies and procedures. 
• Support the Chief Executive and Chairman in managing and developing the Committee and Company Board, including acting as Company Secretary.
• Provide advice to the Chief Executive, Chair and Committee on corporate strategy.
• Represent JNCC externally at a senior level with key stakeholders (including country nature conservation bodies, UK Government departments and devolved administrations, non-governmental organisations and others).

The main responsibilities of this post are to:

• Oversee JNCC's work on marine protected areas, marine species, marine monitoring and evidence, marine ecosystems, offshore industries advice, and certain elements of JNCC's international work.  
• Serve internally as a member of JNCC’s Science Management Board, Resource & Planning Board, and Executive Leadership Team. 
• Serve externally as a member of the offshore wind programme board, established out of the cross-government cost reduction task force recommendations.

The main responsibilities of this post are to:

• Lead the development of nature-based solutions through integration of ecosystem assessment, analysis and monitoring to provide support across the UK.
• Explore how approaches developed within the UK can be implemented elsewhere internationally, including within the UK Overseas Territories.
• Oversee work on JNCC's international advice function.
• Support the integration of these themes within JNCC's strategy including development of funding sources.
• Promote JNCC externally at a senior level with key stakeholders to identify and develop opportunities where JNCC can provide support.
• Provide strategic advice to the Chief Executive and Committee and internal governance groups.

The main responsibilities of this post are to:

• Serve as a member of the Science Management Board, Resource & Planning Board and Executive Leadership Team, and fulfil associated corporate duties.
• Support and provide leadership to JNCC’s programmes of work for international advice, marine ecosystems and assessment, ecosystems analysis, Overseas Territories and natural capital.
• Ensure that work is effectively planned and communicated to deliver JNCC’s strategy and achieve priority outcomes.
• Oversee and advise on the allocation of approximately 50 staff for JNCC’s work.
• Support and provide strategic advice to the Chief Executive and Committee.
• Meet income targets.
• Represent JNCC externally at a senior level with key stakeholders.