Application Deadline: 14 December 2025
Department: Ops Hub
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Birmingham/Leeds
Description
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 / week
Salary: circa £68k depending on experience
Location: Leeds or Birmingham city centres
WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week
Flexible working: Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight.
Reports to: Lead Operational Assurance Manager
Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications.
Role Summary
The Sustainability Standards and Compliance (SS&C) team plays an important role in managing multiple assurance services that apply to a range of strategic schemes across the business, including for biomass, including woody biomass, in the Contracts for Difference (CfD), Hydrogen (HPBM), Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), and other emerging schemes. The assurance services are pivotal to ensuring compliance with contractual sustainability standards and maintaining value for money for the business.
As a Senior Specialist within this team, you will be responsible for providing experienced technical contribution to key work streams including the Assurance programme for the Low Carbon Dispatchable Agreement, leading our expertise in woody biomass.
Key Responsibilities
* Providing technical expertise to the Verification Team for Woody Biomass and other Biomass Assurance activities
* Working with internal/external teams to provide MRV guidance on upcoming schemes, especially focused on the Woody Biomass Supply Chain.
* Working with producers/ emitters/ generators to implement appropriate assurance programmes, particularly in the Woody Biomass Supply Chain.
* Collaborating with trusted third-party suppliers to enhance and sustain systems and services that enable effective assurance activities.
* Responsible for underpinning validation and verification activities for Woody Biomass which directly lead to payment of over £1 billion of subsidy.
* Providing expertise for biomass verification activities, and cross-cutting best practice into other schemes..
* Ongoing biomass assurance development across LCCC existing and upcoming schemes.
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
* Extensive technical competency in low carbon technologies activities, notably biomass technologies.
* Be highly competent in application of standards and compliance requirements.
* Be a team player, with strong interpersonal skills, working collaboratively towards a shared vision for the future.
* Proven leadership skills to provide enable development of other team members.
* Direct experience in industry of the Woody Biomass supply chain and related certification schemes is essential for this role.
* Extensive knowledge of energy supply chains including biomass/biofuels, hydrogen and other energy vectors.
* Extensive experience applying compliance standards.
* Proven knowledge of biomass supply chain and forestry management standards and certification schemes including SBP, FSC and SFI
* Understanding of relevant regulations for energy production and emissions reductions in the UK and internationally such as RO, FiT, RHI, ETS, CBAM and others.
* Bachelors Degree in a STEM subject or alternative showing analytical thinking, problem-solving, or technical understanding relevant to the role.
Employee Benefits
Benefits
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. Key benefits that may be available depending on the role include:
* Annual performance based bonus, up to 10%
* 25 days annual leave, plus eight bank holidays
* Up to 8% pension contribution
* Financial support and time off for study relevant to your role, plus a professional membership subscription
* Employee referral scheme (up to £1500), and colleague recognition scheme
* Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave and shared parental leave
* Free, confidential employee assistance, including financial management, family care, mental health, and on-call GP service
* Three paid volunteering days a year
* Season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes
* Family savings on days out and English Heritage, gym discounts, cash back and discounts at selected retailers
* Employee resource groups