Senior Biodiversity Specialist

Alcazar Energy

Biodiversity & Ecology Studies, Critical Habitat and Species Assessments

• Conduct environmental screening assessments of potential investment opportunities at origination stage
• Lead biodiversity sections of the E&S due diligence assessments, both internally and coordinating third party assessments by E&S consultants of potential investment opportunities at early development stage
• Support in the interface with Lenders E&S teams and Lenders E&S advisor.
• Lead and coordinate biodiversity, avifauna, and bat baseline studies for projects in portfolio.
• Manage and review vantage point, acoustic, and seasonal survey programs.
• Support collision risk assessments (CRA) and migratory corridor assessments.
• Support Critical Habitat Assessments and protected area screening in line with IFC PS6, EBRD ES6 and EIB Standards.
• Review biodiversity and ornithology inputs to ESIA and related technical studies.

Biodiversity Risk Management Across Project Planning & Operations

• Provide early environmental support with planning and relevant consent applications.
• Integrate biodiversity, bird, and bat considerations into project siting, layout, and design.
• Apply the mitigation hierarchy (avoid, minimize, restore, offset) to project impacts.
• Develop and oversee species protection and mitigation measures, including turbine micro-siting, seasonal restrictions, and curtailment strategies
• Oversee and monitor environmental and biodiversity performance of Turbine Supplier, Balance of Plant (BoP) and/or EPC and O&M contractor through site inspections, progress meetings, review of documentation and performance indicators for Projects under construction and operation.
• Work closely with internal (E&S, technical, investments, contracts, legal) teams & external stakeholders to identify and address biodiversity risks.
• Support biodiversity risk management during construction and operation phases.
• Communicate project requirements, environmental & biodiversity procedures and standards to relevant parties and oversee its implementation
• Provide technical guidance to contractors and O&M teams on biodiversity requirements.

Biodiversity Management Systems, Compliance, Monitoring & Reporting

• Support in the development and implementation of the corporate ESMS ensuring the adequate cascading to cross all AE portfolio of projects at all stages
• Oversee and support in the development of Project-specific ESMS to ensure alignment with ESIA, ESAP, Employer requirements, Investors and Lenders requirements
• Develop and oversee implementation of Biodiversity Management Plans (BMPs) and Biodiversity Action Plans (BAPs) across all assets as applicable
• Support lender and investor biodiversity due diligence, monitoring, and audits.
• Prepare and implement Avifauna and Bat Management Plans, including post-construction monitoring, turbine shutdown programs, fatality searches and adaptive management
• Support habitat restoration, enhancement, and biodiversity offset measures where required.
• Monitor effectiveness of mitigation and offset measures and support adaptive management.
• Coordinate with specialist consultants, regulators, and conservation stakeholders.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of international, regional and local environmental and biodiversity standards of best practice, industry trends and regulatory requirements.

Biodiversity Governance, Stakeholder Engagement & Nature-Positive Initiatives

• Integrate biodiversity requirements into corporate and project-level ESMS.
• Prepare biodiversity inputs to lender, regulatory, and ESG reports.
• Track biodiversity KPIs and monitor data across the portfolio.
• Contribute to nature-related disclosures and internal biodiversity guidance.
• Engagement with regulators, conservation authorities, NGOs, and local stakeholders
• Identification and development of biodiversity enhancement, restoration, or offset initiatives
• Support nature-positive and net gain approaches where required
• Integration of biodiversity into sustainability and corporate responsibility initiatives
• Support internal awareness and capacity building on biodiversity and natural capital