Commercial Director
Enfys Ecology
Closing Date: 10 November 2025
First round interviews
(online): 25 November 2025
Second round interviews (in person, in Bangor): 16
December 2025
About the role
These are exciting times, and we’re looking for a new Commercial Director to join us! We’re looking for someone who can take overall responsibility for commercial management, developing and implementing revenue growth strategies and generally improving the market presence and profitability of North Wales Wildlife Trust’s subsidiary company, Enfys Ecology Ltd.
The post-holder will be an executive director of the company and a full member of its Board of Directors. You’ll also be responsible for North Wales Wildlife Trust’s relationships with businesses, focussing on their potential to contribute unrestricted income to underpin our organisational Strategy 2030: Bringing Nature Back.
We are seeking a strongly motivated and dynamic leader for our team who can build on existing, firm foundations with confidence and care: an individual who brings outstanding knowledge of the sector, combined with commercial acumen, strategic purpose and social intelligence to nurturing the values-led behaviours shared between North Wales Wildlife Trust and Enfys Ecology.
Who we are looking for
- Experience in commercial consultancy and business development activities
- Experience managing excellent, long-term client and stakeholder relationships and developing new ones in relevant sectors
- Working at Board level in strategic management (operations, marketing and business planning)
- Managing and building capacity and capabilities of small specialist teams and commissioning sub-contracts
- Managing the usual accounting, budgeting process and management processes of an SME, including accreditation (ideally ISO 9001/14001), invoicing, cost control and related matters
- Foundational/working knowledge of subject matters relevant to Enfys Ecology and North Wales Wildlife Trust, including some/all of environmental impact assessment and wider environmental regulatory processes, ecological and habitat management, protected species survey and mitigation techniques
- Broad knowledge of the changing nature of environmental and land management, including farming and post-Brexit environmental opportunities and existing and potential funding schemes relating to these areas for Wales and the UK
- Full UK driving licence
- Welsh language skills are desirable but not essential for this role.
We are proud to offer a wide range of benefits including:
- Access to Enfys Ecology’s non-contractual performance-related bonus system
- 32 days of holiday per year, including statutory Bank Holidays, which increase by one day for each fully completed year of service up to a maximum of 38 days.
- Salary Exchange Pension (6% ER contributions – 6% EE contributions)
- Life Assurance (2x salary)
- Learn Welsh on us
Who we are:
Enfys Ecology is a wholly-owned subsidiary of North Wales Wildlife Trust. Our profits go towards their mission to bring wildlife back, empower people to take action for nature and create a society where nature matters. We are always looking for passionate, dedicated and resourceful people to join us. If you have a passion for the values of The Wildlife Trusts and The Wildlife Trusts Consultancies, we would love to hear from you!
About Enfys Ecology
Enfys Ecology provides a wide range of ecological and habitat management services across North Wales, and reaching into Cheshire, Shropshire, Wirral.
Established in 2010, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of North Wales Wildlife Trust, our profits go towards their mission to bring wildlife back, empower people to take action for nature and create a society where nature matters.
Our dedicated team is made up of eight permanent ecologists, as well as seasonal ecologists during the summer months; most staff are members of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) or working towards this.
Our habitat management team employs two land management specialists with a vast array of experience.
Both teams are supported by a committed team of sub-contractors which have grown with us over the years.
Enfys Ecology provides a wide range of ecological and habitat management services across North Wales, and reaching into Cheshire, Shropshire, Wirral. Established in 2010, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of North Wales Wildlife Trust, our profits go towards their mission to bring wildlife back, empower people to take action for nature and create a society where nature matters. Our dedicated team is made up of eight permanent ecologists, as well as seasonal ecologists during the summer months; most staff are members of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) or working towards this. Our habitat management team employs two land management specialists with a vast array of experience. Both teams are supported by a committed team of sub-contractors which have grown with us over the years.
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