Nature Recovery Advisor

As a Nature Recovery Advisor, you will work with various landowners, partner organisations, stakeholders and corporate clients on a range of opportunities and plans which include the creation and expansion of nature recovery networks, local biodiversity strategies, habitat restoration, climate resilient catchments and nature-based finance.

To be successful you will be an ecologist who is passionate about developing nature-based solutions to the climate and ecological crises and recognise the potential of natural regeneration and rewilding.

Responsibilities

In this role, you'll be responsible for:

• Delivering and designing nature-based solutions that deliver for nature and other natural capitals – we want to see landscape scale changes to address the issues that society faces, including biodiversity loss, carbon sequestration and storage, and reducing the risk and impact of flooding

• Working with colleagues, landowners, and partners to identify opportunities for developing, linking, and enhancing sites to create nature recovery networks

• Undertaking ecological surveys and monitoring of sites, including Local Wildlife Sites, DWT reserves and privately owned land and identify ways of delivering positive management.

About you

This role might be right for you if:

• You care deeply for nature and are driven to deliver landscape scale change

• You are organised and can manage a varied workload

• You have a good understanding of British ecology and ecosystem services

• You have experience of working with clients, contractors and developers and can foster great relationships.

We are happy to talk flexible working!

This role will be based at our office in Middleton although a balance of home and office working will be allowed. We are a local charity so applicants should be easily able to access our office and other locations around the county.

Interviews are planned for Tuesday 1st June