Assistant Land Use & Nature Delivery Partner pa

Assistant Land Use & Nature Delivery Partner 30,966 pa

Permanent or Fixed Term f/t or p/t (until 28/02/26)

Brecon

148 mi from London

NEW Posted 2nd Mar

Ends:
Mar 15th

We’re looking to recruit a new team of Farming and Nature Advisors to help us deliver our ambitions for nature recovery, carbon sequestration, and climate adaptation through sustainable land management. Our vision is for landscapes rich in wildlife, accessible to more people, and playing an active role in addressing the climate crisis. If you’d like to help make this happen, we’d be delighted to hear from you.

We have two opportunities available: one full time permanent role and one part time role (30 hours per week). We’ll discuss preferences later in the process, but the roles are as follows:

Role 1 – Mid and South Wales

Based at our Mid and South Wales estate office in Libanus, Brecon, this role covers the wider South Wales area. It also includes dedicated days focused specifically on managing our farmland estate at Dolaucothi in Carmarthenshire.

Role 2 - South Wales – Primary Focus Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion.

A South Wales role but with the primary focus being the Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion property groups. The role will be to support General managers and property teams in delivering the National Trusts Nature Strategy. This is a part time role (30hrs per week).

You’ll work as part of National Trust Cymru’s Land and Nature specialist delivery team; this is a flexible resource that provides land and nature expertise where required pan Wales. As one of a multidisciplinary team of experts, including climate advisors and land and nature delivery advisors, you’ll be working with others to help make things happen to deliver sustainable land management.

You'll support our regional Land and Nature delivery team, in delivering high-quality sustainable land management advice across our properties to champion nature recovery and deliver land management plans. A key part of both roles will be building strong working relationships with our farm tenants and commoners, although each role will have a primary focus or key geographic location.

For our land management in-hand, you’ll provide technical guidance to ensure compliance with agricultural regulations and cross compliance standards, helping to manage risk and uphold best practice. You’ll also play a vital role in the assistance of administration and delivery of internally held agri-environmental schemes helping property colleagues understand scheme requirements, using Rural Payments Wales online and maintaining accurate records and optimise scheme outcomes.

For our nature focussed role, you'll be providing high quality nature conservation advice, primarily to site managers and our property teams. Using your expertise in habitat assessment you'll help others understand the ecological significance of our land and support, train and mentor in delivering our Restore Nature goals.

You’ll also provide clear and sound advice on a wide range of nature conservation matters, including habitat management and creation and management planning to facilitate and guide standard processes on properties.

• have a strong understanding of cross compliance (GAEC + SMR) and up-to-date knowledge of agriculture policy and grant schemes in Wales
• able to demonstrate a good understanding of the different conservation farming and land management systems and be confident in providing advice.
• experience in using GIS (e.g., Land App, ArcGIS) and data management systems
• experience and strong understanding of ecology and conservation land management
• knowledge of habitat restoration including woodland management, upland common lands and/or peatland restoration
• up-to-date knowledge of relevant wildlife legislation (protected species and sites), policy and grant schemes.
• relevant skills and experience of undertaking ecological monitoring and surveys (good plant  advantage)
• good written and verbal communication skills including ability to write concise and coherent reports.
• experience of effective teamwork, alongside ability to work independently and prioritise…