National Peatland Action Programme Specialist Officer - Natural Resources Wales
Listed on 2026-10-02
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Design & Architecture
Environmental & Urban Planning
Role
Location:
Flexible in Mid Wales, Flexible in North Wales
Grade/Salary range: 06: £42,662 - £46,662
Working pattern:
Full time - 37 hours per week
Working hours:
37
Contract type:
Permanent
Welsh Language level: B1 - Intermediate
Closing date: 14/10/2026
If you're driven by demanding fieldwork, working outside, and the reward of seeing real change take shape, this role will be a great fit. As a Peatland Restoration Specialist in the National Peatland Action Programme (NPAP), you'll spend time in some of Wales's wildest landscapes - often wet, often muddy, and always rewarding. Whether you're navigating deep heather, negotiating boggy ground, or working through relentless Welsh rain, you'll be doing it with purpose: restoring peatlands that are vital for climate resilience, biodiversity, and water management.
You'll take projects from concept to completion, developing technical specifications, securing consents, managing budgets, and overseeing contractors to ensure high-quality delivery. Your work will involve mapping, surveying, and designing restoration interventions across both NRW-managed land and privately owned sites, while providing expert advice to colleagues, partners, landowners, and stakeholders. You'll also contribute to monitoring, reporting, and knowledge-sharing as NPAP continues to expand, building a rolling portfolio of projects at different stages of progress.
This is hands-on, boots-on-the-ground conservation - demanding, varied, and deeply impactful, your chance to play a key role in tackling the climate and nature emergencies - while working with a passionate team, across some of Wales' most precious landscapes.
As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to an NRW office within the place base / location above and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.
Travel to various offices and frequently to remote locations inaccessible without the ability to drive is required so a full and current driving licence is essential.
Interviews will take place through Microsoft Teams on 28 October.
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