Restore Nature Delivery Manager

Restore Nature Delivery Manager - Dorking

Important notice In line with our redeployment policy,we’ll prioritise applications from employees who are under formal notice of redundancy.

We’re looking for a Restore Nature Delivery Manager to lead the delivery of nature restoration across the Surrey Hills property group. This role is central to achieving our strategic ambition to restore nature at scale, working collaboratively with the General Manager, Countryside teams, specialists, external partners and communities. You’ll be responsible for enabling and coordinating the delivery of projects through multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring our work is impactful, inclusive and sustainable.

You’ll be an excellent communicator, ready and able to communicate and celebrate success. Importantly you are a passionate advocate for nature and its recovery.

Reporting to the General Manager, you’ll champion good practice. You’ll be an inspiring leader who is flexible according to the needs of your property, supporting the whole team. Our work is across seven days so weekend working will be required  bring projects and people to life and work at pace to deliver in a timely fashion.

Surrey Hills is a large Countryside property group located in Surrey and within 20 minutes of the outskirts of South London. It comprises of 5200 Hectares spread over different properties mainly within the Surrey Hills National Landscape.

The areas are spread across Surrey from Frensham Ponds in the West to Limpsfield Common in the East of the County. Some 3000 hectares of land have protected status mostly for Heathland, Chalk Downland and Ancient Woodland.

Working with National Trust tenant farmers on nature recovery is a priority as are our partnerships with statutory agencies and communities in Surrey.

The Surrey Hills property group includes Box Hill, Leith Hill and The Devils Punchbowl at Hindhead,, Denbies Hillside and Ranmore Common which are iconic countryside sites in the South East of England. . .

The Surrey Hills are some of the most visited and valued landscapes in the National Trust and there are many opportunities for increasing benefit for nature and people.

You’ll lead and coordinate the delivery of nature restoration projects and programmes, ensuring alignment with our strategic plan. You will be leading a large countryside team across the landscape and be part of the property leadership team. You’ll facilitate collaboration across teams, integrate expertise and good practice, and continuously evolve our delivery methods. You’ll manage risk, maintain compliance, and ensure delivery meets agreed quality, cost and time parameters.

You’ll also play a key role in influencing stakeholders, unlocking funding opportunities, and driving system-wide change to restore nature at scale.

Applications from redeployees are assessed against the minimum criteria for the role. In your application, please provide details of how you meet the minimum criteria below :

• Strategic Leadership for Landscape-Scale Nature Recovery – ability to lead the vision, strategy and delivery of transformational change across complex landscapes beyond NT boundaries.
• Ecological Expertise and Technical Credibility – understanding of how to apply deep ecological knowledge to inspire, influence and lead landscape-scale transformation.
• Countryside management and delivery. To be able to deliver strategy by practical action through the countryside team.
• External Stakeholder Leadership and Convening – ability to build trust and authority with diverse external stakeholders to lead collaborative programmes at scale.
• Programme and Financial Leadership – ability to lead complex programmes and manage significant budgets to deliver strategic outcomes.
• Partnership Development and Policy Advocacy – skilled in creating and sustaining strategic partnerships to deliver NT policy and influence wider land use change.
• Self-Awareness and Role Transition – Understanding of the distinct scope of the RNDM.

• Strategic Leadership for Landscape-Scale Nature Recovery – ability to lead the vision,…