Reports to: Director of Nature Recovery
Responsible for: Landscapes Recovery Team - Chalk Rivers and Farm Advisory Officer, People and Wildlife Officer, project staff and volunteers as required.
Work base: The Trust’s activities cover Hertfordshire and the London Boroughs of Barnet, Enfield, Harrow and Hillingdon.
The Trust’s offices are at Grebe House, St Albans, AL3 4SN
The Trust supports flexible and hybrid working. This role may involve some lone working and occasional evening and weekend work e.g. to attend meetings.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, full time
Employment Term: Permanent
Salary: £38,977 (SCP 32) plus contribution to pension auto-enrolment
Salary Scale: Scale point 32 - 38
Job Purpose
This role will lead and manage the Trust’s Landscapes Recovery team, working alongside the Rivers Recovery Manager, and a range of external partners to develop new funding mechanisms and facilitate delivery of nature recovery schemes at scale across Hertfordshire & Middlesex. The postholder will also work closely with the Trust’s Nature Reserves Manager to ensure a coordinated and strategic approach to our nature recovery work, both on our reserves and in the wider urban and rural landscape.
The postholder will need to be a natural collaborator and skilled communicator with the ability to influence a wide range of stakeholders, from farmers to large corporate businesses and private investors. Experience of developing and managing purpose‑led land advice and ecological consultancy services, as well as knowledge of natural capital markets and green finance would be beneficial to the role.
A strong commitment to and passion for nature recovery is a given and the postholder will support the development and delivery of the Trust’s Nature Recovery Strategy and action plan to increase the area of land managed and restored for nature across Herts & Middlesex. Fundamental to achieving this objective is identifying strategic funding opportunities through existing and new nature markets, and building an investable Landscape Nature Recovery Programme, along with a purpose‑led advisory offer that allows us to scale up and connect delivery on the ground.
Main Responsibilities
* Lead, develop and inspire the Landscapes Recovery team to perform to the best of their ability and in accordance with the Trust’s HR and performance management policies and procedures, and ensure that individual staff embody the Trust’s values and behaviours through their work.
* Work collaboratively with other managers in the Nature Recovery directorate to achieve the aims and objectives in the Trust’s new Nature Recovery Strategy and action plan.
* Develop and deliver a strategic Landscape Recovery Programme, including investment and funding opportunities through blended public/private funding, nature capital markets such as Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) and other green finance mechanisms.
* Review HMWT’s existing ecological consultancy offer, identify new business opportunities and build a business case for a new land advisory service offer aimed at farmers, rural businesses and other landowners/managers.
* Support the Director of Nature Recovery to develop and implement a new nature recovery action plan for the Trust, including identifying key success measures/KPIs and targets as well as a monitoring framework to evaluate progress against strategic objectives.
* Develop and project manage large, complex nature recovery and landscape‑scale partnership initiatives using a best practice approach to procurement, contract and project management and risk management.
* Represent HMWT on external partnership groups and strategic forums to influence and promote the Trust’s nature recovery work and to develop opportunities for joint working, including large scale partnership funding bids to deliver at scale in priority Nature Recovery Focus/Priority Areas.
* Keep up-to-date with local, regional and national policy and technical developments affecting nature’s recovery in Hertfordshire and Middlesex, including participating in relevant communities of practice across the federation of Wildlife Trusts.
* Act as media spokesperson for landscape and nature recovery matters and provide technical and policy input to press releases, media articles and responses to government consultations.
* Ensure that organisational policies and procedures are understood and implemented by the Landscapes Recovery team and have responsibility for relevant Health and Safety policies and procedures.
* Manage and oversee team and project budgets in line with the Trust’s financial policies and procedures.
* Provide input to the Trust’s Nature Recovery Advisory Group and present project updates and budget reports to trustees as required.
* Work with and build relationships with key stakeholders within the organisation, including other team managers, Senior Management Team, Trustees, Volunteers and staff at all levels, as appropriate to the role.
* Liaise with partners and stakeholders outside the organisation, including staff within statutory agencies, local authorities, partner and voluntary organisations, farmers, landowners and corporate businesses.
* Duties may involve working outdoors, walking and standing, where appropriate, for prolonged periods of time.
* Carry out all other such duties, as may be reasonably required, from time to time, determined by the Director of Nature Recovery and/or Chief Executive.
The Trust retains the right to amend the job description in consultation with the post holder to reflect changes in or to the job.
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