We’d love to hear from you if you are:highly experienced in delivering coastal advice and/or managing coastal projectsknowledgeable about coastal processes, shoreline management, coastal and transitional habitats, and relevant speciesexperienced in partnerships, engaging local communities, stakeholder management and working with a variety of interested, affected or relevant partiesup to date and have a detailed understanding of current and relevant coastal legislation, policy, and initiativesa skilled communicator, who can build strong relationships within diverse teams, both internally and externallya flexible thinker and problem-solver, skilled at negotiating and building productive networks, and confident in using your expertise to influence decisionsproactive and organised, with experience of managing projects and a talent for multi-tasking and getting things done, strongly focused on detail, quality, cost, and timea leader for inclusion, who finds ways to create an inclusive cultureCoast & Marine AdvisorYou’ll be part of Midlands and East of England NT internal consultancy, a flexible resource of specialist skills and expertise. As one of a multidisciplinary team of experts, from curators and nature conservation advisors to estate managers and archaeologists, you’ll be working with others to help make things happen. As this role covers the Eastern part of the region your contractual location will be the nearest National Trust office to your home location, but our hybrid working policy means you can balance office and home working with site visits and meetings at National Trust places. We’ll talk about this in more detail at interview, but you should expect to be at a National Trust site for 40–60% of your working week.As a member of our Land and Nature team, you’ll bring innovative thinking to our coastal ambitions, helping both to create our coastal strategy and to achieve its aims. You’ll be developing our coastal adaptation plans, which will help to guide us in managing the changing coasts in our care.By keeping yourself informed about relevant policies, legislation, research, and projects outside the Trust, you’ll provide high-quality advice and inspiration to our teams.You’ll actively seek opportunities to work in partnership with other organisations, to achieve our strategic ambitions beyond our boundaries, by building good relationships and networks with such as, statutory and government bodies, other charities, local authorities, and coastal forums.You’ll advise on commissioning external consultants and research, and will work closely with local, regional, and central colleagues across a range of disciplines. You’ll also help to provide project management and technical expertise, including line management, for coastal projects. You’ll actively advocate the importance of the coast and marine environment, both internally and externally, through engagement, publications, and communicating the work of the National Trust publicly.You’ll train and mentor staff and volunteers in coastal and marine issues, to increase knowledge and confidence, so that they can become advocates for coastal change work and support our communities.151067IRC151067