Fixed term contract for one year with potential to extend. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is one of the UK’s fastest growing nature conservation organisations and seeks to appoint a Nature Based Solutions (NBS) Assistant.
Responsibilities
* Support the NBS & Planning Team to strategically identify, develop and deliver exemplar NBS activities across Yorkshire.
* Help deliver NBS projects through desktop studies, baseline site assessments (e.g., UKHab survey), relevant metric calculations and professional reports such as Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) Assessments and Habitat Management and Monitoring Plans.
* Work closely with the Operational Team to develop habitat restoration proposals for NBS services.
* Deliver practical land management and conduct monitoring/audit surveys for NBS projects (e.g., Habitat Bank monitoring surveys).
* Provide technical support to Planning colleagues in reviewing and responding to BNG Assessments submitted with planning applications.
* Offer wider NBS technical advice and support across the Trust and to other stakeholders.
Qualifications
* Experience in ecological botanical surveys such as Phase 1 Habitat & UK Habitat Classification.
* Experience in the BNG process, including use of the Defra metric.
* Practical habitat delivery experience.
* Familiarity with UK environmental and biodiversity policies and regulations.
* Broad understanding of biodiversity, natural resource and ecosystem issues.
* Experience in other NBS markets (e.g., carbon) is welcomed.
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