Job Description
The Woodland Trust is looking for a Policy Advocate - Forestry and Land Use (Scotland) to help us increase the Trust’s influence through policy and advocacy work.
The Role:
• This role is key to helping us target the forestry, farming and land use policy issues at the Scottish Government and statutory agency level.
• You’ll develop and lead the delivery of advocacy strategies that will ensure woods and trees are valued and recognised in key policies and decisions at national level.
• You’ll monitor, research and analyse relevant areas of the Scottish Government and Parliament politics and policies.
• You’ll work collaboratively with colleagues to support campaign development, policy development, inform and respond to public consultations.
• You'll lead and write external policy reports, consultation responses, briefings and other materials.
• You’ll lead the Trust’s advocacy relationship with civil servants and statutory agencies as relevant to the policy area.
• You’ll develop and advocate the Trust’s positions and policy goals to internal and external stakeholders.
• This role includes a mix of working from home and travel around Scotland.
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