Employer: Worcestershire County Council
Location: Worcester, Worcestershire
Salary: £28,522 – £30,289 per annum
Closing date: 16 Jun 2023
Reference: REC#39473
Job Type: Environment / Conservation
Contract Type: Full time permanent
Working Pattern: Standard
Hours: Full-Time
Worcestershire County Council (WCC) is seeking a Local Nature Recovery Strategy Officer to join their growing Ecology and Environmental Policy Team. The development of a Local Nature Recovery Strategy is an exciting time for nature conservation in Worcestershire, home to the Malvern Hills and Commons, the Wyre Forest, the extensive floodplains of the Rivers Severn and Avon, as well as a large proportion of England’s remaining lowland meadows and traditional orchards. This full-time post will lead the development and implementation of the LNRS to help secure nature’s recovery across the county.
You will have support from colleagues within the County Council and from an established LNRS steering group and can expect to be working in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders from different sectors, so stakeholder engagement, collaborative working and communication skills will be vital. Your knowledge and experience of nature conservation, and its major policy and legislative drivers in England, will ensure that WCC’s LNRS delivers the restoration of nature through mechanisms such as Biodiversity Net Gain and the new Environmental Land Management Schemes, as well as more traditional grant funding which you will apply for.
Within the wider Ecology and Environmental Policy Team they also undertake a wide range of environmental projects and ecological surveys (e.g. preliminary assessments, bats, badgers, amphibians, reptiles, roadside verge nature reserves) and the LNRS Officer will be able to support on these, where time and interest permit. They are a small and friendly team with a good range of specialist interests; they’re looking forward to welcoming new ecologists and widening their nature conservation work.
For more information, please see the attached job description and person specification, or contact the team at ecology@worcestershire.gov.uk.
