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Exciting opportunity to lead conservation efforts with the UK's leading woodland charity, the Woodland Trust
Overview
Salary
£44000
Location
Flexible
Expires
Expires at anytime
The Woodland Trust, the UK's leader in woodland conservation, is on a mission to protect, restore, and create woods and trees. The charity engages and inspires people to help combat climate change and nature crisis, working to ensure a thriving environment both for people and nature.
As a Conservation Outcomes Manager, your role will be instrumental in guiding conservation outcomes across the Trust's endeavours. This includes:
- Providing expert guidance and training
- Building strong partnerships for nature recovery
- Developing and maintaining conservation plans and guidelines
- Managing relevant budgets
- Representing the Trust in national conservation partnerships.
The ideal candidate will possess:
- A degree in a related field such as forestry, ecology, or land management
- Leadership skills and experience in developing evidence-based guidance
- Ability to network and build partnerships
- Understanding of UK conservation issues
- Experience in line management
The Woodland Trust offers numerous benefits including an enhanced employer pension, flexible working options, generous annual leave, and more, all while contributing significantly to environmental and climate issues. The Trust values diversity and inclusion, aspiring to reflect the communities they work in.
Throughout the recruitment process, fairness and privacy are prioritized. The use of AI tools is encouraged in applications for improved accessibility. Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams.
The Woodland Trust is the UK's leading woodland conservation charity, dedicated to the protection, restoration, and creation of woods and trees. We aim to inspire and engage people to help tackle the nature and climate crisis, ensuring that trees and woods thrive for people and nature.
The role: As a Conservation Outcomes Manager, you will lead a team to embed conservation outcomes across our work. This includes providing expert guidance, training, and tools, as well as building strong partnerships to deliver nature recovery, climate, and people-focused outcomes. You will lead on building organisational expertise in evidence-based practical conservation, develop and maintain conservation guidance, and ensure that delivery activities have clear conservation outcome objectives. Additionally, you will manage relevant budgets and represent the Woodland Trust in national conservation partnerships.
Job requirements: We are seeking candidates with a degree-level education in forestry, ecology, land management, or a related field, and preferably with Chartered status or equivalent professional development. You should have strong leadership skills, experience in developing evidence-based technical guidance, and a proven ability to network and build partnerships. Experience in line management and a strong understanding of UK conservation issues are also required.
Benefits: Joining our team offers you a chance to be a significant part of addressing environmental and climate issues. We provide enhanced employer pension, life assurance, flexible and hybrid working options, generous annual leave, and more. We are committed to diversity and inclusion, aiming to reflect the communities we work in and ensure that everyone benefits from trees and woods.
Application details: We value fairness in our recruitment process and keep candidates' personal details hidden from hiring managers during the initial stages. We encourage the use of AI tools in applications to improve accessibility but expect candidates to reflect their own experiences and skills. Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams.
