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Policy and Advice

Policy and Advice vacancies: roles covering provision of advice, policy creation and implementation. Includes heritage, rural regeneration, landscape architecture. Also planning where that affects the countryside and land management but not the built environment.

  

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Project Officer - Landowner & Farming - Aire Rivers Trust

Salary: £32,000 per annum
Contract: Full time, fixed term (18 months)
Location: Our offices in Greengates, Bradford. Hybrid.
Could you engage with farmers and land managers in the River Aire and its tributaries? We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive and approachable person to join our team. This is a hands-on role for someone who has experience in agriculture and/or land management and thrives on connecting with people and inspiring environmental action.

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  • Closing Date: 20/04/2026
  • Location: Greengates, Bradford
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 09/04/2026

Project Development Officer - Nature's Future Workforce - RSPB

Salary: £27,123.00 - £28,956.00 Pro Rata

Terms: Fixed Term for 12 months. Part-Time, 28 hours per week

Location: Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park, Hybrid

Nature’s Future Workforce is a new, inclusive programme designed to support people to build skills, confidence, employability, and a lasting connection to nature, from early childhood through to adulthood. It forms part of a wider programme of work delivered in partnership by Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority and Loch Lomond & The Trossachs Countryside Trust. This role plays a central part in building partnerships, coordinating opportunities and supporting inclusive progression routes into volunteering, training and employment within the nature and conservation sector.

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  • Closing Date: 26/04/2026
  • Location: Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park, Hybrid
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 09/04/2026

Woodland Adviser Wales - Dyfi to Dwyryd Treescape - Woodland Trust

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

Salary: £35,593.50 - £38,593.50 Per Annum

The Woodland Trust is looking for a Woodland Adviser - Dyfi to Dwyryd (known internally as Outreach Adviser). The post will be part of the Dyfi to Dwyryd Treecape (D2D) programme team working with others to create landscape-scale change through protecting, restoring and creating a mosaic of diverse habitats with trees and woods at its heart. Established 5 years ago, the team works with a range of landowners and partners to deliver a variety of tree and woodland-related conservation actions including agroforestry, ancient tree protection and woodland management.

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  • Closing Date: 05/05/2026
  • Location: Homebased
  • Level: Management
  • Posted: 08/04/2026

Conservation Projects Manager (Species Recovery) maternity cover - Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Salary £29,274 per annum, fixed term for 12 months, 35 hours per week.

Home-based (ideally in south-east England) with frequent travel to project locations.

The Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BBCT) is looking for an experienced and self-motivated full-time Conservation Projects Manager (Species Recovery) maternity cover for 12 months to lead on the delivery of our species recovery work, working towards our Strategic aim that “Our threatened bumblebees are on the road to recovery and no other bumblebees become threatened”.

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  • Closing Date: 27/04/2026
  • Location: Home-based (ideally in south-east England)
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 01/04/2026

Regulatory Officer (Agriculture) Wessex - Environment Agency

Do you have a good knowledge of agriculture in England and want to improve our natural environment? Would you like to be at the forefront of agricultural change? This is an exciting opportunity to contribute towards environmental improvements by undertaking regulatory inspections across Wessex.

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  • Closing Date: 19/04/2026
  • Location: Wessex
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 31/03/2026

Senior Research Ecologist (Climate Change) - British Trust for Ornithology

Location: BTO office in Thetford, Stirling, Bangor or Lisburn
The BTO is looking for a Senior Research Ecologist to join our Dispersed Threats team. The postholder will be responsible for taking a strategic overview of BTO’s climate change research portfolio that bridges high-impact academic papers and actionable government policy. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of BTO’s climate change work.

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  • Closing Date: 26/04/2026
  • Location: Thetford, Stirling, Bangor or Lisburn
  • Level: Senior
  • Posted: 31/03/2026

Species Recovery Officer - Beaver Projects Coordinator - Forestry England

Based at any Forestry England office, with hybrid home working available. Travel across England will be required.

As the Species Recovery Officer - Beaver Projects Coordinator, you will support the delivery of species recovery through conservation translocation projects in our districts and across England, from planning and feasibility through to delivery and post-release monitoring. You will use your skills and experience in nature recovery and project management to implement the strategic delivery of beaver reintroductions across Forestry England’s Forest District teams. You will advise and play a key role in developing project documentation including project management plans, budgets, feasibility reports, risk assessments and translocation plans.

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  • Closing Date: 27/04/2026
  • Location: National
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 31/03/2026

Farming In Protected Landscapes Adviser - Shropshire Council

Pay Scale: £37,280 - £39,152

Contract Type: Fixed term contract to 31/3/29, 37 hours/week

Location: Drovers House, Craven Arms and homeworking

The Farming in Protected Landscapes Adviser will be one of two Advisers providing the main contact and support to applicants for the Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) programme for the Shropshire Hills National Landscape team. This programme which has been running since summer 2021, and has been extended for a further three years until March 2029, is offering grants to farmers and land managers for projects which deliver benefits to nature, climate, people and place.

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  • Closing Date: 17/04/2026
  • Location: Drovers House, Craven Arms and homeworking
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 30/03/2026

Head of Wild Food - BASC

Salary: Circa £40,000

Location: Flexible/Home-based

The purpose of the head of wild food role is to strategically embed wild food initiatives throughout the organisation, ensuring they are integral to all BASC activities. This critical position involves developing policies and best practices to support a resilient wild food supply chain, while working closely with government bodies, regulators, and key industry stakeholders.

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  • Closing Date: 26/04/2026
  • Location: Flexible/Home-based
  • Level: Senior
  • Posted: 27/03/2026

Contracts Manager (Conservation) - Mourne Park - Woodland Trust

Salary: £33,593.00 Per Annum

Job Type: Fixed Term, Full Time, 3 years and 9 months

The Woodland Trust is looking for a Contracts Manager (Conservation) for our Mourne Park estate. They will undertake the successful delivery of The National Lottery Heritage Fund project, Mourne Park - 500 years of undiscovered natural heritage, to target and budget.

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  • Closing Date: 20/04/2026
  • Location: Mourne Park
  • Level: Management
  • Posted: 26/03/2026

Arboricultural Officer - East Devon District Council

£36,363 - £42,839 per year

Permanent

Full time with a range of flexibilities, including hybrid working, aligned to our Worksmart arrangements

Honiton

Working in a highly professional and respected team you will be responsible for handling TPOs and working closely with the Council’s planning service ensuring compliance with legislation. East Devon is heavily wooded with a wonderful array of ancient and veteran trees - an arboriculturalist’s paradise – and the role will entail safeguarding the integrity of trees within Conservation Areas and on development sites. Along with your team colleagues you will also provide advice and guidance to the towns and parishes and our Elected Members on arboricultural matters.

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  • Closing Date: 05/05/2026
  • Location: Honiton
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 26/03/2026

Senior Geoarchaeologist and Geoarchaeologist - RSK ADAS Ltd

Our Archaeology and Historic Building business comprises a highly skilled team focused on providing historic environment consultancy and fieldwork services throughout the planning process from pre-land acquisition to the discharge of planning conditions. As a result of our success in this area, we have a vacancy for a full time permanent Senior Geoarchaeologist and/or a Geoarchaeologist. The location of the position can be flexible, but it is expected that the successful candidate will be based out of either our Romsey (Southampton) Office, our Boxworth (Cambridge) Office or our Derby Office. The successful candidates will join a team of professionals who work closely with colleagues in other disciplines, such as Ecology, Planning and Landscape.

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  • Closing Date: 30/04/2026
  • Location: Romsey, Cambridge or Derby - UK
  • Level: Management
  • Posted: 23/03/2026

Operational Rural Surveyor - Scotland - RSPB

Location: Home-based anywhere in mainland Scotland
Salary: £39,205.00 - £49,813.00 Per Annum
Terms: Permanent. Full-Time, 37.5 hrs per week (Part-Time applications will also be considered)

Are you ready to use your expertise to make a real difference? Join the RSPB and help shape the future of our incredible estate. From negotiating land acquisitions to advising on biodiversity enhancement, from listed buildings to innovative land management, this is a role where your skills truly matter.

The successful applicant will join a Scotland wide team of 7 Rural Surveyors, 1 Building Surveyor, a Livestock & Grazing Champion and a Land Management Support Specialist.

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  • Closing Date: 19/04/2026
  • Location: Home-based anywhere in mainland Scotland
  • Level: Management
  • Posted: 18/03/2026

Forest Planner - Scottish Woodlands

Central / North Scotland

Shape the future of Scotland's Forests with Scottish Woodlands! We have an opportunity for a Senior Forest Planner to join our progressive forest planning team to undertake the assessment, design and production of Forestry Grant Scheme (FGS) applications, with a focus on woodland creation and forest plans.

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  • Closing Date: 24/04/2026
  • Location: Central / North Scotland
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 12/03/2026

Tenant Farming Officer - Scottish Land Commission

Salary: Salary band from April 2026 £33,211 - £37,056

Location: Inverness with regular attendance in the office required and hybrid working available.

Contract: 2-year fixed term / Hours: 0.8FTE, 4 days / 28 hours per week

The Scottish Land Commission is seeking to appoint a Tenant Farming Officer. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Scottish Land Commission team, providing support to the Tenant Farming Commissioner and Tenant Farming Manager.

Scottish Land Commission

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  • Closing Date: 19/04/2026
  • Location: Inverness
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 11/03/2026

Environmental Operations Manager - Bridgnorth Town Council

Salary: SCP18-22 (£31,537-33,699)

37 Hours per week

Bridgnorth Town Council are looking for a motivated Environmental Operations Manager to lead a grounds maintenance team of six, ensuring our parks, landscaped areas, and public spaces are safe, attractive, and maintained to the highest standards.

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  • Closing Date: 13/04/2026 updated
  • Location: Bridgnorth
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 04/03/2026

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