Conservation Specialist

Conservation Specialist

Working hours Full time 37 hours per week

Permanent

Salary starting from £32,486

Location  Hybrid working with office location at Pity Me, Durham

We’re open to discussing flexible working

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity to join the conservation team as a conservation specialist, providing a vital part in the recovery of nature, restoring and regenerating our natural systems and wildlife.

This role has responsibility for ensuring appropriate conservation activities take place across our land holdings, including the management of protected sites, providing a positive contribution to biodiversity.

You will be responsible for the development and implementation of conservation plans. This includes organising surveys on our landholdings and surrounding land. You will also support delivery of company targets relating to biodiversity.

Within this role you will build relationships, using your knowledge to appropriately advise stakeholders to ensure they comply with legislation. In addition, you will work with stakeholders to ensure conservation data on our Geographical Information System (GIS) is correct.

Within this role you’ll provide appropriate guidance to our Conservation Advisors which means you will stay informed about conservation legislation and land management best practice.

About you

If you are passionate about nature and the environment, then we want to hear from you. 

You will have previous experience in conservation, biodiversity, and land management. This includes working knowledge of environmental legislation and policies.  You’ll be familiar with using contractors to deliver conservation projects and working within time and budget constraints.

Communication is a key focus of this role as you will provide appropriate guidance to stakeholders and influence the outcomes of conservation plans. 

This means you will have experience of collaborative stakeholder working and influencing environmental stakeholders. 

You may have a degree or equivalent experience in conservation, ecology, or land management, as well as membership of a professional body.

Interviews will take place online week commencing 17th March.

Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation. 

Please note this role may require a DBS to be completed prior to employment.

NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.

About us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply.

NWG at a glance:

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.

We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.

Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.

Our benefits

We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:

• Generous holiday entitlement starting at 23 days, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
• Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 10%.
• Free access to local attractions.
• A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
• Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
• Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
• Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
• Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.

This role has also been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test. 

Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date. 

Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked.