Lead Strategy Adviser: Land Management

Would you like to work in one of England’s finest landscapes and a World Heritage Site? As we
embark on developing a new Lake District National Park Partnership management plan this role
will play key part in preparing for how we restore nature, adapt to climate change, continue
with our work towards net zero, support the ongoing agricultural transition.

Can you imagine yourself developing and coordinating strategies and plans with partners to
ensure we meet the opportunities these present?

We are looking for a confident and creative lead strategic advisor able to translate Government
policy into strategy for the National Park to care for what is special about the place; as well
as keep an overview of the challenges and opportunities that we manage and all the time provide
responsive advice and guidance to a range of colleagues and stakeholders across a variety of
thematic areas for nature, climate, people and places around the National Park.

The role involves co-creating strategies and plans to deliver farming led nature recovery
whilst sustaining our cultural heritage and delivering a range of benefits to the people who
live, work and visit the Lake District National Park. These include:

• Providing leadership, advice and support for colleagues across the Authority and in
  particular Team Nature, to deliver ambitious Business Plan activities for climate adaptation,
  farming led nature recovery, give advice and specialist input to commons management, World
  Heritage Site matters and for the grant scheme Farming in Protected Landscapes
• Responding to and developing our approach to nature recovery, integrating the Protected
  Landscapes Outcomes and Targets Framework into our work and landscape monitoring; as well as
  developing nature-based finance opportunities, in particular delivering innovative strategies
  for how these become accessible to farmers and land managers
• Working with colleagues, partners and communities to develop programmes of projects that
  deliver our strategies and which are appropriately resourced from securing funding bids as well
  as nature-based finance
• With partners, coordinate the delivery of the LDNPP Plan outcomes for forestry, farming,
  nature and climate as well as the production and delivery of the Cumbria Local Nature Recovery
  Strategy, LDNPP Nature Recovery Plan, Zero Carbon Cumbria farming and other land use emission
  reduction action plan and the Love Windermere Land Management Group

This is a rewarding role, working on a wide range of diverse projects within the Lake District National Park. You’ll work with and be supported by an experienced and talented team of colleagues and partners.

Please read the Role Profile on our website, which outlines the full duties and person specification for this post.

What’s it like to work here?

As part of the Strategy and Environment team, you’ll be working closely with our Strategy and Policy Advisers, Farming Officer along with an experienced and talented team of work colleagues and partners.

We’ve moved to hybrid working, combining working from home and in the office. You will be required to work at our head office in Kendal at least two days per week (including each Tuesday, Wednesday and/or Thursday). We also have offices at Haverthwaite and Threlkeld, so there’ll also be opportunities to travel through the park to meet with key staff.

You’ll be provided with a laptop to enable you to access our secure IT network when working remotely.

Working with us, you’ll enjoy

• Generous Local Government Pension Scheme
• Electric car and Cycle to Work schemes
• Paid time off so you can volunteer
• Subsidised healthcare scheme
• Commitment to wellbeing
• Flexi time and a friendly working environment

Contact

We are offering an online drop-in session on the afternoon of Friday 6 September. If you have read the role profile and person specification and can be clear how you meet the essential criteria for the role and would like to meet for an informal discussion about the post, please get in touch with [email protected] to arrange a 20 minute chat with Tim Duckmanton.

Apply

The closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 15 September 2024.

Interviews will be held on Monday 7 October 2024 in Kendal.

We reserve the right to close this advert early should we receive sufficient applications, so please apply early to avoid missing this opportunity.

Diversity and Inclusion

As an equal opportunities’ employer, the Lake District National Park Authority is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination based on age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

Disability Confident Employer

We guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the role. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean that you must provide evidence in your application which demonstrates that you meet the level of competence required under each of the essential criteria, as well as meeting any of the qualification, skills or experience defined as essential.