Nature Friendly Farming Adviser

Nature Friendly Farming Adviser – IRC151415

Contract type: Permanent p/t (22.5 hrs pw)

Summary

Our ambitions in the NT for Nature Recovery, Climate Adaptation, Carbon Capture and Sustainable
Land Management are huge. We want landscapes with more nature, that are accessible to more
people, and that help to address the climate crisis. If you’re experienced in delivering land
use change and environmental farm advice, we’d love you to help us achieve this vision.

What it’s like to work here

You’ll be part of Midlands and East of England NT Land and Nature team in our internal
consultancy: a multidisciplinary team of experts, from curators and nature conservation
advisors to project managers and archaeologists, who provide specialist consultancy advice to
the places we care for, to help make things happen.

Your contractual location will be the nearest National Trust office to your home location, but
our hybrid working policy means you can balance office and home working with site visits and
meetings at National Trust places. We’ll talk about this in more detail at interview, but you
should expect to be at a National Trust site for 40–60% of your working week.

For more information or a chat about the role, please contact Chris Soans, [email protected]

What you’ll be doing

You’ll provide support, direction and technical advice to property and estate teams on all
aspects of the management of our agricultural land. This includes land farmed and managed ‘in
hand’, as well as supporting our tenants and others responsible for managing National Trust
land.

You’ll be providing advice on sustainable nature friendly farming, delivering innovative
approaches to re-purposing our land to deliver more for nature, carbon, and access. Working
closely with our farming tenants, you’ll build relationships and trust, to offer support and
advice to enable them to develop and maintain profitable, sustainable farm businesses, whilst
also helping to deliver the NT strategy across their holdings.

Helping and supporting the development of new Agri-environment schemes, you’ll see
opportunities for high nature status farming and for the creation of bigger and better habitats
and carbon capture. You’ll share and champion your expertise in Agri-ecological farming helping
others to transition to new innovative farming practices that move forward our ambitious
strategy at pace.

Who we’re looking for

We’d love to hear from you if you’re

• experienced with explaining current farming issues and opportunities to a farming audience,
  and substantial practical knowledge of farming and other land management systems.
• able to apply practical understanding of the principles of regenerative agriculture,
  natural assets, soil management and farm carbon management.
• experienced in advising on Agri-environment scheme design and application.
• able to bring understanding and implementation of farm compliance, legislation, and risk
  management.
• a skilled communicator, who can build strong relationships within diverse teams, both
  internally and externally.
• a flexible thinker and problem-solver, skilled at negotiating and building productive
  networks, and confident in using your expertise to influence decisions.
• proactive and organised, with experience of managing projects and a talent for
  multi-tasking and getting things done, strongly focused on detail, quality, cost, and time.
• lead for inclusion and always think ‘everyone welcome’.

The package

The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to
create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people
reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and
value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our
teams too.

• Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary
• Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
• Tax-free childcare scheme
• Rental deposit loan scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts
• Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase
  scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.
• Flexible working whenever possible
• Employee assistance programme
• Free parking at most Trust places
• Independent financial advice

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