Landscape Partnership Lead - East Anglia

About Us: The Woodland Trust is the UK's leading woodland conservation charity and is dedicated to creating a world where trees and woods thrive for both people and nature. Our mission involves engaging and inspiring individuals to contribute toward tackling the nature and climate crisis through the protection, restoration, and creation of essential woodland habitats.
Do you have a passion for landscape delivery and for making a difference for people, nature and fighting climate change? If yes - this could be the role for you!

THE ROLE
• The Landscape Partnerships Lead (known as Treescape Lead internally) will lead our priority landscape delivery within East Anglia, creating the strategy and plans and deliver the WT objectives (protect, create, restore goals) across the East Anglian Claylands.
• The role will work closely with partners, councils, farmers and landowners. The focus will be on delivering at scale trees outside of woodlands, manage existing Ancient Woodland Management (AWR) and Plantation on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS). Protecting Ancient and Veteran Trees (AVT s) is also a key outcome.
• Responsible for building relationships with internal and external stakeholders to manage and develop partnerships, identifying appropriate mechanisms to plan fund and deliver a wide-ranging portfolio of projects. The role will be part of a UK network of Treescape leads working on the Trust s Treescape programme across the UK.
• This role is responsible for the overall coordination, management and support delivery of the EAC project. This will include allocating work plans, managing budgets and ensuring the WT delivery programme is effective and efficient.
• There will be a requirement to travel in and around the East Anglia region.
• The job title for this role is Treescape Lead as per the Job Description attached.
• This role does not come with a company vehicle, however after a 6-month period in-post we will review vehicle business use to see if the post-holder is reaching the eligibility criteria as stated in our Company Vehicle Policy. If the post-holder complies with those criteria, with sign off from our Facilities Team, a vehicle will be sourced and provided.

THE CANDIDATE
• Along with excellent communication skills you ll have a proven track record in managing a programme of projects, as well as experience of working with and influencing multiple stakeholders to articulate a vision for change.
• You ll need to be an organised strategic thinker with capacity to assimilate and prioritise information from multiple levels and focus it on delivering key outcomes for the Trust.
• You ll have experience developing large long-term projects and funding bids, with the ability to decision make and achieve results.
• With a collaborative approach to achieving results, you ll be talented at developing meaningful partnerships, able to work across multiple teams positively and proactively.
• You will have a good understanding of farming systems and land management.
• You will be based in or around the East Anglia region with a full UK driving licence.
Our Organisational Nature enables us to better understand what it means to be part of the Woodland Trust, empowering us to make an impact, every day. We want you to be able to role model our values; Grow Together , Focus , Explore and Make it Count to ensure each of us plays our part in helping to protect, restore and create our woods and trees.

Benefits & Wellbeing: Joining our team means you'll be a big part of tackling environmental and climate issues. We take good care of our employees, offering support and training opportunities. We also offer:
• Enhanced Employer Pension
• Life Assurance
• Flexible & Hybrid Working Options
• Generous Annual Leave
• Enhanced Parental Pay
• Employee Assistance Programme

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: The Woodland Trust embraces diversity and inclusion. We want our team to reflect the UK's diverse community. We support people from all backgrounds to apply, especially those who are under-represented.

Application Advice: Even if you don't meet every requirement of the role, we would encourage you to apply. Your enthusiasm for the environment and our core values Grow Together, Explore, Focus and Make it Count are what matter most. We also keep our candidates personal details hidden from the hiring managers, so they do not see your CV until shortlisting is completed. Make sure that your Personal Statement clearly shows your experience and passion for the role.

Apply Now: If you're ready to make a difference and grow with us, send in your application today. We might close the job opening early if we get a lot of applications, so it's a good idea to apply soon. We look forward to hearing from you and working together to make a positive impact on our planet.

1st interviews will be held via Teams on 12th February 2025