Wildlife Lead Adviser

3 months ago

London, United Kingdom Natural England Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 310926**Salary**:

- £27,273- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer- Lead Adviser**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Environment and Sustainability
- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, South East England, South West England, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the HumberAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- This position is based nationally**Job description**:
Do you have a passion for nature and the environment? Do you want to make a real difference and secure significant environmental gains in the present and the future? Do you enjoy working in a team? Can you see yourself advising communities and customers to maximise gains for the Natural Environment?

If this appeals to you, a career at Natural England offers rewarding opportunities to secure environmental improvements and play your part in creating a better future for people and nature.

The priority work Natural England is delivering includes:

- Establishing a Nature Recovery Network to help wildlife thrive
- Monitoring environmental changes to identify and help reduce the effects of climate change
- Working with farmers and landowners to develop greener food production methods
- Advising on plans for new developments to maximise gains for nature
- Providing ways for people to better connect with nature, including green social prescribing

We are the Government’s Adviser for the natural environment, playing a vital role in delivering the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan, an ambitious vision which brings new opportunities to protect and enhance and to achieve real outcomes for the environment.

**The Team**

***This role sits within the Complex Case Unit (CCU). The core mission of CCU is to improve handling of complex and high-risk casework across Natural England, having a critical role in supporting and developing organisational delivery for positive environmental outcomes.

The team role currently focuses on work relating to the implementation of the bovine tuberculosis (bTB) vaccination program, as well as the review, implementation and compliance of licensing for the purposes of preventing the spread of bovine tuberculosis. Moving forward, the team will be looking to expand the work it undertakes into other exciting areas of Wildlife Management. The team is predominantly field based, working nationally throughout the year.

Job description

***With oversight and support from senior team members, the Lead Adviser plays a key role in ensuring effective delivery of licensing field work, advice and casework and driving forward improvements.
- Support the transition in DEFRA bTB policy to vaccination, through vaccination fieldwork and compliance monitoring.
- Proactively contribute to and lead in the development of all aspects of current and future licensing processes to ensure continuous improvement.
- Lead on the delivery of technical advice to all licence holders and potential applicants to support Natural England's statutory responsibilities, including site visits and meetings with licence holders, land holders, groups of farmers, farming organisations and the police.
- Handle or advise on responses to Freedom of Information, EIR requests and public enquiries.
- Undertake field visits in support of all licensing processes, including monitoring actions taken under licences to ensure compliance with licence conditions and best practice.
- Use good judgement to identify emerging problems in this sensitive area of work and provide balanced and consistent guidance and recommendations to the team, liaising with senior team members and others as appropriate.
- Contribute to the development and oversight of other team members as required, for example through providing mentoring or quality assuring work.
- The role requires excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to remain calm and diplomatic when dealing with complex and high-pressure situations.
- Undertake compliance work, or similar challenging situations, with diplomacy and empathy.

**Additional Information**
- The role is heavily field based and will require national travel to locations to undertake work, conduct visits, meetings, and training. This will often require overnight stays.
- Duties will often involve working outdoors day or night, which can be physically demanding, and sometimes during inclement weather conditions - this may include walking for several hours over rough terrain, digging, carrying equipment, sitting for periods of time and visiting working farmyards where livestock may be present.
- A current full driving licence is essential for the role.
- Considerable out of hours work will be r

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