Landscape Officer

**About The Role**:
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- North Norfolk is an attractive predominately rural District with a beautiful coastline, varied and protected landscapes and a wealth of biodiversity; all within east reach of the fine city of Norwich.- We are looking for an enthusiastic and forward thinking Landscape Officer to join our multi-disciplinary Conservation, Design and Landscape team - which is dedicated to protecting and enhancing North Norfolk's distinctive natural and built environments.- The District is proud to include the internationally celebrated North Norfolk Coast, stretching from Holkham in the west to Horsey in the east, much of which is recognised for its nature conservation importance.- A large proportion of the District lies within the nationally designated landscape of the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the North Norfolk Heritage Coast, while the eastern part of the District forms part of the Broads National Park. The District also hosts a variety of internationally and nationally designated sites and nature reserves, home to many rare and protected species and habitats.**About You**:
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- This would be a great role for someone wanting to take the next steps in their career and we would ensure you get a wide range of experience. Ideally you will have a decent understanding of the planning system, wildlife legislation and ecological assessments, and be competent in a broad range of landscape, arboriculture and/or ecological matters.-
- If you possess the skills, knowledge and experience required to fulfil this role and wish to be part of a dedicated, ambitious and award winning team, with a varied and challenging workload - we would certainly like to hear from you.-
- Interviews will be held on- For an informal discussion please contact:
**About Us**:
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We're committed to promoting equality of opportunity for the people and communities of North Norfolk. We respect and value difference in our district and across our workforce, and we want everyone to feel included and able to play their part in making North Norfolk a great place to live, learn, work and visit.

Our coast and environment are really important to us. We have a net zero strategy, and a team of people working to deliver these important initiatives.

As one of the largest employers in the district, we offer a number of benefits that are open to all employees. We have a really supportive culture of enabling our people to learn and grow through attending courses, e-learning, and their day to day job roles. Our office in Cromer is clean, modern and light with onsite lunchtime catering, and free onsite parking.

We have an active health and well-being group with a new strategy, mental health first aiders, employee assistant program, employee discounts portal, and salary sacrifice schemes (bikes, home electricals and EV car leasing).

We have a great forum for communication with regular updates from Directors and Chief Executive, employee voice through our Staff Focus Group, and great working relationship with Unison, our onsite recognised union.

Most people that work for North Norfolk District Council can enjoy a great work life balance, as part of our hybrid approach to work. If your role supports hybrid working, and we've shown you all that we need to for your job role, all we ask is that you have a stable and reliable internet connection.

In terms of the numbers, if you are new to the public sector, you’ll enjoy 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays, and when you’ve been with us for five years, this increases to 30 days (assuming the role is full time). We provide access to a great pension scheme, based on your local authority career average earnings.