England Peat Map Field Coordinator

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

- 244584**Salary**:

- £27,273**Job grade**:

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

- Fixed Term**Length of employment**:

- For a period of up to end March 2027**Type of role**:

- Environment and Sustainability
- Geography**Working pattern**:

- Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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- 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**:
Natural England is the Government’s statutory advisor for the natural environment, playing a vital role in delivering the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan. This describes an ambitious vision, bringing new opportunities to protect and enhance, and to achieve real outcomes for the environment.

At Natural England, we love what we do. We’re here to make sure people and nature can thrive. A healthy natural environment is fundamental to our wellbeing, prosperity and happiness - that’s why we collaborate with scientists, lawyers, project managers and experts to implement environmental policy and shape decisions.

We work with a wide range of partners, stakeholders and customers on a huge range of projects, from influencing construction, advising farmers and landowners how they can manage their land in a sustainable way for the benefit of the environment, gathering and analysing environmental data, and carrying out.

Job description

The post holder will provide support to the Field Survey Co-ordinator, to help ensure that all survey activities undertaken for the England Peat Map (EPM) are efficiently planned, organised, and executed. They will need to work flexibly according to potentially rapidly changing survey needs and circumstances brought about by weather, access arrangements, staff absences, and a host of other factors. Their duties will be varied and include a variety of logístical and co-ordination tasks, working with a wide range of staff across a growing area of the organisation.

Key Responsibilities:

- Support the co-ordination of all field surveyors working on the England Peat Map project across multiple teams, contracts, and survey types, including planning survey trips and allocating survey sites to survey teams.
- Work with survey co-ordinators across the NCEA and wider organisation to identify and realise survey integration opportunities and align protocols and approaches.
- Manage EPM field survey equipment and its distribution, use, and maintenance.
- Support the development and testing of field survey protocols and mobile data capture apps.
- Provide administrative support to field surveys including arranging access permissions for some sites, handling soil samples and lab analysis results data, and administration of the mobile data capture app back-office systems and supporting data.
- Support and provide training and training materials for field surveyors.
- Collate and deliver feedback from surveys to develop the tools and protocols we use to complete surveys.
- Provide other support for EPM field survey activities as directed by the EPM Field Survey Co-ordinator.

**Benefits**

Wherever possible Natural England accommodates requests for both full-time and part-time hours and other flexible working patterns to help employees achieve a good work/life balance and maintain their health and wellbeing.

Natural England provides excellent opportunities for career progression, training and development tailored to your role. From induction to ongoing learning and development, everyone in Natural England is supported to develop their skills and capabilities. Everyone has 10 days to devote to personal learning and development, as well as an additional 3 days to volunteer.

You will have access to Civil Service Pension and benefits arrangements and generous leave allowances (33 day per year pro rata), as well as flexible working, to help you achieve a work-life balance that works for you and us.

You will have access to a range of benefits including discounts on shopping vouchers, cycle to work scheme, and childcare vouchers. You can also join the Civil Service Sport club which offer discounts on a range of sports and leisure opportunities as well as social events.

Natural England is a fantastic place to work, where difference is celebrated.

We’re committed to fairness and equality for all, so you feel valued for who you are and what you do. Our shared values help us work together to benefit the communities we serve. Our thriving employee-led diversity networks support our inclusive culture and contribute to our Diversity Action Plan.

**Locations**

Natural England is adopting hybrid working - which means that our staff will work from a flexible range of locati