Catchment Officer

4 months ago

Leatherhead, United Kingdom The Rivers Trust Full time

Bring your environmental passion for rivers to life


The South East Rivers Trust has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual who is keen to make a positive, lasting difference to the aquatic environment in the south east of England.


The Role


We are seeking a Catchment Officer, to lead our work in two catchments across our area. You will be our primary representative in your focal catchments, and will be responsible for leading and chairing the local Catchment Partnerships. Through your Catchment Partnership work, you will develop a deep local knowledge of your rivers and their stakeholders, which you will leverage to develop programs of data and evidence gathering that will help to understand the issues impacting river health in the catchments. Based on this knowledge, you will work with partners to develop catchment plans and co-design solutions and mitigation projects that will provide multiple benefits and make a real difference to river health.


We are particularly keen to hear from candidates with a level of scientific and/or technical expertise, for example in land management, wetland design, aquatic biodiversity, habitat enhancement, nature-based solutions, biodiversity net gain, natural flood management, fisheries science, water resources, or water quality. You will bring this expertise to our Catchment Partnerships and share it across the whole of our organisation.


The role will suit a natural leader and good communicator with relevant technical knowledge who is personable and diplomatic with a passion for the water environment and its improvement.



This role will predominately cover the Loddon, Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels catchments.


Please see the full Catchment Officer job description.

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