Wetlands Officer

If you love wearing waders and playing in water but are passionate and serious about restoring the abundance of life within our rivers and waterways, we need you to join our team.

Rivers and wetlands are a key part of our challenge to restore Surrey’s nature and maximise climate adaptation and resilience for a bigger, better, more joined up ecological network.  We will do this both on our own land holding and by working with other landowners and managers in partnership as we strive towards a target of 30% of land connected and protected for nature by 2030. The opportunities and links with Biodiversity Net Gain, Nature Based Solutions and Natural Flood Management are clear, therefore a focus on driving forward delivery in these areas is essential.

The Wetlands Officer will support the Wetlands Manager and the team in the delivery of river and wetland restoration projects working in partnership with landowners, communities and stakeholders, delivering the Trust’s Living Landscape Strategy. 

If you have a practical background in conservation and, ideally, a knowledge of river catchment management plus a working knowledge GIS and ArcGIS or other online mapping systems coupled with an ability to interact confidently and professionally, please read the full job profile and put in your application.

Our offices are in Pirbright, Leatherhead and Wisley and our hybrid working policy aims to provide a good work/life balance which can incorporate partial home working whilst having an interesting working environment.  The salary offered to successful applicants will form part of a benefits package including: above minimum pension contributions, life assurance of 4 x salary, employee support scheme, 22 days holiday, flexible / hybrid working policy. 

We are committed to having an inclusive and diverse workplace and encourage applications from backgrounds which may be underrepresented in our sector, including people from minority ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities.  We aim to offer an interview to all candidates that meet the essential criteria for the post. Please let us know if you require any adjustment to make our recruitment process more accessible; recruitment will be in person unless covid guidance recommends otherwise.

Please apply using the Application Form available on our website, or provide a full CV and explanatory covering letter, emailed to Glen Skelton, Wetlands Manager glen.skelton@surreywt.org.uk, by 5pm Thursday 3^rd November 2022. Interviews will be on 2^nd December 2022.

Guided by a collaborative vision where we all play a part in connecting nature, we provide expert advice and guidance to landowners and managers, making sure the land we look after leads by example, while inspiring and educating people and organisations across the county on what they can do. By doing this we will create a Surrey that is full of diverse and abundant wildlife, where nature is at the heart of individual choices, corporate decisions, and local economic and policy making. One that helps tackle the ongoing climate emergency, while supporting the health and wellbeing of all who live here.