Severn Rivers Trust

Here at Severn Rivers Trust, we are passionate about catchment scale restoration and have big
ambitions to rise to the challenge, scaling both our conservation programmes and our work to better
engage and educate the communities of the Severn, to turn the tide on the restoration of this great
River. We’re an agile organisation, with a can-do attitude and a willingness to take on new
challenges. So, if you like to get stuff done, and want to be at the forefront of ecological
restoration, working along the UK’s longest river, then Severn Rivers Trust could be just the place
for you. Our expanding portfolio of work means we have an exciting opportunity for the right person
to join our Operations Team, in the role of Catchment Restoration Officer in the Severn Vale
catchment, to lead the delivery of habitat creation and restoration.

Job title: Catchment Restoration Officer – Severn Vale 

Location of job: Hybrid working – home based with occasional working in our Head Office,
Martley and travel around the Severn catchment area 

Post holder reports to: Programme Manager – Lower Severn 

Salary: £26,200 – £33,200 

Position type: Permanent

Benefits: Generous home-working allowance, flexible working arrangements, 9% employer pension
contribution 

Overall purpose of the jobs: 

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Operations Team and lead the delivery of a range of
ambitious habitat creation and restoration programmes throughout the Severn Vale region. From
delivering fish passage solutions, to creating new wetlands, to planting new native woodlands,
you will be required to get hands on, working with private landowners to plan and implement
habitat and species conservation at a catchment scale.

Your work will require you to engage with a diverse range of stakeholders, where you will
foster support for environmental programmes by providing informed land-management advice.
Importantly, you will work collaboratively as part of a wider team, to ensure the correct
support, knowledge and experiences are being leveraged to deliver at a consistently high
standard. Where additional support is needed, you will procure and oversee a diverse portfolio
of skilled contractors, to deliver the works to the same high standards. 

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