Working Wetlands Project Manager

First rate people and project manager? Experience of agricultural policy, nature conservation
or nature based solutions in the rural landscape? Excited by the opportunity to restore nature
at scale? We’d like to meet you.

With support from South West Water and alongside Westcountry Rivers Trust, DWT is driving
agricultural change through the Upstream Thinking programme, a national pioneer in natural
catchment management, just completing a third phase and beginning a fourth.

You’ll be leading a complex farm advisory project across 7 Devon water catchments using nature
based solutions to deliver improvements in water quality, biodiversity and resource
sustainability. Creating a healthy, working landscape of rivers, wetlands and wet grasslands.
Alongside this, you’ll develop our growing paid-for conservation and advisory service for
landowners. You’ll need budget and people management experience as well as a good working
knowledge of agri environment schemes and awareness of relevant agricultural and environmental
policies to lead a team of around 12 staff. The team you will lead includes experts in river
restoration, habitat creation, agri-environment funding support and water quality.

This is a full-time, permanent post based at Cookworthy, near Halwill Junction. Previous
applicants need not apply.

There will be a two stage interview process for this post, with first interviews being held on
Thursday 6 March and second interviews on Tuesday 11 March.

We welcome candidates of all backgrounds and abilities who meet the essential criteria for this
role. We are an inclusive organisation that is seeking to involve more diverse audiences in our
work.

DWT is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment.

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