Catchment Restoration Development Officer

East Lammermuir Catchment Restoration Development Officer, 4 days per week, fixed term contract to the end of March 2027. Extension possible, subject to funding.

Sustaining Dunbar, in partnership with Forth Rivers Trust, has secured development phase funding to prepare detailed, shovel-ready, nature restoration plans for the Dry Burn and Spott Burn catchments in East Lammermuir. Following on from a pilot project and initial surveys, this project is part of a wider, long-term ambition to deliver landscape-scale nature recovery across East Lammermuir from summit to sea.

The purpose of this role is to coordinate the next phase of this project and act as the primary point of contact for landowners and land managers across these two catchments, building the trust and relationships necessary to develop coherent, spatially connected restoration work packages, and to coordinate these with Forth Rivers Trust so as to develop a portfolio of credible and fundable habitat enhancement and restoration projects.