Environmental Economist and Land Buyer

Do you want to play a critical role in Nature’s Recovery and be at the heart of AWT’s
most exciting wilding projects?

Join AWT as our new Environmental Economist & Nature Recovery Land Buyer
and you will make a significant contribution to achieving our goals of creating 1000ha of new
habitat by 2030, with the Trust purchasing at least 100ha of new land.

This exciting area of work offers significant opportunities to tackle the climate and
ecological crises. AWT has a wealth of ecological expertise and is a leader in local
environmental markets having developed BNG and Bat credits and processes.

You will work with the Senior Leadership Team and expert ecologists, to develop the vision for
large-scale land purchases and improvements to our existing reserves. With your background in
environmental economics, you will assess the multiple benefits each project could offer and
develop business cases that facilitate investment from the emerging green finance markets.
Resulting in a prospectus of land purchase opportunities which will guide the Trust’s ambitions
up to 2030.

You will also support the Head of Nature Recovery with land purchases, giving you the chance to
input into projects as they develop and see theoretical benefits come to life.

Key Tasks:

• Using AWT’s Green Finance Review Process, carry out assessments of existing reserves and
  land on the open market, to enable the creation of a fully costed Land Purchase Prospectus,
  which will inform AWT’s actions for years to come.
• Lead the acquisition process for AWT’s first Nature Recovery land purchase – aiming to be
  completed by the end of 2024.
• Work closely with senior staff to develop AWT’s customer base for credit sales. Initially
  focusing on Biodiversity Net Gain, bat credits and carbon credits.