Restore Nature Delivery Manager – Bodmin

We’re looking for a Restore Nature Delivery Manager to lead the delivery of nature restoration across our places. This role is central to achieving our strategic ambition to restore nature at scale, working collaboratively with General Managers, national specialists, external partners and communities. You’ll be responsible for enabling and coordinating delivery through multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring our work is impactful, inclusive and sustainable.

We’re also recruiting for a Restore Nature Delivery Manager position for the Lizard & Mid Cornwall Group. If you’d like to be considered for both vacancies, please submit an application for each role.

What it’s like to work here

At the National Trust, we work together to create lasting impact. You’ll join a team that values collaboration, creativity and continuous improvement. Every project you deliver will help us achieve our conservation goals and provide benefits for people and places.

This new role will be in the new North and South Cornwall Coasts Group, which covers much of the eastern half of Cornwall and with most of the Trust landholdings being coastal. We extend on the north coast from just west of Newquay, and on the south coast from the Roseland peninsula to the borders with Devon. There are four geographically based ranger teams, two on each coast. A lot of our focus will be on restoring nature on our coastal assets and the landscapes they form part of. We want to achieve our goals as part of wider partnerships and initiatives and for the communities we serve.

The team has the privilege and challenge of looking after and sharing with people some of the most stunningly beautiful parts of the Cornish coast. Strongly shaped by the prevailing maritime conditions, our land includes cliffs, beaches, dunes, coves, sheltered inlets, maritime grasslands, farmland, scrub and woodland. There are numerous wildlife and historic heritage designations and huge opportunities for nature enhancement.

The role is advertised as being at Lanhydrock, near Bodmin, which is central to the new Group, but there are other bases on the north and south coasts where the successful applicant could potentially be based.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll lead and coordinate the delivery of nature restoration projects and programmes, ensuring alignment with our strategic plan. You’ll facilitate collaboration across teams, integrate expertise and best practice, and continuously evolve our delivery methods. You’ll manage risk, maintain compliance, and ensure delivery meets agreed quality, cost and time parameters. You’ll also play a key role in influencing stakeholders, unlocking funding opportunities, and driving system-wide change to restore nature at scale.

Who we’re looking for

Applications from redeployees are assessed against the minimum criteria for the role. In your application, please provide details of how you meet the minimum criteria below:

• professional expertise in ecological or land management
• proven experience in leading large-scale change programmes
• strong leadership and communication skills
• collaborative working style
• experience in securing grants and budget management

Additional criteria for all other applicants:

• highly experienced in nature conservation, common land, and public land management/land use change
• resilient and experienced in working effectively with external partners
• skilled in managing large complex projects and budgets
• confident in leading a diverse team
• able to show examples of where you’ve successfully managed change
• adept at negotiating, influencing and communicating
• good at involving all kinds of people, sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm, and giving great service
• keen to make a difference, show initiative and work towards a sustainable future
• overseeing compliance & coordination of and liaising with contractors

The package

The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.

• Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary
• Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
• Rental deposit loan scheme
• Season ticket loan
• EV car lease scheme (for roles that meet the salary criteria)
• Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts
• Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.
• Flexible working whenever possible
• Employee assistance programme
• Free parking at most Trust places