Account Manager - Market-Leading Safety Tech

Kent Wildlife Trust; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading conservation charity in the United Kingdom is seeking a motivated and experienced leader to guide environmental initiatives with farmers and stakeholders. The role includes overseeing key projects in catchment restoration, managing teams, and building partnerships to improve biodiversity. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of farming systems, proven project management skills, and a passion for restoring nature. This position offers a hybrid work model and competitive salary.

Benefits

Flexible work options

Wellbeing initiatives

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of regenerative agriculture and agri-environment policy.
• Experience delivering catchment- or landscape-scale projects.
• Proven ability to manage and mentor teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop landowner engagement and farm cluster teams.
• Build partnerships for nature recovery projects.
• Oversee landscape-scale initiatives and funding management.

Skills

Knowledge of UK farming systems

Strong stakeholder engagement

Project and budget management

Team leadership

Communication of complex ideas

Job description

Kent Wildlife Trust is looking for a motivated and experienced leader to guide our work with farmers, landowners and partners to help restore nature across Kent. In this new senior role, you will lead a team that supports farm clusters, improves the health of Kent's rivers and catchments, and helps develop opportunities for nature-based projects that bring income back into conservation. You will oversee our work in key areas including the River Beult, the Low Weald, the Stour Catchment and East Kent. You will also help deliver major projects, such as the Darent Valley Landscape Recovery Scheme and early plans for an East Kent Nature Investment Zone. Working closely with our conservation teams, you'll support landowner engagement for exciting species recovery projects, including pine marten, chough and the licensed release of beavers. If you enjoy building partnerships, supporting sustainable farming, managing teams and making a real difference for wildlife and landscapes, we'd love to hear from you. You'll be involved in:

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing KWT's landowner engagement, farm cluster and catchment teams, including budgets, project delivery and staff performance.
• Building strong partnerships with farmers, landowners, water companies, government bodies and other stakeholders to create and deliver new nature recovery projects.
• Overseeing and supporting landscape-scale initiatives, including catchment restoration, farm cluster work and Nature-based Solutions (NbS) opportunities.
• Working closely with internal teams and external partners to advance green finance initiatives such as Biodiversity Net Gain, Wilder Carbon, nutrient neutrality and emerging ecosystem markets.
• Contributing to major strategic programmes, including the East Kent Nature Investment Zone and Darent Valley Landscape Recovery Scheme.
• Identifying, securing and managing funding with support from KWT's bid writing and project teams.
• Representing KWT as an expert voice in agriculture, catchment management and nature recovery, influencing policy and best practice.
• Managing and mentoring staff, setting clear objectives and KPIs to ensure high-quality, effective delivery across your department.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will bring strong knowledge of UK farming systems, regenerative agriculture, and agri-environment policy, alongside experience delivering catchment- or landscape-scale projects. They will have excellent stakeholder engagement skills, proven project and budget management experience, and a clear understanding of natural capital, ecosystem services, and nature-based solutions. Strong team leadership and line management abilities, combined with the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly, are essential.

Company Information

Kent Wildlife Trust is the county's leading conservation charity with more than 31,000 members and over 1,000 registered volunteers. We manage and protect over 9,000 acres of land across more than 90 different sites and nature reserves, alongside 2 visitor centres. But we can't save nature alone. So, we work closely with local communities, businesses, organisations and individuals to protect and restore wildlife and wild spaces and create a wilder Kent for the benefit of people and the planet.

Kent Wildlife Trust believes that everyone has a responsibility to safeguard children, young people, and adults at risk; we are committed to ensuring their safety and wellbeing is at the heart of our engagement with people.

The successful candidate will be subject to references, Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks as appropriate to the role.

The Kent Wildlife Trust Group is Wild About Inclusion. To us, this means inspiring, empowering and engaging people from all backgrounds, cultures, identities and abilities, to change the natural world for the better. It also means cultivating inclusive workspaces that are free from discrimination, where differences are celebrated, everyone can be themselves and flourish, just like nature!

Hybrid (Kingston area 1-2 days per week in office) £60k - £70k + £20k OTE and benefits.

We offer exceptional enhanced benefits. Recognising the wellbeing pressures related to the climate and nature crises we face as a society, we provide flexible work options, wellbeing initiatives, and professional development opportunities. Whatever stage of your career you're at, our comprehensive benefits package at Kent Wildlife Trust can be a key factor in your choice to join us.