Assistant Land Use & Nature Delivery Partner

National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Substantial pension scheme (up to 10%)

Free entry to National Trust places

Season ticket loan

EV car lease scheme

Perks at work discounts

Holiday allowance up to 32 days

Job summary

National Trust is seeking an Assistant Land Use & Nature Delivery Partner to drive transformational change for nature across the North of England. You will join the Restore Nature Specialist Delivery team in the Northwest to support landscape-scale nature recovery and habitat creation on NT land.

You will work with farmers, land managers and partners to deliver practical solutions for nature-friendly farming, low-carbon land management and habitat restoration, with hybrid working and site visits

Qualifications

• Experience delivering nature recovery projects across a range of habitats and landscapes.
• Knowledge of ecology and nature-friendly farming systems.
• Strong communication, influencing and relationship-building skills, with the ability to inspire confidence and build trust.
• Experience engaging with a diverse audience from farmers and partners to colleagues across different disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist advice to help restore nature at scale alongside Land Use & Nature Delivery Partners.
• Collaborate with operational teams, farmers and external partners to develop practical solutions for nature-friendly farming and habitat restoration.
• Support landscape-scale nature recovery project planning and delivery.
• Help establish and coordinate national monitoring programmes.
• Support habitat baselining, opportunity mapping and carbon auditing.
• Use evidence and data to inform decision-making and demonstrate impact.

Skills

Nature recovery

Landscape-scale delivery

Stakeholder engagement

GIS & mapping

Policy awareness

Job description

We’re looking for an Assistant Land Use & Nature Delivery Partner to help drive transformational change for nature across the North of England.

What it's like to work here

The North is home to some of the country's most important landscapes, habitats and species. From uplands and moorlands to farmland, wetlands and woodlands, you’ll be working in places that offer some of the greatest opportunities for landscape-scale nature recovery in England.

You’ll join the Restore Nature Specialist Delivery team in the Northwest at an exciting time as we deliver our People and Nature Thriving strategy, which aims to create 250,000 hectares of nature-rich habitat across and beyond National Trust land.

Important Information

As a member of the Restore Nature Team you will be based in the Northwest, but you may need to work across the wider North region depending on project needs and partnerships.

You should currently be based in the Northwest area (Cumbria, Lancashire, Cheshire, Greater Manchester) or be prepared to relocate to within this area.

Specific contractual location and flexible working arrangements can be discussed at interview.

Our hybrid working policy

Our hybrid working policy means you can balance office and home working with site visits and meetings at other National Trust places. We’ll talk about this in more detail at interview, but you should expect to be at a National Trust site for 40-60% of your working week.

Although we encourage the use of public transport this job can involve driving to remote locations and so a full UK driving licence is required.

What you'll be doing

Working alongside Land Use & Nature Delivery Partners and other team members, you'll provide specialist advice and support to help restore nature at scale. You'll work with operational teams, farmers and external partners to develop and deliver practical solutions that support nature-friendly farming, low-Carbon land management and habitat creation and restoration.

Key work areas will include:

• Support the planning and delivery of landscape-scale nature recovery projects.
• Provide advice on land management, ecology and habitat restoration.
• Support tenant farmers access agri-environment grant schemes.
• Help establish and coordinate national monitoring programmes.
• Support habitat baselining, opportunity mapping and carbon auditing.
• Use evidence and data to inform decision-making and demonstrate impact.
• Build strong relationships with colleagues, farmers, land managers and partner organisations to achieve shared outcomes for nature.

Who we're looking for

• Experience delivering nature recovery projects across a range of habitats and landscapes.
• Knowledge of ecology and nature-friendly farming systems.
• Strong communication, influencing and relationship-building skills, with the ability to inspire confidence and build trust.
• Experience of engaging with a diverse audience from farmers and partners to colleagues across different disciplines.
• Experience using environmental data and a good understanding of GIS and spatial mapping systems.
• A good understanding of the UK conservation policy and environmental funding landscape.
• The ability to translate ambitious strategic objectives into practical, high-impact delivery on the ground.
• Full UK driving licence.

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)
• 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.

National Trust place

Grasmere - RO, The Hollens, Ambleside, LA22 9QZ

Requirements

Compliance.Eligibility to Work in the UK

Additional information

Closing Date: Sunday 1st November 2026
Proposed Interview Date: Tuesday 10th November

Equal Opportunities Statement

The National Trust celebrates diversity and is committed to creating a fair and equal society, free from discrimination. You can read more about our commitment to inclusion and diversity here .

Safeguarding Statement

The National Trust is committed to a safe recruitment processes to help the organisation attract and appoint the right staff/volunteer for the role and responsibilities as set out in the vacancy advert. We will not accept applicants who are not suitable to work with children, young people or adults at risk. If you have any questions around your suitability for this vacancy, please contact the people service centre.