Field Land Management & GIS Support Officer

Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Natural Resources Wales; Merthyr Tydfil; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service Pension Scheme

28 days annual leave rising to 33 days

Professional development opportunities

Health and wellbeing benefits

Weekly wellbeing hour

Job summary

Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Natural Resources Wales is seeking a motivated Land Management professional to work primarily in the field, supporting the management and improvement of diverse outdoor sites. You will inspect, map, and maintain assets while engaging with landowners, the public and stakeholders to resolve issues.

The role requires travelling to remote sites, driving, and collaboration with forestry teams, with a hybrid pattern and DBS checks as part of recruitment.

Qualifications

• Experience across varied land management areas including recreation, forestry and environmental work.
• Experience delivering work plans and actions.
• Meet with landowners, public and stakeholders to discuss concerns and resolve issues.
• Experience using GIS to map and report locations.
• Proficient IT skills with Outlook, Word, Excel and saving information.
• Knowledge of industry best practice guidance, sustainable forest management, UKWAS and forest certification schemes.

Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Land Management Officer in the team to deliver work plans, agreed tasks and actions.
• Undertake occasional physical and manual work in the delivery of recreation management, forestry, and environmental work.
• Meet with landowners, members of the public and stakeholders to discuss and identify concerns or issues.
• Interact with peers in NRW to promote consistent industry best practice.
• Deliver site and recreational inspections and surveys and report findings using GIS.
• Ensure inspections, surveys and tasks are documented and stored on NRW's DMS.
• Plan and deliver work across a range of sites, exercising judgement while in remote locations.
• Carry out health and safety checks on equipment and report issues.
• Maintain electronic records using NRW systems for decision-making.
• Supervise and monitor contractors ensuring safety and NRW standards.
• Undertake health and safety duties appropriate to the post.
• Commitment to NRW Equal Opportunities and Diversity policy.
• Commitment to personal development through Sgwrs.
• Any other reasonable duties commensurate with the grade.

Skills

Land management

Work plan delivery

Stakeholder engagement

GIS mapping

MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)

Industry best practice

Welsh language (A1)

Tools

GIS software

Job description

Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Natural Resources Wales is seeking a motivated Land Management professional to work primarily in the field, supporting the management and improvement of diverse outdoor sites. You will inspect, map, and maintain assets while engaging with landowners, the public and stakeholders to resolve issues.

The role requires travelling to remote sites, driving, and collaboration with forestry teams, with a hybrid pattern and DBS checks as part of recruitment.