Nature Recovery Strategy Lead (Partnerships)

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Stafford

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GBP 35,000 - 52,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Staffordshire County Council is seeking an experienced environmental professional to help lead the Local Nature Recovery Partnership in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. You will work with farmers, local authorities, communities and partners to translate strategy into action and deliver tangible nature recovery outcomes.

The role focuses on maintaining policy knowledge, coordinating stakeholder engagement, and shaping strategies and plans with cross‑sector teams.

Qualifications

A degree level qualification in a relevant environmental discipline or equivalent experience.
Significant experience of cultivating and sustaining partnership working, stakeholder engagement and consultation.
Experience in developing, delivering and monitoring strategy/plans.
Experience of developing funding bids, securing external finance, and contract management and procurement procedures.
Significant knowledge and experience of project/programme management and demonstrable delivery.
Knowledge and experience of nature conservation and nature recovery policy and practice.

Responsibilities

Act as the local authority and Local Nature Recovery Partnership’s expert on all matters related to this specialism, maintaining up to date knowledge of policy and practice to ensure the Partnership remains responsive to change.
Represent the authority and Local Nature Recovery Partnership at committees, and on other bodies as required, gathering and presenting information to ensure that the Partnership is enabled to act judiciously and expeditiously.
Ensure that an appropriate environmental perspective is included within all relevant internal and external strategies, policy documents and action programmes by engaging in and helping to shape those strategies’ development, and by leading on delivering strategies and plans relevant to this specialism.
Promote the conservation and enhancement of Staffordshire’s environment through the provision of expert advice and practical support to public authorities, Government agencies, partnerships, the private sector and the voluntary sector, and through direct action.
Lead Council and Local Nature Recovery Partnership responses to statutory and non-statutory nature recovery-related consultations by government departments and agencies, and other public entities.
Assist the Environment Manager to develop and implement projects to deliver the Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) for Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent to meet statutory and regulatory requirements, working with them to agree delivery accountabilities, mechanisms and programme arrangements.
Organise and service meetings of the Nature Recovery Partnership to ensure the collaborative delivery and review of the strategy, producing and presenting reports to the steering group, and delivery group, and coordinating working groups.
Support governance processes for the Responsible Authority to ensure update and approval of the LNRS within required time frames, including briefing and production of reports to relevant committees and other recipients, and provide advice to Supporting Authorities where required.
Otherwise coordinate and collaborate with internal and external colleagues to ensure delivery of the LNRS.
Coordinate stakeholder engagement and consultative activities to meet required standards and ensure broad, deep, and ongoing involvement in the strategy’s delivery and review.