Senior Officer - Nature Recovery - Natural England

Countryside Classroom; Truro; Remote; GBP 37,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Countryside Classroom in Truro, Cornwall, is seeking a dedicated Nature Recovery Officer to help drive large-scale nature recovery across priority places and LNRS areas. You will collaborate with the Devon team, external partners, and stakeholders to implement species recovery actions.

As the area species recovery lead, you will coordinate across local teams, connect with partners, and guide delivery of targets, contributing to regional conservation outcomes.

Responsibilities

• The role will work alongside their counterpart Nature Recovery Senior Officer based in Devon, wider area team colleagues, and external partners & stakeholders, to drive forward delivery of large-scale nature recovery across our priority places and LNRS opportunity areas.
• The role will also be the area team's Species Recovery lead, acting as the first point of contact with a strategic overview of species work in the area. Their role will be to connect, collaborate and engage with others to enable the local delivery of the species recovery targets and actions.

Job description

Team: Devon Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

Salary: £41,550

Contract: Permanent

Location: Truro, Cornwall

Role/Line Manager: Liam Brennan

Closing Date: 22 November 2026.

The Role

This role will work alongside their counterpart Nature Recovery Senior Officer based in Devon, wider area team colleagues, and external partners & stakeholders, to drive forward delivery of large-scale nature recovery across our priority places and LNRS opportunity areas.

The role will also be the area teams Species Recovery lead, acting as the first point of contact with a strategic overview of species work in the area. Their role will be to connect, collaborate and engage with others to enable the local delivery of the species recovery targets and actions.