Site Manager required ASAP - King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk, United Kingdom - Nattergal Limited

Description

Sectors Terrestrial / Aquatic Ecology & Conservation

We are looking for a person to manage our lowland peat site, High Fen Wildland in Methwold Hythe, Thetford, Norfolk, providing site and communities coordination as we develop our project plans.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to join the Nattergal team, take a lead at High Fen in its early stages and play an integral role in the successful delivery of the project aims.

Nattergal is a leading nature restoration company building inspiring rewilding projects across the UK and beyond, creating stories of hope for nature and the future.

They will need to be a great project and supplier manager, with the ability to smoothly coordinate activities on site, including Health and Safety processes and visitor management.

They will be hands-on – getting their waders on to check dip well water levels one morning, then fixing a fence in the afternoon.

They will also be a fantastic communicator – giving site tours to local groups one day and presenting the project at a local landowner's meeting the next.

This will include water, carbon and biodiversity surveyors, academic researchers, investors, and team visits as required. Building management – including main site house and farm buildings.

To be the main contact point for all the above and related site activity, including engaging with local suppliers to provide services.

To eventually include the management of ongoing data collection for ecological and hydrological monitoring – potentially undertaking some regular biodiversity surveys (as per skills and development ambitions).

Community Coordination:
To provide a focal contact point to the local community, to be a 'friendly face' for High Fen.

To engage directly with local stakeholders – including visits to local farmers and other interested parties in the community for coffee meetings to explain the project.

To engage with local community groups, schools, and council/local authority as needed.
To coordinate, community engagement and volunteer activities as needed.

To manage the project-level Facebook group and contribute to Nattergal level social media regarding on site activities, including visual media of wildlife.

Salary:
£27,500 - £35,000 per annum, depending on experience

We also ask you to complete an optional Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Monitoring form; this does not form any part of the selection process but is used to help us monitor the effectiveness of our policy.

Project Management experience, preferably in a land management related organisation (e.g. conservation charity, farming).
Good experience using Microsoft suite of programmes - Word, Outlook, Excel.
Full UK driving licence.
Health and Safety qualifications (full training will be given)

Nattergal is a nature restoration company with a mission to "deliver nature recovery at scale to provide vital benefits for society and sustainable financial returns".

The company aims to return ecosystems to nature in perpetuity, thereby increasing biodiversity, sequestering carbon, and providing a local nature-based economy.

The initial focus is on lowland reversion projects in England, replicating the successes delivered at our partner organisation Knepp, now one of the most important biodiversity hotspots in the UK.