Project Officer

We have a new opportunity for a Project Officer to join our Landscape Recovery team in the Yorkshire Dales. Join us in taking an innovative, landscape-scale approach to nature recovery with a range of partners and stakeholders. 

The project area covers 94km² including Malham Tarn NNR, New House Farm NNR, and multiple SSSIs focussed around Upper Wharfedale, Malhamdale, and Hudswell/Coverdale. It’s an exciting time to join the project, in a varied role that will allow you to use your conservation knowledge to engage with colleagues, partners and community groups in planning and promoting the project.

Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week, some evening and weekend working will be required, for which time in lieu can be taken

Salary: £30,966pa

Contract: Fixed term until March 2026

Face to face interviews: 22nd May

You'll be based at the National Trust office in Malham. This wildlife-rich and varied landscape is an important place for people and nature, with an important function as an NNR around innovation, research and visitors.

You’ll be part of the Trust’s internal consultancy: a flexible resource of specialist skills and expertise. As one of a multidisciplinary team of experts, including curators, fundraisers, building surveyors and project managers, you’ll be working with others to help make things happen. Importantly, we work closely with the property team at Malham, including a Countryside Team, Facilities and Business Support teams as well as a General Manager as the Client for the project.

As the lead for the Land Management Plan & monitoring of baselines on the project, you’ll also work with stakeholders including our farming tenants and neighbours, Natural England, Yorkshire Dales National Park, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, and many local community groups. You’ll pull on the knowledge and expertise of property, estate management and consultancy colleagues and contractors. 

We mean it when we say it’s a varied role. One typical day might include leading farmers or a group of volunteers on a soil survey of a farm or leading a Land Management Plan Work Group meeting with colleagues. On another day you may be writing up a monitoring plan or contracting brief, summarising the results of bird or UKHabs surveys, or co-ordinating and leading others in training and planning for delivery. 

Ideally you’ll have excellent monitoring skills and proven experience of leading volunteers and engaging a wide range of stakeholders. These skills will complement your understanding of farming and ability to collate information. 

We’d love to hear from you if have:

• experience of leading work groups with a talent for delivery, strongly focussed on detail, cost, quality and time
• experienced with baseline monitoring, particularly habitats, birds and soils. 
• an understanding of funder requirements and experience of collation of reports and long term land management plans 
• good listening skills, able to build trust and strong relationships, both internally and externally 
• a strong ability to lead through others, through challenge and support 
• due to the nature of the work and the local area you'll need to hold a current driving licence.