Nature’s Recovery Manager

Do you want to play a critical role in Nature’s Recovery and be at the heart of AWT’s
most exciting wilding projects?

Join AWT as our new Nature Recovery Manager and you will make a significant contribution to
achieving our goals of creating 1000ha of new habitat by 2030, with the Trust purchasing at
least 100ha of new land.

You will work with the Senior Leadership Team and expert ecologists, to develop the vision for
large-scale land purchases and improvements to our existing reserves. To enable these visions
to become reality AWT is looking to maximise investment from the emerging green finance
markets.

As the Nature Recovery Manager, you will take these visions and develop methodical,
well-planned business cases which explore the viability of each idea.

Green finance is an exciting and complex new area, and AWT has developed a green finance review
process which you will use and help further develop. This is an exciting area of work offering
significant opportunities to tackle the climate and ecological crises, but it also requires a
mix of ecological or management skills and business/commercial skills not commonly found
together, so passion, appetite to learn and willingness to unpick complex questions is
essential.

Key Tasks:

• Using AWT’s Green Finance Review Process, carry out assessments of existing reserves and
  land on the open market, to enable the creation of a fully costed Land Purchase Prospectus,
  which will inform AWT’s actions for years to come.
• Lead the acquisition process for AWT’s first Nature’s Recovery land purchase – aiming to be
  completed by the end of 2024.
• Work closely with senior staff to develop AWT’s customer base for credit sales. Initially
  focusing on Biodiversity Net Gain, bat credits and carbon credits.

If you would you like to work with us on these amazing environmental projects and help
support farmers and landowners with the agricultural transition please apply!

Staff benefits include

• Employer pension contribution 5%
• Life assurance – death in service
• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays
• Pay Progression
• One day a year to volunteer for a charity of your choice
• Cycle to work
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Charity Workers Discount Scheme eligibility

How to Apply

If you are interested in this position, the job description and details on how to apply can be
found at www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/jobs. Please return
the completed application and equal opportunities monitoring form to [email protected] or post to HR, 17 Great
George Street, Bristol BS1 5QT

Closing date: 23:59 on Sunday 17th March 2024

Shortlisted candidates will be invited for a first interview to take place on Monday 25th March
2024. Applicants may then be asked to attend a second interview to take place, on Thursday 28th
March 2024.

If you would like to discuss this role or have any questions, please email [email protected] and a conversation can be
arranged.

No CVs or agencies please. Charity No: 280422