Rewilding Landscapes Manager

Rewilding Britain wants to see rewilding flourishing across 30% of Britain,
reconnecting us with the natural world, sustaining communities and tackling the interconnected
nature and climate emergencies. 

Since Rewilding Britain was formed in 2015 rewilding has moved from being a niche idea
to playing a significant role in some of the biggest global challenges we face. Rewilding
Britain is at the forefront of this change, acting as a catalyst for debate and action, and
demonstrating the power of working with nature to build a sustainable world where people
thrive. 

We influence policy, inspire public action and catalyse joined-up practical and
financial support to help establish rewilding across Britain’s land and seas. Through a rapidly
growing Rewilding Network we’re bringing together a community of rewilders — from land managers
and farmers, to charities, community groups and national parks — to inspire and support each
other to create a wilder, more prosperous Britain. It’s not too late — but we must act
now.

We’re offering a new and unique chance to join the Rewilding Britain team. Imagine a
Britain where the largest, most influential and strategically important land areas lead the way
in massively upscaling rewilding to tackle the growing climate and biodiversity crises. This is
as much about enabling community-led and multi-stakeholder partnerships as persuading
individual private, public and conservation NGO landowners. We already engage with a number of
key land areas under the various ownership of organisations, public bodies and charities. We’re
now at the stage where we need to have a more targeted approach and provide an increased level
of support to enable a major upscaling of rewilding in these areas.

Could you see yourself joining a passionate and innovative team of people working to
make Britain a wilder place? We’re seeking an experienced, self-motivated Rewilding Landscapes
Manager to lead our work to upscale rewilding across Britain. The successful candidate will be
an innovative, driven and forward-thinking individual with a proven track record of influencing
and advising landowners, land managers and wider stakeholders. This is an exciting opportunity
to join our fast growing charity and directly contribute to the growth of the rewilding
movement.

Job purpose: 

To develop and deliver a strategic approach to increasing the land area committed to
large-scale rewilding initiatives which deliver nature’s recovery alongside thriving local
communities. The focus will be on engaging, inspiring and empowering others to adopt and apply
rewilding principles, models and approaches.

Main responsibilities: 

In collaboration with senior staff and the Rewilding Manager you will be responsible
for leading and project managing the development and delivery of a plan to expand landscape
scale rewilding across Britain, including:

• Providing support and advice to targeted existing larger scale rewilding
  initiatives. 
• Engaging with a wide range of stakeholders — including landowners and managers – in
  key potential rewilding landscapes and influencing them to integrate rewilding into their
  management plans.
• Researching the potential for rewilding — including its opportunities, cost and
  benefits and financial viability – in key areas and presenting this in a compelling
  way.
• Inspiring, influencing and supporting new initiatives and partnerships focused on
  upscaling rewilding across larger landscapes and a diverse range of ownership and
  management types — community-led and multi-stakeholder partnerships, private, public,
  corporate and NGO landowners, commoners, crofters etc.
• Working with the Rewilding Manager to ensure that our annual Challenge Fund award
  acts to catalyse and enable the development of large-scale ‘exemplar’ rewilding
  initiatives.
• Liaising with the Rewilding Manager to encourage new initiatives to join and engage
  in the Rewilding Network.
• Representing Rewilding Britain to external stakeholders on various events,
  platforms and network groups.
• Delivering effective systems and processes for tracking, monitoring and reporting
  on progress.
• Working closely with the Rewilding Director and Rewilding Manager to ensure we best
  target resources.

Skills, experience and behaviours:

Ideally you will have the following skills and experience. However, this is an exciting
new role so there is some scope for refinement of responsibilities, depending on the chosen
candidate. If you don’t meet all requirements but believe you could thrive in this role, please
consider applying or get in touch to discuss your suitability.

Experience

• At least eight years’ professional experience in a relevant field, e.g.
  conservation and/or land management/agency.
• Demonstrable experience in influencing change, network building and managing
  strategic partnerships and relations at a senior level. 
• Experience of community and multi-stakeholder led co-design and governance models
  is highly desirable.

Skills

• Exceptional project management skills, with the ability to work effectively to
  deadlines and achieve demonstrable results in a rapidly changing context.
• Powerful communication and presentation skills, including the ability to engage
  senior internal and external stakeholders. Media skills are highly desirable. 
• Excellent strategic and systems thinking skills with a proven ability to spot
  opportunities and solve problems.

Personal Qualities

• A self-starter with initiative and motivation who works to make things
  happen
• Ability to produce high-quality work at pace, thriving in a dynamic
  organisation.
• Ability to work autonomously, showing initiative while building excellent
  relationships with the wider team.
• Committed to embedding Rewilding Britain’s vision for equality, diversity and
  inclusion throughout your work, and to bringing our values to life.
• Passionate about bringing people and communities together to find ways to work,
  live and prosper within healthy, flourishing ecosystems

This job description is not all encompassing. Your duties may be reviewed from time to
time and revised and updated in consultation with you to reflect appropriate changes.

Terms and conditions and staff benefits

This is a full-time role at 35 hours per week, but we’re open to applications from
those looking to work 28 hours or more per week.

The salary is £40k – £48k per annum (depending on relevant experience).

There will be some freedom for the person to determine their own working arrangements
each week, within limitations, providing the work is delivered.

Rewilding Britain employees benefit from 25 days annual leave per year (pro rata for
part time roles), rising to 30 days over five years. A generous employer-matched pension scheme
is also available.

We are a virtual team who work from home and/or co-working spaces. We’ll support you to
achieve a suitable virtual working environment. Some meetings are held face to face across
Britain, so a willingness to travel with occasional overnight stays is desirable.

Applications

If you have what we are looking for, please send

• your CV
• a two page summary outlining how you would use your skills and experience to
  influence an organisation such as a National Park to integrate Rewilding into its
  management plans. 

to [email protected] by 4th October.

We plan to hold first interviews via Zoom on 15th or 16th October. We may then invite
selected candidates to an in-person secondary interview.

Use of artificial intelligence tools: Rewilding Britain does not accept cover letters,
presentations or answers to recruitment questions whose content is AI generated and we will
actively screen for this as part of our recruitment process. Rewilding Britain does not use AI
tools to review candidate applications; real people will review and shortlist
applications.

Equality in employment: Candidates will be shortlisted and selected according to
suitability for the post without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or
civil partnership, pregnancy, race, religion or belief and sex or sexual orientation.

Rewilding Britain is not a licenced sponsor at this time. Any offer of employment will
be made subject to the provision of a valid right to work in the UK.