Catchment Nutrients Officer

at  Lake District National Park

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The post is 29.6 hours per week on a fixed term contract until 31 March 2026.
About us
The Lake District National Park Authority looks after this unique corner of England and UNESCO World Heritage Site. We encourage people to enjoy and understand its beauty and helping those who live and work here. Our staff include rangers and field workers, advisers at our visitor centres, planners and ecologists.
We are looking for a Catchment Nutrients Officer to project manage, develop, coordinate and deliver the nutrient neutrality partnership project in four Cumbrian SAC catchments (River Derwent, River Kent, Esthwaite Water, River Eden).
What’s it like to work here?
We’ve moved to hybrid working combining working from home and days at our office base in Wayfaring House, Murley Moss. You’ll be provided with a laptop to enable you to access our secure IT network when working remotely.
The role
The Cumbrian nutrient neutrality partnership project has achieved a significant funding award to accelerate the delivery of nutrient mitigation solutions to unlock stalled development in the county.

Working in the Strategy and Environment Team, this role will help us deliver a project to:

• Approve new planning applications
• Assist the delivery of the Cumbrian Authorities’ spatial strategies, particularly in respect of housing and tourism provision
• Create mitigation strategies options for each affected catchment

The post holder will line manage a Graduate Strategy Planner, Catchment Ecologist and Administrator to work closely with and support specialist advisors, rangers, partners and contractors.
It is a rewarding role, working with, and being supported by an experienced and talented team of colleagues and partners.
About you
We need a project manager with strategic awareness, who is confident working with multi-faceted complex projects and information sources.
You’ll also be an excellent communicator with a great track record in stakeholder engagement and managing effective relationships, facilitating the delivery of mitigation strategies and the development of mitigation schemes.
The role requires a consistent focused effort on effective project management including forward planning, risk management, communications and engagement planning and delivery, benefits tracking, budget management, project monitoring and reporting. As well as an ability to work in a structured, logical and often time pressured way, focussed on delivering the project plan.
This is a great opportunity to take an established partnership project and develop it into its next phase of delivery. We’re looking for someone with project management experience and understanding of catchments, evidence of partnership working, knowledge of the planning system and associated processes as well as a good understanding of national policies as they affect the environment.
We will consider a secondment for this position.
Please read the attached role profile for the full person specification on this post.

Working with us, you’ll enjoy

• Generous Pension Scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Paid time off so you can volunteer
• Subsidised healthcare scheme
• Commitment to wellbeing

We’re happy to talk about flexible working – let us know if you want to find out more.
Contact
We are offering an online drop-in session on the afternoon of Friday 22nd November. If you have read the role profile and person specification and can be clear how you meet the essential criteria for the role, and would like to meet for an informal discussion about the post, please get in touch with people.team@lakedistrict.gov.uk to arrange a 20 minute chat with the post’s line manager.
Or if you’d just like an informal chat or find out more, please contact Tim Duckmanton (Team Leader-Strategy and Environment) on tim.duckmanton@lakedistrict.gov.uk/ 0777 627 4450 or Andrew Smith (Head of Development Management) on andrew.smith@lakedistrict.gov.uk/ 01539 792660
Apply
Closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 1st December.
Interview date is Wednesday 11th December 2024.
We reserve the right to close this advert early should we receive sufficient applications, so please apply early to avoid missing out on this opportunity.
Diversity and Inclusion
As an equal opportunities’ employer, the Lake District National Park Authority is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination based on age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
Disability Confident Employer
We guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the role. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean that you must provide evidence in your application which demonstrates that you meet the level of competence required under each of the essential criteria, as well as meeting any of the qualification, skills or experience defined as essential.

• Approve new planning applications
• Assist the delivery of the Cumbrian Authorities’ spatial strategies, particularly in respect of housing and tourism provision
• Create mitigation strategies options for each affected catchmen