Local Nature Recovery is in our DNA. In 2013 Warwickshire prepared a Green Infrastructure Strategy that detailed advice for every part of Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull. Perhaps this became the blueprint for the 48 Local Nature Recovery Strategies throughout England. Would you like to lead the next 10+ years of innovation?
Warwickshire County Council Pioneered Biodiversity Net Gain and is at the forefront of Natural Capital Investment enabling partner local authorities to fund landscape scale nature recovery.
This post’s primary role is to manage the running of the Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull Local Nature Partnership (LNP) through providing support to its Board members and working groups. The LNP is the delivery body for the Warwickshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS). Through the LNP Warwickshire’s nature will thrive; not just survive.
You will also be asked to support strategic projects that significantly further the priorities and actions within the Warwickshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy. The current focus is the River Avon Nature4Water partnership that looking to secure £40m of investment into natural flood management solutions to deliver the LNRS Water Resilience objective.
Additional information on the team’s remit and structure can be found here
Applicants with demonstrably excellent project and time management skills coupled with the ability to communicate to all audiences will be at an advantage.
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust provides secretarial support at circa. 2 days per week, and you will be joining a dedicated, knowledgeable, and experienced team comprising 14 ecological officers, 5 historic environment officers, and 2 landscape architects
For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification.
Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make
Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!
At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.
Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'
The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.
Additional Information
The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.
We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible. We don't want to keep you waiting so we will be starting the initial shortlist and assessment process while the job advert is running. Please check your emails or applicant account via our jobs portal for any updates on your application
To discuss the role please contact David Lowe, Service Manager (email: [email protected]. Tel: 01926 418076) who is also the Chair of the WCS Local Nature Partnership.
Closing date: 7th September 2026
Interview date: 15th September 2026
Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact [email protected] and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce.
