The Service & Team:
This is an important time to be working in the environment sector, and Cornwall Council is helping to lead the way locally and nationally. Cornwall Council’s Nature Recovery Team has spearheaded both the new statutory Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Nature Recovery Strategy and voluntary Marine Nature Recovery Framework, which is a first of its kind in the country.
The Role:
The role will help bring key stakeholders together to help turn our Nature Recovery Strategies into action working with elected Members, strategic partners, businesses, harbours, other Council services and communities. The role will support thwe work of key strategic partnerships namely the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership, and the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Marine and Coastal Partnership.
The role will lead on a range of existing and emerging initiatives to deliver on the Marine Nature Recovery Framework for the Council, including contributing to the source to sea Fal Rivers to Reef programme; a feasibility study into a new National Marine Park as part of a national pilot; supporting actions from the Healthy Rivers and Seas Summit; seagrass and maerl restoration initiatives; and as a partner on an exciting Blue Stewardship project led by Cornwall Wildlife Trust to name but a few.
To find out more about the Nature Recovery work of Cornwall Council, please visit Nature Recovery Hub | Let's Talk Cornwall
This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.
Working Pattern:
The role is full time, 37 hours per week usually around 7.4 hours per day, Monday to Friday. Flexible working options can be considered for this role, including potential for compressed hours, term-time only, hybrid work arrangements, and other alternatives.
What you’ll need to succeed:
The role requires an independent, highly educated, motivated and experienced person specialising in marine environmental delivery. The role demands exceptional communication and engagement skills and a proven track record of being able to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders to both create strategies, shape projects and deliver them in partnership on time and in budget. Experience of securing funding from public and private sources is preferable.
Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert
What you’ll get in return:
You will get to work with a passionate, well-respected, mix of talented people in the Nature Recovery Team who are involved in wide-ranging and exciting initiatives in partnership with colleagues across the Council, as well as an amazing range of external partners locally and nationally.
Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our core employee rewards and benefits include:
- a competitive salary.
- a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
- a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- a national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services
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Additional Information:
Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.
We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.
For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Philippa Hoskin, Nature Recovery Manager email
[email protected]
Application Process
Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.
Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact [email protected] if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.
Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.
