Catchment Restoration Officer – Severn Vale

Here at Severn Rivers Trust, we are passionate about catchment scale restoration and have big
ambitions to rise to the challenge, scaling both our conservation programmes and our work to
better engage and educate the communities of the Severn, to turn the tide on the restoration of
this great River. We’re an agile organisation, with a can-do attitude and a willingness to take
on new challenges. So, if you like to get stuff done, and want to be at forefront of ecological
restoration, working along the UK’s longest river, then Severn Rivers Trust could be just the
place for you. Our expanding portfolio of work means we have an exciting opportunity for the
right people to join our Operations Team as Catchment Restoration Officer in the Severn Vale
catchment to lead the delivery of habitat creation and restoration.

Job title: Catchment Restoration Officer – Severn Vale
Location of job: Hybrid working – home based with occasional working in SRT
Head Office, Martley, Worcester and travel throughout the Severn Vale catchment.
Post holder reports to: Programme Manager – Lower Severn
Salary: Catchment Restoration Officer – Severn Vale: £26,200 – £33,200
Position type: Permanent 
Benefits: Generous home-working allowance, flexible working arrangements, 9%
employer pension contribution

Overall purpose of the jobs:

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Operations Team and lead the delivery of a range of
ambitious habitat creation and restoration projects throughout the Severn Vale region. From
delivering fish passage solutions, to creating dynamic wetlands and planting new native
woodlands, you will be required to get hands on, working with private landowners to plan and
implement habitat and species conservation at a catchment scale.

Your work will require you to engage with a diverse range of stakeholders, where you will
foster support for environmental programmes by providing informed land-management advice.
Importantly, you will work collaboratively as part of a wider team, to ensure the correct
support, knowledge and experiences are being leveraged to deliver at a consistently high
standard. Where additional support is needed, you will procure and oversee a diverse portfolio
of skilled contractors to deliver the works to the same high standards.