Environment and Land Use Adviser (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

Job Title: Environment and Land Use Adviser (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

Salary: c. £41,000 (Dependent on Skills & Experience) plus company car or car allowance

Location: Home based, covering the East region

Working Hours: 35 hours per week

Contract Type: Fixed term contract (12 months)

The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is the biggest farming organisation in the UK. We're proud to make a difference for all our members, by shaping attitudes towards British farming and leading the charge on a range of major issues, from climate change and food standards to rural crime and broadband rollout.

Purpose of the role & how you will contribute:

We are looking for a regional Environment and Land Use Adviser to join our regional team in the East, supporting members on the NFU’s work on environment issues across Kent, East & West Sussex and Surrey.

In addition to environment issues across the East region, you will support members with infrastructure schemes such as the Fens Reservoir and East West Rail and provide expert advice to key stakeholders including members, colleagues, NFU Officeholders, Directors and Boards.

You will provide technical and policy guidance to NFU members on a variety of land use, infrastructure, planning and environment issues across the region.  You will develop initiatives that further our members’ interests and influence local policy on land use matters.  To achieve this, you will establish strong professional networks regularly meeting with farmers, rural professionals and wider regional stakeholders.

Please note that within the NFU this role internally is known as an Environment and Land Use Adviser (East Region).

What you’ll bring:

You will be an experienced rural professional with a real passion for agriculture, land management and rural land use policy. To connect with the farming community, you’ll be engaging, highly organised and a good communicator. Knowledge of the East region and its land-based business landscape and/or a rural surveyor or land agent experience would be advantageous in this role.

Why choose us?

Join us and you’ll find an organisation that encourages and enables you to achieve your full potential. In return you will be rewarded with a full range of benefits including:

Company car or car allowance Generous holiday allowance (starting at 25 days a year + Bank Holidays, rising to 30 days with length of service), plus 1 annual Christmas company day Option to buy and sell up to 5 days annual leave Company funded health Cashplan Enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave Performance-related pay Competitive Pension and Life assurance Employee Assistance program to help you deal with life’s challenges Discounts on new vehicles, holiday rentals, wellbeing and lifestyle and many more

Who we are

Every day, we're the voice of around 43,000 British farmers and growers who produce food, making sure their concerns are heard at the heart of government both online and locally. This means developing strong relationships with everyone from NFU colleagues to government ministers. So, as well as having a high profile in both the media and Westminster, we work with and support local members through a network of regional and county offices across England and Wales.

We are the face of the NFU to local members, our focus is to understand their day-to-day concerns and influence the local and national agendas on their behalf. It’s about developing strong working relationships with everyone from the members themselves to local councils, constituency MPs and national NFU teams.

Working in a region demands the flexibility to adapt to a variety of tasks, from recruiting and retaining members, to working with councils and other local agencies, or lobbying MPs. This diverse remit means we need to understand a wide range of farming, food, environmental and economic issues and be able to talk confidently about them with people at all levels.

Join us

We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce. We’ll support you by providing you with extensive learning and development opportunities and build a career that balances your professional ambitions with your personal commitments including discussions around agile and flexible work options.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. If we decide we've found the right person for the role, we reserve the right to withdraw this advert and close applications before the closing date.

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