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Team / Directorate: Woodland Programme / Evidence, Policy & Permitting

Starting salary: £36,246 rising to £39,942 per annum through annual increments being paid each year (pro rata for part time applicants)

Contract type: Permanent

Work pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week (Part time, annualised hours, compressed hours or term time working considered - discussions at interview stage welcome)

Interview Date: 22 September 2025

Post number: 202735 (For office use only: ENV, GRJ, GGL)

The role

As an Advisor within the Woodland Programme Team, you will play a key role in delivering a high-quality, efficient verification service that supports the Welsh Government's woodland creation and restoration grant schemes.

Your work will involve preparing timely, field- and forest-based technical assessments and providing expert advice to landowners and their agents. These assessments will be essential in ensuring that proposals for new woodland and the restoration of existing woodland meet the required standards and deliver long-term environmental and land management benefits.

You will work closely with colleagues across NRW, including those in Evidence, Policy and Permitting, and Operations, as well as with external partners and stakeholders. Your input will help shape a more sustainable future for Wales' landscapes, ensuring that woodland expansion is grounded in sound science and good practice.

If you're passionate about woodland management, environmental stewardship, and delivering practical impact on the ground, this role offers a meaningful opportunity to support climate and nature goals across Wales.

As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the nearest NRW office to your home and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.

To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Chris Botting at chris.botting@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk

Interviews will take place through Microsoft Teams

Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. Appointments are normally made within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date.

About Us

The Woodland Programme Team provides a verification service to Welsh Government; ensuring that applications to their Woodland Creation and Woodland Restoration schemes are compliant with the UK Forestry Standard and the scheme rules. The team sits in the Sustainable Land and Nature Group within the Evidence, Policy and Permitting Directorate. We are a Wales-wide team with staff based across the various Natural Resources Wales offices.

What you will do

• Prepare technical assessments, drawing on a range of information and data sources.
• Support the preparation of material to inform the development of NRW, WG and other Partners policy, statutory advice and guidance documents; Prepare the development of procedures, tools and guidance and lead the delivery of new ways of working.
• Provide regular accurate information to managers on progress, to adapt and ensure delivery of work to time and cost.
• Liaise with relevant NRW staff regarding interactions between teams to ensure the timely and effective delivery of project, policy or strategy obligations.
• Project manage small evidence projects, in line with the agreed evidence programme.
• Support engagement with sectors, partners, WG, Confor and other Environment bodies in Wales and the UK; and be a primary point of contact for customer queries.
• Contribute to task and finish groups, commissioned through the Business Boards, to prepare defined products as required.
• Collaborate with the Team Leader to develop and deliver an agreed Personal Development Plan.
• Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post
• Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy , together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post
• Be committed to your own development through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs).
• Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.
  
  

• Knowledge of: Welsh, UK and EU legislation related to forestry land management and agriculture; Welsh, UK Government policy drivers in land management including forestry and agriculture as set out in the WG Woodland programme; and the issues and opportunities in Wales.
• Experience of: technical analysis and interpretation of a range of environmental information and data; including analysing large data sets.
• Working with/in WG, across the forestry sector and other land management organisations.
• Working in a programme and project management environment with Project Management experience and/or qualifications.
• You will be a member of a relevant professional institution and/or working towards membership.
• Share your knowledge and expertise to help solve problems, supporting all Heads of Business in EPP as required.
  
  

• Essential: Level A1 - Entry level (able to use and understand simple, basic phrases and greetings, no conversational Welsh)
  
  

• Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 28.97% (successful internal staff will remain in their current pension scheme)
• 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
• generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
• commitment to professional development
• health and wellbeing benefits and support
• weekly wellbeing hour to use as you choose
  
  

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