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Job Summary
This position is based Nationally
Job Description
Join us in shaping a future where nature and people thrive. Whether you're drawn to hands-on conservation or playing a vital part behind the scenes, your work at Natural England will support lasting benefits for the environment and society.
Our Role
Natural England is the Government’s adviser for the natural environment and the Nature regulator with a wide range of statutory duties and powers. We provide the evidence, expertise and advice to recover Nature and shape better places for people to live. We do this working through and with others.
Strategic Outcomes for Nature
Our strategy is framed through four strategic outcomes. Each of these outcomes reinforces and amplifies the others, and together they address environmental, social and economic actions critical to thriving nature.
Job Summary
This position is based Nationally
Job Description
Join us in shaping a future where nature and people thrive. Whether you're drawn to hands-on conservation or playing a vital part behind the scenes, your work at Natural England will support lasting benefits for the environment and society.
Our Role
Natural England is the Government’s adviser for the natural environment and the Nature regulator with a wide range of statutory duties and powers. We provide the evidence, expertise and advice to recover Nature and shape better places for people to live. We do this working through and with others.
Strategic Outcomes for Nature
Our strategy is framed through four strategic outcomes. Each of these outcomes reinforces and amplifies the others, and together they address environmental, social and economic actions critical to thriving nature.
- Recovering Nature– Increased scale and quality of places where nature thrives.
- Building Better Places– Greener homes and infrastructure create healthier, more investable places, recognising we live better where nature thrives around us.
- Improving Health and Wellbeing– Build nature into everyday life so people can support, access and benefit from nature, wherever they live.
- Delivering Security through Nature– Nature helps us adapt to the threats of a changing climate and improves our national security, supporting more resilient food production, healthy soils, clean and plentiful water and clean air.
Find out more about the work of Natural England at:
Natural England’s Strategy: Recovering Nature for Growth, Health and Security - GOV.UK.
The Team
Our team covers Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, working across some of England’s most diverse and inspiring landscapes. From the granite uplands of Bodmin Moor and Dartmoor to the dramatic coastlines, estuaries and river valleys of the South West, the area is rich in natural beauty, wildlife, numerous protected landscapes, rivers and cultural heritage.
Our team contributes to a huge range of work that underpins environmental conservation, including supporting sustainable development, advising and supporting farm businesses, overseeing protected sites, managing National Nature Reserves, supporting nature recovery across landscapes and helping people connect with nature.
As a Nature Recovery Senior Officer, you will work within the People & Nature teamlet, which comprises staff with a range of specialisms including in protected landscapes, species recovery, nature connection, health & wellbeing and green infrastructure. Along with colleagues throughout the area team, we work together to support delivery of a range of projects and partnerships linked to Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS). The team helps deliver practical environmental improvements across some of the country’s most valued landscapes, supporting nature recovery while building trusted relationships with an array of partners and communities. This makes the role varied, rewarding and highly visible, with the opportunity to see the impact of your work first-hand.
Team members are based both at the Met Office in Exeter and Milestone House in Truro. The role holder will be expected to be based in Cornwall.
The role reports to a Senior Manager for line management, while technical advice and support is provided by senior officers from the relevant work areas.
Job Description
The Role
This role will work alongside their counterpart Nature Recovery Senior Officer based in Devon, wider area team colleagues, and external partners & stakeholders, to drive forward delivery of large-scale nature recovery across our priority places and LNRS opportunity areas.
The role will also be the area teams Species Recovery lead, acting as the first point of contact with a strategic overview of species work in the area. Their role will be to connect, collaborate and engage with others to enable the local delivery of the species recovery targets and actions. They will drive local species recovery forward by helping to embed species recovery action into NE work areas and agendas, streamline species priorities and provide support to local species projects.
While the Cornwall-based Nature Recover Senior Officer will hold the species specialism, the Devon-based officer, will be the area teams Protected Landscapes lead; with the roles complementing each other to share expertise across the whole of Devon, Cornwall & Isles of Scilly.
The role holder will support existing nature recovery partnerships across Cornwall, central to which is the Linking the Lizard partnership on our flagship National Nature Reserve on the Lizard peninsula. A requirement of this role is to maintain a strong, consistent presence in this landscape, critical to building and sustaining effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders. Delivering successful nature recovery in this area will depend on regular, in-person engagement, attending meetings & site visits, developing trust and working collaboratively with those managing the land.
Building networks and partnerships in other key areas such as the Mid Cornwall Moors, Bodmin, and developing our work on the ‘coastal wildbelt’ with also be important focus areas. The role holder will also be our key contact for Cornwall Council, Cornwall National Landscape and the Isles of Scilly National Landscape.
While Cornwall will be the primary work location, the role will support species work across Devon, Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly. As such, the ability and willingness to travel and engage face-to-face with partners, stakeholders, and landowners across the wider geography is essential.
Key Tasks/Principal Accountabilities
Natural England’s Strategy: Recovering Nature for Growth, Health and Security - GOV.UK.
The Team
Our team covers Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, working across some of England’s most diverse and inspiring landscapes. From the granite uplands of Bodmin Moor and Dartmoor to the dramatic coastlines, estuaries and river valleys of the South West, the area is rich in natural beauty, wildlife, numerous protected landscapes, rivers and cultural heritage.
Our team contributes to a huge range of work that underpins environmental conservation, including supporting sustainable development, advising and supporting farm businesses, overseeing protected sites, managing National Nature Reserves, supporting nature recovery across landscapes and helping people connect with nature.
As a Nature Recovery Senior Officer, you will work within the People & Nature teamlet, which comprises staff with a range of specialisms including in protected landscapes, species recovery, nature connection, health & wellbeing and green infrastructure. Along with colleagues throughout the area team, we work together to support delivery of a range of projects and partnerships linked to Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS). The team helps deliver practical environmental improvements across some of the country’s most valued landscapes, supporting nature recovery while building trusted relationships with an array of partners and communities. This makes the role varied, rewarding and highly visible, with the opportunity to see the impact of your work first-hand.
Team members are based both at the Met Office in Exeter and Milestone House in Truro. The role holder will be expected to be based in Cornwall.
The role reports to a Senior Manager for line management, while technical advice and support is provided by senior officers from the relevant work areas.
Job Description
The Role
This role will work alongside their counterpart Nature Recovery Senior Officer based in Devon, wider area team colleagues, and external partners & stakeholders, to drive forward delivery of large-scale nature recovery across our priority places and LNRS opportunity areas.
The role will also be the area teams Species Recovery lead, acting as the first point of contact with a strategic overview of species work in the area. Their role will be to connect, collaborate and engage with others to enable the local delivery of the species recovery targets and actions. They will drive local species recovery forward by helping to embed species recovery action into NE work areas and agendas, streamline species priorities and provide support to local species projects.
While the Cornwall-based Nature Recover Senior Officer will hold the species specialism, the Devon-based officer, will be the area teams Protected Landscapes lead; with the roles complementing each other to share expertise across the whole of Devon, Cornwall & Isles of Scilly.
The role holder will support existing nature recovery partnerships across Cornwall, central to which is the Linking the Lizard partnership on our flagship National Nature Reserve on the Lizard peninsula. A requirement of this role is to maintain a strong, consistent presence in this landscape, critical to building and sustaining effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders. Delivering successful nature recovery in this area will depend on regular, in-person engagement, attending meetings & site visits, developing trust and working collaboratively with those managing the land.
Building networks and partnerships in other key areas such as the Mid Cornwall Moors, Bodmin, and developing our work on the ‘coastal wildbelt’ with also be important focus areas. The role holder will also be our key contact for Cornwall Council, Cornwall National Landscape and the Isles of Scilly National Landscape.
While Cornwall will be the primary work location, the role will support species work across Devon, Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly. As such, the ability and willingness to travel and engage face-to-face with partners, stakeholders, and landowners across the wider geography is essential.
Key Tasks/Principal Accountabilities
- Act as the Area Team’s lead with Cornwall Council, to advise and support their well-established LNRS into delivery, also supporting internal colleagues by providing technical guidance and direction.
- Act as the Area Team’s Species Recovery lead, providing strategic oversight of species priorities, offering advice and acting as a key point of contact for Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly. Also supporting colleagues by providing technical guidance and direction on complex casework within the species programme.
- Lead the Linking the Lizard partnership, establishing and maintaining a visible, on-the-ground presence to lead collaboration with stakeholders.
- Bring subject leadership to support partnerships and delivery of landscape-scale nature recovery projects, through a range of mechanisms, including being our key contact for Species Recovery programme projects and overseeing Natural England’s Enable Nature Recovery Fund for the area.
- Share best practice across local and national teams and contribute actively to the local leadership team.
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
At Natural England, we support a healthy work-life balance by offering full-time, part-time, and flexible working arrangements.
We provide excellent opportunities for career progression, training, and development tailored to your role. This includes ten days annually for personal learning and development, plus three additional days for volunteering.
You’ll receive a generous leave allowance of 25 days per year (pro rata), increasing by one day for each year of service up to 30 days (pro-rata), access to the Civil Service Pension scheme with a 28.97% employer contribution, and a range of benefits such as shopping discounts and a cycle-to-work scheme. Staff can also join the Civil Service Sport club for discounts on sports, leisure activities, and social events.
We are committed to fairness, equality, and inclusivity. Our employee-led diversity networks help foster a welcoming environment where everyone feels valued and supported.
Locations
Natural England has adopted hybrid working – which means our staff work from a flexible range of locations, encompassing home, offices (ours and our partners) and relevant sites. All new staff will be formally linked to one of our 25 offices across England, and the expectation is that all new staff will be able to access their local office to be part of the community of staff in their geographical area. Staff are expected to attend their associated office for 20% of their contractual hours.
Staff members are required to carry out all their duties working in this way and cannot do so from an overseas location at any time. Travel expenses will be paid if work-related travel is required but does not apply to travel between home and your associated office.
National team roles can be linked with any Natural England office while Area Team roles will be linked with an office in the relevant geographic area.
View a map of our office locations here: online map of Natural England office locations
Pay
It is Natural England policy to employ at the entry point of the salary range.
You will become an active member of the relevant local leadership community, the group of senior Natural England staff in each of the localities across England who we ask to provide support and co-ordination for the local group of staff.
Please note: Licensed visa sponsoring organisations are employers authorised by the government to recruit and sponsor overseas workers, enabling them to obtain the appropriate visa to work legally in the country. Natural England is NOT a licensed sponsorship employer.
As part of the Natural England’s application process, candidates are asked to confirm their right to work and remain in the UK. If a candidate says that they meet these requirements, ID is checked, a provisional offer of permanent employment is made and pre-employment eligibility checks commence. Only after these checks are candidates given firm offers of employment.
Natural England is unable to employ individuals who cannot provide the required evidence of their right to work.
How To Apply
We welcome and encourage applications from all communities. Natural England is accredited to the Disability Confident Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum requirements for the role at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview.
If you require a reasonable adjustment at interview, or there is anything else you would like the panel to take into consideration, you should notify us of this at application stage where possible, or well in advance of your interview. We now provide primary interview questions in advance for all formal recruitments.
This vacancy uses competency-based assessment. We'll assess you against the competencies below during the selection process. Please be aware that we reserve the right for roles that receive a high volume of applications to initially sift applications for one competence only.
Please note that STAR format is not required when answering the Technical Skills & Knowledge competency.
Examples should be given in no more than 250 words for each competency.
If you are successful at the shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend an interview via MS Teams or a suitable alternative, where you will be asked to give examples for all competencies as set out in the Job Description.
As with all roles in NE, these roles require office attendance of a minimum of 20% of the working time – one day per week for those who work full time, subject to any reasonable adjustments and/or existing contractual homeworking.
Competencies
Competence 1
Professional competency
Detail
Creating Resilient Landscapes & Seas
Description
Professional competency
Detail
Putting People at the Heart of the Environment
Description
Professional competency
Detail
Personal Effectiveness
Description
Professional competency
Detail
Technical Skills and Knowledge
Description
Our Role
Natural England is the Government’s adviser for the natural environment and the Nature regulator with a wide range of statutory duties and powers. We provide the evidence, expertise and advice to recover Nature and shape better places for people to live. We do this working through and with others.
Strategic Outcomes for Nature
Our strategy is framed through four strategic outcomes. Each of these outcomes reinforces and amplifies the others, and together they address environmental, social and economic actions critical to thriving nature.
- A Degree or equivalent in an environmental or other relevant discipline or extensive experience of working in the relevant sector.
- Subject knowledge of Species Recovery and experience of providing specialist advice to colleagues, customers and stakeholders including policy makers and weighing up risks.
- Ability to analyse and use evidence to support decision-making.
- Experience in working with Local Authorities on their Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) or related delivery projects.
- Experience in convening partnerships and working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Knowledge of habitats, species landscape history and heritage of Cornwall.
- Familiarity with Microsoft applications (Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams) and other systems for day-to-day work.
At Natural England, we support a healthy work-life balance by offering full-time, part-time, and flexible working arrangements.
We provide excellent opportunities for career progression, training, and development tailored to your role. This includes ten days annually for personal learning and development, plus three additional days for volunteering.
You’ll receive a generous leave allowance of 25 days per year (pro rata), increasing by one day for each year of service up to 30 days (pro-rata), access to the Civil Service Pension scheme with a 28.97% employer contribution, and a range of benefits such as shopping discounts and a cycle-to-work scheme. Staff can also join the Civil Service Sport club for discounts on sports, leisure activities, and social events.
We are committed to fairness, equality, and inclusivity. Our employee-led diversity networks help foster a welcoming environment where everyone feels valued and supported.
Locations
Natural England has adopted hybrid working – which means our staff work from a flexible range of locations, encompassing home, offices (ours and our partners) and relevant sites. All new staff will be formally linked to one of our 25 offices across England, and the expectation is that all new staff will be able to access their local office to be part of the community of staff in their geographical area. Staff are expected to attend their associated office for 20% of their contractual hours.
Staff members are required to carry out all their duties working in this way and cannot do so from an overseas location at any time. Travel expenses will be paid if work-related travel is required but does not apply to travel between home and your associated office.
National team roles can be linked with any Natural England office while Area Team roles will be linked with an office in the relevant geographic area.
View a map of our office locations here: online map of Natural England office locations
Pay
It is Natural England policy to employ at the entry point of the salary range.
You will become an active member of the relevant local leadership community, the group of senior Natural England staff in each of the localities across England who we ask to provide support and co-ordination for the local group of staff.
Please note: Licensed visa sponsoring organisations are employers authorised by the government to recruit and sponsor overseas workers, enabling them to obtain the appropriate visa to work legally in the country. Natural England is NOT a licensed sponsorship employer.
As part of the Natural England’s application process, candidates are asked to confirm their right to work and remain in the UK. If a candidate says that they meet these requirements, ID is checked, a provisional offer of permanent employment is made and pre-employment eligibility checks commence. Only after these checks are candidates given firm offers of employment.
Natural England is unable to employ individuals who cannot provide the required evidence of their right to work.
How To Apply
We welcome and encourage applications from all communities. Natural England is accredited to the Disability Confident Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum requirements for the role at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview.
If you require a reasonable adjustment at interview, or there is anything else you would like the panel to take into consideration, you should notify us of this at application stage where possible, or well in advance of your interview. We now provide primary interview questions in advance for all formal recruitments.
This vacancy uses competency-based assessment. We'll assess you against the competencies below during the selection process. Please be aware that we reserve the right for roles that receive a high volume of applications to initially sift applications for one competence only.
- Creating Resilient Landscapes & Seas
- Putting People at the Heart of the Environment
- Personal Effectiveness
- Technical Skills & Knowledge
Please note that STAR format is not required when answering the Technical Skills & Knowledge competency.
Examples should be given in no more than 250 words for each competency.
If you are successful at the shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend an interview via MS Teams or a suitable alternative, where you will be asked to give examples for all competencies as set out in the Job Description.
As with all roles in NE, these roles require office attendance of a minimum of 20% of the working time – one day per week for those who work full time, subject to any reasonable adjustments and/or existing contractual homeworking.
Competencies
Competence 1
Professional competency
Detail
Creating Resilient Landscapes & Seas
Description
- Design your local projects to have beneficial impacts at the landscape scale. (Expert)
- Use an ecosystems approach to deliver a resilient landscape environment. (Practitioner)
Professional competency
Detail
Putting People at the Heart of the Environment
Description
- Understand and explain the outcomes that we seek in your local patch and how these fit in with local and national issues. (Practitioner)
- Nurture trusting partnerships and collaborate to achieve pragmatic outcomes that help deliver Natural England’s vision, mission & aims. (Practitioner)
Professional competency
Detail
Personal Effectiveness
Description
- Share expertise and knowledge with people and networks so that you can develop together. (Practitioner)
- Progress your personal development and take responsibility for keeping your knowledge & expertise. (Practitioner)
Professional competency
Detail
Technical Skills and Knowledge
Description
- Demonstrable experience working with partners to deliver habitat and species recovery.
- Strong ecological understanding, including knowledge of protected species, habitats, and relevant legislation. (Essential)
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to adapt approach to suit different audiences, particularly in face-to-face settings. (Essential)
Our Role
Natural England is the Government’s adviser for the natural environment and the Nature regulator with a wide range of statutory duties and powers. We provide the evidence, expertise and advice to recover Nature and shape better places for people to live. We do this working through and with others.
Strategic Outcomes for Nature
Our strategy is framed through four strategic outcomes. Each of these outcomes reinforces and amplifies the others, and together they address environmental, social and economic actions critical to thriving nature.
- Recovering Nature– Increased scale and quality of places where nature thrives.
- Building Better Places– Greener homes and infrastructure create healthier, more investable places, recognising we live better where nature thrives around us.
- Improving Health and Wellbeing– Build nature into everyday life so people can support, access and benefit from nature, wherever they live.
- Delivering Security through Nature– Nature helps us adapt to the threats of a changing climate and improves our national security, supporting more resilient food production, healthy soils, clean and plentiful water and clean air.
Find out more about the work of Natural England at:
Natural England’s Strategy: Recovering Nature for Growth, Health and Security - GOV.UK.
The Team
Our team covers Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, working across some of England’s most diverse and inspiring landscapes. From the granite uplands of Bodmin Moor and Dartmoor to the dramatic coastlines, estuaries and river valleys of the South West, the area is rich in natural beauty, wildlife, numerous protected landscapes, rivers and cultural heritage.
Our team contributes to a huge range of work that underpins environmental conservation, including supporting sustainable development, advising and supporting farm businesses, overseeing protected sites, managing National Nature Reserves, supporting nature recovery across landscapes and helping people connect with nature.
As a Nature Recovery Senior Officer, you will work within the People & Nature teamlet, which comprises staff with a range of specialisms including in protected landscapes, species recovery, nature connection, health & wellbeing and green infrastructure. Along with colleagues throughout the area team, we work together to support delivery of a range of projects and partnerships linked to Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS). The team helps deliver practical environmental improvements across some of the country’s most valued landscapes, supporting nature recovery while building trusted relationships with an array of partners and communities. This makes the role varied, rewarding and highly visible, with the opportunity to see the impact of your work first-hand.
Team members are based both at the Met Office in Exeter and Milestone House in Truro. The role holder will be expected to be based in Cornwall.
The role reports to a Senior Manager for line management, while technical advice and support is provided by senior officers from the relevant work areas.
Description
Please Refer To Job Description
Alongside your salary of £41,550, Natural England contributes £12,037 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Selection process details
Please Refer To Job Description
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups:
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Contact point for applicants
Job Contact :
https://networkrecruitment.tal.net/vx/appcentre-7/brand-4/spa-1/candidate/so/pm/1/pl/8/opp/6899-6899-Senior-Officer-Nature-Recovery/en-GB
Natural England’s Strategy: Recovering Nature for Growth, Health and Security - GOV.UK.
The Team
Our team covers Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, working across some of England’s most diverse and inspiring landscapes. From the granite uplands of Bodmin Moor and Dartmoor to the dramatic coastlines, estuaries and river valleys of the South West, the area is rich in natural beauty, wildlife, numerous protected landscapes, rivers and cultural heritage.
Our team contributes to a huge range of work that underpins environmental conservation, including supporting sustainable development, advising and supporting farm businesses, overseeing protected sites, managing National Nature Reserves, supporting nature recovery across landscapes and helping people connect with nature.
As a Nature Recovery Senior Officer, you will work within the People & Nature teamlet, which comprises staff with a range of specialisms including in protected landscapes, species recovery, nature connection, health & wellbeing and green infrastructure. Along with colleagues throughout the area team, we work together to support delivery of a range of projects and partnerships linked to Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS). The team helps deliver practical environmental improvements across some of the country’s most valued landscapes, supporting nature recovery while building trusted relationships with an array of partners and communities. This makes the role varied, rewarding and highly visible, with the opportunity to see the impact of your work first-hand.
Team members are based both at the Met Office in Exeter and Milestone House in Truro. The role holder will be expected to be based in Cornwall.
The role reports to a Senior Manager for line management, while technical advice and support is provided by senior officers from the relevant work areas.
Description
- Demonstrable experience working with partners to deliver habitat and species recovery.
- Strong ecological understanding, including knowledge of protected species, habitats, and relevant legislation. (Essential)
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to adapt approach to suit different audiences, particularly in face-to-face settings. (Essential)
Please Refer To Job Description
Alongside your salary of £41,550, Natural England contributes £12,037 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Selection process details
Please Refer To Job Description
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Contact point for applicants
Job Contact :
- Name : Liam Brennan
- Email : liam.brennan@naturalengland.org.uk
- Telephone : 07795 982166
- Email : defra-recruitment-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
https://networkrecruitment.tal.net/vx/appcentre-7/brand-4/spa-1/candidate/so/pm/1/pl/8/opp/6899-6899-Senior-Officer-Nature-Recovery/en-GB
