Catchment Resilience Project Officer

River Waveney Trust – Catchment Resilience Project Officer

Salary: £31,277 - £33,683

Hours: Full-time role

Duration: Permanent contract

Location: Blended model: Office space in Bungay provided with the option for home working some days. Candidate must be based within easy travelling distance of the Waveney Catchment due to the number of site visits and face-to-face meetings required for the role.

The River Waveney Trust is an environmental charity dedicated to improving and protecting the River Waveney, making it a better place for people and wildlife. We are part of the Rivers Trust movement, a network of over 60 Rivers Trusts across the UK. We work on a variety of projects with partners, communities and volunteers to deliver a wide range of projects including river restoration, natural flood management, farm advice, river access, river monitoring, volunteer events, community engagement and education.

The role will suit an individual with experience working with farmers/landowners and delivering environmental projects, with an emphasis on rivers and catchments, specifically natural flood management (NFM). We are interested in transferable skills and there will be opportunities to learn within the role.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities and welcome applications from all groups, communities and personal circumstances. The staff team is welcoming, open and inclusive and places a high value on supporting each other to work to the best of our abilities.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Note that the role until March 31st 2027 is to manage delivery of the final year of a 3-year Defra funded Natural Flood Management project based in Diss. On completion of the project the role will work alongside the rest of the team to develop and deliver a suite of catchment resilience / nature-based solution (NbS) projects across the catchment.

  • Project manage a suite of NFM projects in the Diss area, including landowner relationships, permitting, tendering and on-the-ground delivery / contractor and consultant management.
  • Work closely with farmers, landowners, local communities and partner organisations to develop and deliver Catchment Resilience & NbS projects across the Waveney Catchment. This includes land use changes, natural flood management, landscape water holding features and river restoration projects.
  • Promote Catchment Resilience & NbS: run community meetings, develop land manager relationships and secure site visits, as necessary, to raise awareness, and secure delivery sites.
  • Use mapping programmes such as ArcGIS, Scalgo and Scimap to help effectively site and design Catchment Resilience & NbS projects.
  • Scope out the feasibility of projects in the field, develop ideas into outline designs, translate into detailed designs, with support from the RWT Catchment Resilience team.
  • Deliver relevant farm advice as needed on land management changes related to water in the landscape.
  • Carry out monitoring and data collection as required, including using volunteers where appropriate.
  • Seek funding for land managers to maintain features on their land.
  • Promote NbS in media, print, newsletters, at talks and events and on social media.
  • Lead on funding bids to secure NbS delivery funding.
  • Seek funding and develop funder relationships, to ensure continuity of NbS and catchment resilience work in the catchment.

We understand that not everyone will have all the skills in the job description, so please get in touch if you would like to discuss suitability for the role before making an application.

Download the full job description here.

Download the River Waveney Trust workplace culture document here.