Landscape and Conservation Officer

Summary

• INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY PLEASE* We're looking for a Landscape & Conservation Officer to help protect and enhance some of our most significant cultural and natural landscapes. You'll play an important role in ensuring landscapes remain resilient, accessible and authentic by supporting the careful management of change and championing conservation objectives. Working across a varied portfolio of rural and urban landscapes, you'll help balance environmental, cultural and public benefits while supporting the long-term stewardship of places that matter to communities now and in the future. What It's Like To Work Here You'll be part of a specialist team that supports conservation outcomes across some of the country's most significant cultural and natural landscapes. Working within the Let Estate function and alongside colleagues from operations, estates, nature conservation, planning, legal and curatorial teams, you'll contribute to strategic projects that extend beyond our property boundaries. This is a collaborative and supportive environment where knowledge sharing, professional development and partnership working are highly valued. As this is a national role, there is flexibility on your contractual place of work. Our hybrid working policy means you can balance office and home working with site visits and meetings at other National Trust places. We'll talk about this in more detail at interview, but you should expect to be at a National Trust site for 40–60% of your working week. What You'll Be Doing You'll provide expert conservation advice on proposals affecting covenanted land and buildings, historic landscapes and natural assets, helping to ensure decisions are informed by conservation principles, covenant purposes and planning considerations. You'll assess applications for change, negotiate appropriate outcomes and support the delivery of strategic conservation objectives. You'll also contribute to raising awareness of covenant conservation work, supporting strategic planning activity and sharing expertise with colleagues and volunteers through coaching, mentoring and training. Through your work, you'll help strengthen understanding of conservation practice and support informed decision-making that delivers meaningful outcomes for people, nature and heritage. You can view the full role profile for this role in the document attached. You don't need to have all of the knowledge, skills and experience listed in the role profile; this is just to provide a full picture of what's possible in this role. Who We're Looking For You'll bring a broad range of the following knowledge, skills and experience, shaped by different roles, sectors or career paths, and the judgment to apply them effectively at scale;
• In depth knowledge of historic buildings and cultural landscapes or land management and nature conservation
• Knowledge of planning legislation and conservation principles in relation to heritage or nature conservation
• Ability to articulate public benefits, legal constraints and strategic objectives to a range of audiences
• Track record of working with partners and stakeholders to deliver strategic conservation objectives
• Ability to analyse issues strategically and apply a level of reasoned judgement
• Experience of working in an organisation managing change to heritage and natural assets in protected or special landscapes and delivering strategic conservation objectives The package
• Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary
• Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
• Rental deposit loan scheme
• Season ticket loan
• EV car lease scheme (for roles that meet the salary criteria)
• Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts
• Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.
• Flexible working whenever possible
• Employee assistance programme
• Free parking at most Trust places National Trust place Heelis, Kemble Drive, Swindon, SN2 2NA Documents Landscape & Conservation Officer - Grade 6.pdf
  Requirements Compliance.Eligibility to Work in the UK Additional information Closing Date: 06 September 2026 Interview Date: 18 September 2026 To apply for this vacancy simply click the 'apply' button in the top right hand side of the page.
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