Outreach Manager - Northern England

About Us: The Woodland Trust is the UK's leading woodland conservation charity and is dedicated to creating a world where trees and woods thrive for both people and nature. Our mission involves engaging and inspiring individuals to contribute toward tackling the nature and climate crisis through the protection, restoration, and creation of essential woodland habitats.

THE ROLE

• This is an exciting role to lead, inspire and manage the North Outreach team to help deliver the Trust’s conservation ambitions on other people’s land across Northern England.

• The Outreach Manager will initiate and develop major partnerships with organisations and landowners, and support the development of funding for new work. Identify and prioritise prospective partnerships and landowners, creating opportunities to reach and inspire them.

• You will be responsible for the delivery of our woodland conservation targets, including e.g. woodland creation and ancient woodland restoration; using advice, grants and other mechanisms as appropriate to support delivery within prioritised landscapes (like the Northern Forest), maximising the Trust’s resources and focusing efforts where we can have the biggest impact.

• Manage and inspire direct and indirect reports, leading the North Outreach function and being an integral part of the wider regional management team. You will provide inspirational leadership and build excellent relationships internally and externally, unlocking opportunities and potential, and supporting the team to operate as effectively as possible.

• This is a home-based role and travel around the Northern England region will be required as well as travel across the UK.

• This role does not initially come with a company vehicle, however after a 6-month period in-post we will review vehicle business use to see if the post-holder is reaching the eligibility criteria as stated in our Company Vehicle Policy. If the post-holder complies with those criteria, with sign off from our Facilities Team, a vehicle will be sourced and provided.

THE CANDIDATE

• The successful candidate will be qualified to at least HND/ degree level in Forestry, land management or related field, or related/ equivalent professional development
• You'll need to have extensive experience of working in the forestry/environmental land-based sector, working on landscape scale projects with a broad knowledge of woodland creation and woodland management
• You’ll know about landowner motivations, key land-based policies, regulations and sector-wide current affairs.
• Experience of leading and motivating a successful, skilled team to achieve delivery through others, including landscape scale partnerships, contracts, and volunteers.
• You’ll be a strong communicator, who engages with colleagues effectively as well as external key stakeholders, inspiring confidence and support for our regional outreach work.
• You’ll be self-motivated and flexible, you’ll be able to prioritise, organise and manage a highly demanding work programme to operate efficiently, delivering value for money, and achieving maximum impact. You’ll have experience shaping and implementing plans, and reporting on outputs, as well as managing a large budget and being held to account.
• Experience of building partnerships internally and externally, you’ll be a strong communicator with the ability to influence various stakeholders as well as motivate and inspire to achieve outcomes
• A full UK driving licence will be required

Our Organisational Nature enables us to better understand what it means to be part of the Woodland Trust, empowering us to make an impact, every day. We want you to be able to role model our values; ‘Grow Together’, ‘Focus’, ‘Explore’ and ‘Make it Count’ to ensure each of us plays our part in helping to protect, restore and create our woods and trees.

Benefits & Wellbeing: Joining our team means you'll be a big part of tackling environmental and climate issues. We take good care of our employees, offering support and training opportunities. We also offer:

• Enhanced Employer Pension
• Life Assurance
• Flexible & Hybrid Working Options
• Generous Annual Leave
• Enhanced Parental Pay
• Employee Assistance Programme

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: The Woodland Trust embraces diversity and inclusion. We want our team to reflect the UK's diverse community. We support people from all backgrounds to apply, especially those who are under-represented.

Application Advice: Even if you don't meet every requirement of the role, we would encourage you to apply. Your enthusiasm for the environment and our core values—Grow Together, Explore, Focus and Make it Count—are what matter most. We also keep our candidates’ personal details hidden from the hiring managers, so they do not see your CV until shortlisting is completed. Make sure that your Personal Statement clearly shows your experience and passion for the role.

Apply Now: If you're ready to make a difference and grow with us, send in your application today. We might close the job opening early if we get a lot of applications, so it's a good idea to apply soon. We look forward to hearing from you and working together to make a positive impact on our planet.

1st interviews will be held via Teams, week commencing 3rd February 2025