River Dee Catchment Project Officer

Job Type: 2 year fixed term contract
Hours: Full time; 35 hours per week (part time hours of 30/week may be considered)

About Us:

The Cairngorms National Park is an incredible place to live and work. The UK’s largest national park is a place of sheer abundance, having more high mountain ground than anywhere else in the UK, the largest Caledonian forest, some of Scotland’s purest rivers and finest livestock rearing farmland. It is also home to 25 percent of the UK’s rare and endangered species. It is a truly unique place to work, with our dedicated and passionate nature and climate change team who are committed to achieving the best for both conservation and land management, every day. Furthermore, there is access to some of the most beautiful countryside straight from our Headquarters office door.

The Cairngorms National Park Authority is a fantastic place to work and offers great opportunities to grow your career. The Park Authority is listed in the UK’s top 100 best not- for-profit companies to work for. We’re dedicated to both this amazing place and our employees.

We now have an exciting opportunity for a River Dee Catchment Project Officer to join the CNPA, to lead on the co-production, coordination and delivery of the Dee Resilience Plan in close partnership with public sector partners, the Fishery Board and River Dee Trust, Dee Catchment Partnership, local communities and land managers.

Equalities:

CNPA is an inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity, relationship status, disability, age and social class. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, disabled and LGBTQ+ communities, as they are under-represented in the environment sector.

We are Disability Confident committed employer, if you are an applicant with disabilities who meets the essential requirements of the post, we will interview you. In all circumstances CNPA appoints on merit-based evidence the applicant supplies in meeting the essential criteria for the post.

The Role:

As our River Dee Catchment Project Officer, you will lead on the co-production, coordination and delivery of the Dee Resilience Plan in close partnership and building excellent working relationships with public sector partners, the Fishery Board and River Dee Trust, Dee Catchment Partnership, local communities and land managers.

As the Project Officer you will operate as part of a cross-organisational, Scottish Government team working across public bodies to champion a collaborative, systems-based approach to catchment management that integrates ecological, social, and economic outcomes. Meaning that you will be directly contributing to the knowledge base and understanding of best practice for place-based working in the environment sector within Scotland, and how to join up services for multiple benefits.

For further information about the role, please see the job description on our website.

So, if you are keen to be our River Dee Catchment Project Officer and you can display the skills and experience listed here, this is the role you’ve been waiting for.

CNPA Benefits:

• Civil service pension scheme – some of the benefits include:
  • member contribution rates among the lowest in the public sector
  • tax relief on your contributions
  • generous employer contributions
  • a secure, inflation-proof pension for life, with no investment uncertainty
  • the option of tax-free lump sum on retirement
  • potential access to ill health and injury benefits if you become too ill to work
  • life assurance cover
  • benefits for loved ones and dependants
  • options to increase your pension
  • keeping all your pensions in one place by transferring in a pension you have built up elsewhere
  • support from our trusted charity partners
• 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days with service, plus Public Holidays
• Professional development
• Flexible working
• Cycle to work scheme
• Use of pool cars

About You:

To be considered as our River Dee Catchment Project Officer, you’ll need:

• A degree, or equivalent, in relevant topic with either a relevant science or project management focus;
• Demonstrable experience of success in project managing complex systems involving multiple partners;
• Credible knowledge of catchment management, biodiversity loss and climate change drivers and impacts and ecosystem restoration;
• Considerable experience of partnership working and building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders in delivering large scale restoration activities;
• Demonstrable experience of stakeholder coordination, management and communication, balancing multiple interests and drivers, notable public policy agendas;
• Articulate and excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• IT skills – word processing, spread sheets, data management and GIS;
• Full UK driving licence or access to driver if disability prevents driving.
• Permission to work in the UK

Closing Date: 23:59 hrs, Monday 14 July 2025
Interview Date: Friday 8 August 2025