Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Natural Resources Wales
Land Stewardship Technical Support
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The Role
This is a fantastic opportunity to join Natural Resources Wales' Estate Planning Team within Land Stewardship and play a direct role in shaping the future of Wales's forests. Supporting the delivery of woodland creation projects across the country, you'll help tackle the climate and nature emergencies while creating lasting environmental, social, and economic benefits for generations to come.
As part of a small, supportive, and ambitious team, you'll gain hands-on experience across project delivery, contract management, stakeholder engagement, and woodland establishment. With flexible and hybrid working, opportunities to collaborate with colleagues and partners across Wales, and the chance to develop valuable technical and professional skills, this role offers an excellent platform to grow your career while making a real difference to Wales's natural environment.
Driving is essential to this role, and you must hold a full and current UK driving license. The successful candidate will be required to tow a trailer as part of their duties. Where the necessary towing entitlement is not already held, appropriate training and support will be provided.
As an organisation, we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the nearest NRW office to your home, and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed upon appointment. Any regular face-to-face meetings or training will be planned in advance.
To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Caroline Riches at Caroline.Riches@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk
Interviews will be face-to-face on 04 November 2026 (details of location will be shared in advance).
About Us
Natural Resources Wales offers a rewarding and supportive working environment, where you can develop your career while making a meaningful difference to Wales's natural environment and communities. As part of a purpose-driven organisation, you will work alongside passionate and knowledgeable colleagues, benefit from flexible ways of working, and have access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities. Every role contributes to tackling some of the biggest challenges facing Wales, including climate change, biodiversity loss, and the sustainable management of natural resources, giving you the opportunity to see the real impact of your work.
What You Will Do
- Work collaboratively with the NRW Estate Team and relevant NRW staff to support the delivery of planting and establishment of new woodland creation sites.
- Have responsibility for direct delivery of delegated programmes.
- Develop and maintain effective customer relationships (internal and external) to ensure good understanding and the efficient delivery of fit-for-purpose licences and transition into compliance activities.
- Produce appropriate records of decisions, actions, and outcomes to justify and demonstrate that all legal and procedural requirements have been met.
- Produce and provide regular accurate information to managers on progress, to adapt and ensure delivery of work to time and cost.
- Support engagement with sectors, partners, WG, Confor, and other Environment bodies in Wales and the UK; and be a primary point of contact for customer queries.
- Participate in NRW technical groups.
- Contribute to task and finish groups, commissioned through the Business Boards, to prepare defined products as required.
- Collaborate with the Team Leader to develop and deliver an agreed Personal Development Plan.
- Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post.
- Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy, together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post.
- Be committed to your own development through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs).
- Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.
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Your Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge, and Skills
In your application and interview, you will be asked to demonstrate the following skills and experience using the STAR method.
- Knowledge of Welsh, UK, and relevant European legislation relating to sustainable forest management and forestry planning, including woodland assurance and forest certification standards.
- Understanding of forestry policy drivers in Wales and across the UK, together with the key opportunities and challenges facing the forestry sector in Wales.
- Knowledge of woodland creation and forest establishment, including species selection, planting, maintenance, and the practices required to develop resilient, sustainable woodlands.
- Experience of analysing and interpreting a range of environmental data and information, including survey data.
- Experience of working with large datasets (10,000+ records or multiple integrated data sources) is desirable.
- Experience of building effective working relationships across the forestry sector, including with local authorities, environmental organisations, National Parks, and other land managers.
- An ability to share your knowledge and expertise to support problem-solving, providing specialist advice and guidance across the wider team as required.
Welsh Language Level Requirements
- Essential: Level A1 - Entry level
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Welsh language levels
Please note if you do not meet the A1 requirement, i.e., ability to understand basic phrases and ability to pronounce Welsh names correctly, then NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Additional Information
- Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. Appointments are normally made within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date.
- Natural Resources Wales is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Although we hold a Skilled Worker visa sponsorship licence, it applies only to specific roles that meet both the eligibility criteria and salary requirements set out by the UK Government under the Skilled Worker visa route.
Benefits
This role will offer a range of benefits, including:
- Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 28.97% (successful internal staff will remain in their current pension scheme)
- 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
- Generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
- Commitment to professional development
- Health and wellbeing benefits and support
- Weekly wellbeing hour to use as you choose
See full details for all the employee benefits you will receive.
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We're passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
We are committed to equal opportunities, and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale, and annual increments are paid each year.
We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on a variety of topics, stay current in their field, and continue to learn as their career progresses.
We are a Bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards. Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW, and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop, and use their Welsh language skills.
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