Norfolk County Council
Project Officer
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Project Officer | 10200 | Fixed Term Contract until 30 September 2028 | 37 hours per week | £32,061 to £33,699 per annum (Scale G) | County Hall, Norwich / Hybrid
Project Officer – One Million Trees Initiative
Help shape Norfolk’s greener future
Are you passionate about restoring nature and improving the environment at scale? Join Norfolk County Council’s Environment Service and play a key role in delivering our ambitious One Million Trees Initiative.
We’re looking for a driven and experienced Project Officer to lead innovative woodland creation projects across Norfolk and the Claylands landscape in Suffolk. This is a unique opportunity to make a tangible environmental impact—supporting tree planting, enhancing biodiversity, and helping create resilient landscapes for generations to come.
About the role
You’ll lead the delivery of high-impact projects, including:
- Facilitating woodland creation across Norfolk and the East Anglian Claylands through the Woodland Trust MOREwoods scheme.
- Distributing free Targeting Tree Disease Packs to support tree health across Norfolk and the East Anglian Claylands
This is a collaborative and outward-facing role. You’ll be delivering woodland for the Woodland Trust, working in close partnership to maximise delivery and impact. Building strong relationships will be central to your success—you’ll engage with landowners, communities, and local partners to unlock opportunities for planting and habitat creation.
Using GIS and spatial analysis tools, you’ll identify priority areas for tree and hedgerow planting, develop opportunity maps, and help guide strategic environmental decision-making across the county.
About you
You’ll share our ambition to plant a million trees and hedgerows—and the determination to turn that vision into reality.
We’re looking for someone who brings:
- Proven experience delivering tree planting or environmental projects
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Strong project management and organisational ability
- A proactive, solutions-focused mindset
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Why join us?
This is more than just a job—it’s a chance to contribute to nature recovery, carbon reduction, and long-term environmental sustainability across Norfolk. Your work will leave a lasting legacy.
Interested?
If you’re ready to lead meaningful environmental improvement, we’d love to hear from you.
For an informal discussion, please contact Dawn Turnbull, Team Leader, at dawn.turnbull@norfolk.gov.uk
These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:
- Competitive salary
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
- Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.
- Financial benefits such as:
- ‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out. [https://norfolk.rewardgateway.co.uk/Authentication/Start]
- A Blue Light card [https://www.bluelightcard.co.uk/] for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
- Relocation expenses (where applicable)
- An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
- Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions
- Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
- Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
- A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job
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We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.
Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job description and person specification [https://tinyurl.com/3nmvpn6m] to help you demonstrate how you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions [https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/jobs-training-and-volunteering/work-at-norfolk-county-council/vacancies/recruitment-information-for-candidates] here.
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Redeployment closing date: Tuesday 25 August 2026 at 23:59
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