Land Manager

Job Purpose

Your legacy will be a tangible impact on slowing down climate change and helping nature recover by overseeing and leading on Avon Needs Trees’ (ANT) on the ground habitat restoration work, helping to meet our goals to plant hundreds of thousands of trees and enhance complementary habitats.

You will join a fast-growing organisation that started in 2019 with four volunteers and has grown to a staff team of thirteen (which will double over 2024), over 1,000 volunteers and ownership of 170 acres (soon to be 600 acres) of land that will grow woodlands of over 160,000 trees.

You will be primarily focused on our Chew Valley projects, but with oversight across all on the ground operations. We are looking for a positive people-person with practical land management experience and knowledge of woodland habitat creation.

Main responsibilities

● Working with the Woodland Creation Manager to ensure ANT staff are supported in terms of site logistics and habitat creation

● Working with ANT’s Land Management Board and project leads to develop and maintain a site maintenance programme for all ANT’s land projects

● Leading / coordinating with contractors, staff and volunteers on delivery of habitat creation and site maintenance across ANT's sites, with a focus on ANT's Chew Valley projects.

● Leading on site logistics:

   ○ Moving and receiving deliveries of tree planting / restoration materials etc.
   ○ Ensuring safe public access and parking
   ○ Infrastructure e.g. fencing
   ○ General site problem solving

● Ensuring habitat creation (new woodland, species rich grassland, wood pasture, and wetland is delivered according to habitat creation plans and schedules

● Supporting monitoring and evaluation

● Ensuring sites are secure and safe by monitoring maintaining site assets, pathway / tracks, packing / access and built environment including buildings

● Coordinating site hazard and risk assessments

● Supporting and coordinating volunteers and volunteer leaders on site conservation, tree care and tree planting

● Using and maintaining tools and equipment

● Ensuring land use is compliant with regulations, including enforcing regulations.

● Liaising with neighbours on site logistics as required

● As with all Avon Needs Trees roles, contributing to grant writing and fundraising activities 

● Other duties and opportunities as required