Land Manager │ Home working – South West
Land Manager
About
Our client is a market-leading organisation dedicated to restoring natural habitats across England and reversing biodiversity loss. They're expanding their expert team and seeking an experienced Land Manager to identify and develop new habitat opportunities with farmers and landowners across the South of England. If you have professional experience working with rural landowners and understand rural land management, this is an excellent opportunity to advance your career with an organisation making a genuine difference to England's ecosystems.
Position overview
As Land Manager, you'll be central to growing our client's habitat bank portfolio. You'll identify suitable land opportunities, work with landowners and agents to establish new habitat banks, and guide sites through internal governance and planning processes. Working as part of a collaborative project team, you'll conduct due diligence assessments, manage consenting and planning, oversee habitat creation, and support ongoing site management. Your work will directly contribute to meeting local authority biodiversity net gain requirements whilst delivering measurable environmental outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Identify and onboard new land opportunities with farmers, landowners and agents to establish habitat banks
- Prioritise habitat bank creation based on local authority biodiversity net gain demand and market purchaser requirements
- Conduct thorough due diligence to assess site suitability, coordinating with ecology, project delivery, legal and finance teams
- Drive sites through internal governance processes and manage planning and consenting requirements
- Gather and analyse data including local plan policies, agri-environment scheme information and market sector reports
- Collaborate with project teams to deliver habitat creation capital works and ongoing site management
- Maintain regular liaison with landowners throughout project delivery and management phases
- Participate in regional and national marketing events to promote habitat bank opportunities to rural landowners
Requirements
- Professional experience working directly with farmers and landowners
- MRICS or CAAV qualification (essential)
- Working knowledge of Farm Business Tenancies and environmental matters relating to rural land management
- Understanding of Land Registry and publicly available legal and land management data sources
- Full UK clean driving licence and willingness to travel for regional site visits and events
- Project management experience (beneficial, particularly in the environmental sector)
- Rural land management experience (advantageous but not essential)
How to apply
If you are ready to take the next steps in your career and discuss the opportunity further then we would love to hear from you.
To apply, please send your CV and a cover letter to Miranda Webster at miranda@webstersrural.co.uk. Feel free to reach out to Miranda directly for more information about the role or other opportunities.