Director of Nature Recovery

Norfolk Wildlife Trust are seeking an outstanding, innovative and dynamic Director of Nature Recovery., The purpose of this role is to create and lead a multi-disciplinary team to accelerate nature's recovery across Norfolk and set the Trust on course to achieve our strategy. You will act as a strategic leader to deliver direct impact and influence the environmental, economic and social systems in Norfolk to prioritise nature's recovery. Main duties Organisational and strategic leadership

• Provide clear, values-based strategic organisational leadership as a key member of the Strategic Leadership Team and a trusted advisor to the CEO
• Model our leadership values and behaviours at all times
• Ensure that an environment is created for all teams that enables people to bring their best to the Trust
• Provide strategic leadership for the directorate and across the Trust, taking responsibility for collective decision making, creating opportunities and managing risk
• Achieve clear delivery targets for directorate and for shared targets across directorates
• Manage and develop a growing team to support strategy implementation, including overseeing work plans, budgets, and performance management
Partnership and collaborative working Influence the strategic direction of Norfolk's Local Nature Recovery Strategy;
• Lead and model collaboration across and outside the organisation, including (but not limited to):
+ Working closely with the Director of Nature Conservation to ensure that there is a consistency of strategic approach to conservation work and partnerships from the Trust + Working with the fundraising team and projects team to lead the development of, and fundraising strategies for, new multi-stakeholder landscape-scale initiatives for nature's recovery + Working with other Directors to build effective strategic partnerships for nature's recovery with local authorities, businesses, universities and other key charities operating in Norfolk
• Keep abreast of local, regional, national and international issues affecting wildlife in Norfolk, maintaining liaison with The Wildlife Trusts and our national developments, policies and initiatives
Research and evidence
• Bring together the data, monitoring and evidence held by Norfolk Wildlife Trust or other bodies to inform our countywide strategy to restore nature at scale
• Co-ordinate with others to ensure that our work across the Trust, including our positions and polices, is evidence-led and credible
  
  Proven experience and ability in organisational leadership and team management
• A demonstrable ability and attitude to work corporately and cooperatively as a member of the Strategic Leadership Team
• An effective leader of change, improving the effectiveness of teams and individuals, building skills, capability and capacity
• Sound understanding and technical knowledge of ecology and wildlife conservation issues and methods as they apply to Norfolk's wildlife habitats
• Excellent, proven relationship building skills at a senior level
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• A commercial, entrepreneurial and innovative mindset to deliver projects using new funding mechanisms
• A strong commitment to nature conservation and the work of Norfolk Wildlife Trust
• A high degree of competence in the use of IT systems and information management
• Good numeracy and experience in the compilation and coordination of complex budgets
• Good written and oral presentation skills and experience, including the ability and confidence to engage a variety of audiences, press and media
• Strong organisational and administrative skills
• Preparedness to work unsociable hours including occasional evening and weekend work attending meetings and achieving deadlines
• Current driving licence
Desirable:
• Knowledge of green finance solutions and natural capital markets