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5812 - Natural England Head of Agriculture
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 23 Ebrill 2024 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £58,625 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 24 Ebrill 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | UK |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 4 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | Natural England |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 5812 |
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Do you have a passion for nature and the environment? Do you want to make a real difference and secure significant environmental gains in the present and the future? Do you enjoy working in a team? Can you see yourself advising communities and customers to maximise gains for the Natural Environment?
If this appeals to you, a career at Natural England offers rewarding opportunities to secure environmental improvements and play your part in creating a better future for people and nature.
The priority work Natural England is delivering includes:
• Establishing a Nature Recovery Network to help wildlife thrive
• Monitoring environmental changes to identify and help reduce the effects of climate change
• Working with farmers and landowners to develop greener food production methods
• Advising on plans for new developments to maximise gains for nature
• Providing ways for people to better connect with nature, including green social prescribing
We are the Government’s Adviser for the natural environment, playing a vital role in delivering the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan, an ambitious vision which brings new opportunities to protect and enhance and to achieve real outcomes for the environment.
Find out more about the work of Natural England at www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england
Role Background
The Environment Act 2021 sets clear statutory targets for the recovery of the natural world, addressing air quality, biodiversity, water, and waste. The Environment Improvement Plan of 2023 shows how the Government intends to achieve these targets, with a great emphasis on the importance of changing the way we manage farmland to be nature positive and improve the wider benefits to society from the services it provides. How we work with Defra, farmers, land managers and businesses to maintain and increase the contributions to nature that come from agricultural land will make by far the most significant impact.
A restructuring of agricultural support, which includes restoration of the environment as a core aim, provides the opportunity to establish a more sustainable approach to land management within England, if implemented effectively. This will help business to thrive and nature recovery. The changes in agriculture policy based upon “public money for public goods” pave the way for addressing Government targets under the Environment Act 2021 and the 25 Year Environment Plan.
Defra has announced the following anticipated contributions from its developing Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMs):
• To decarbonise agricultural emissions by up to a total of 6 MtCO2e per annum in Carbon Budget 6 (2033-2037) in England.
• To maintain target levels of woodland creation and restoration to 2030 and beyond together with restoring and maintaining up to 200,000 hectares of peatland in England by 2050.
• To create or restore up to 300,000 hectares of habitat by 2042 and bring over half our Sites of Special Scientific Interest into favourable condition by 2042 (thereby also supporting the delivery of the Nature Recovery Network and contributing to our target to protect 30% of our land for nature by 2030).
• To bring up to 60% of England’s agricultural soil under sustainable management through our schemes by 2030.
The Government have also prioritised the need to address freshwater pollution from agriculture. The dominant sectors contributing towards phosphorous and nitrogen pollution (the main sources of pollution) are wastewater discharges and agriculture.
Defra is continuing the development of the three ELMs strands. Creating the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) supporting farmers to adopt and maintain sustainable farming practices that protect and enhance the natural environment alongside food production, evolving Countryside Stewardship (CS) to pay farmers for more targeted actions relating to specific locations, features, and habitats, and rolling out Landscape Recovery (LR) to pay for bespoke, longer-term, and larger scale projects focusing on land use change.
Natural England have been commissioned by Defra to work with them and other Arm’s Length Bodies on scheme design (including cross cutting measures such as advice, spatial prioritisation, scheme architecture etc); the development of standards and guidance for SFI and new actions and operation for CS. Following Natural England’s lead role (with the Environment Agency) in the successful roll out of Round 1, Defra have chosen Natural England as the preferred delivery partner Landscape Recovery. Annual budgets for Landscape Recovery are expected to increase from the current levels of £18m/annum to £450m/annum by 2030.
The Head of Agriculture leads Natural England’s work with the agriculture sector to enable nature recovery in the farmed environment. The remit covers the full breadth of land-based farming systems, covering 70% of England’s land. The focus of the role is the delivery of government statutory targets for biodiversity and climate on farmland, as well as supporting the organisation’s broader agenda of promoting access to the natural environment for health and enjoyment.
If this appeals to you, a career at Natural England offers rewarding opportunities to secure environmental improvements and play your part in creating a better future for people and nature.
The priority work Natural England is delivering includes:
• Establishing a Nature Recovery Network to help wildlife thrive
• Monitoring environmental changes to identify and help reduce the effects of climate change
• Working with farmers and landowners to develop greener food production methods
• Advising on plans for new developments to maximise gains for nature
• Providing ways for people to better connect with nature, including green social prescribing
We are the Government’s Adviser for the natural environment, playing a vital role in delivering the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan, an ambitious vision which brings new opportunities to protect and enhance and to achieve real outcomes for the environment.
Find out more about the work of Natural England at www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england
Role Background
The Environment Act 2021 sets clear statutory targets for the recovery of the natural world, addressing air quality, biodiversity, water, and waste. The Environment Improvement Plan of 2023 shows how the Government intends to achieve these targets, with a great emphasis on the importance of changing the way we manage farmland to be nature positive and improve the wider benefits to society from the services it provides. How we work with Defra, farmers, land managers and businesses to maintain and increase the contributions to nature that come from agricultural land will make by far the most significant impact.
A restructuring of agricultural support, which includes restoration of the environment as a core aim, provides the opportunity to establish a more sustainable approach to land management within England, if implemented effectively. This will help business to thrive and nature recovery. The changes in agriculture policy based upon “public money for public goods” pave the way for addressing Government targets under the Environment Act 2021 and the 25 Year Environment Plan.
Defra has announced the following anticipated contributions from its developing Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMs):
• To decarbonise agricultural emissions by up to a total of 6 MtCO2e per annum in Carbon Budget 6 (2033-2037) in England.
• To maintain target levels of woodland creation and restoration to 2030 and beyond together with restoring and maintaining up to 200,000 hectares of peatland in England by 2050.
• To create or restore up to 300,000 hectares of habitat by 2042 and bring over half our Sites of Special Scientific Interest into favourable condition by 2042 (thereby also supporting the delivery of the Nature Recovery Network and contributing to our target to protect 30% of our land for nature by 2030).
• To bring up to 60% of England’s agricultural soil under sustainable management through our schemes by 2030.
The Government have also prioritised the need to address freshwater pollution from agriculture. The dominant sectors contributing towards phosphorous and nitrogen pollution (the main sources of pollution) are wastewater discharges and agriculture.
Defra is continuing the development of the three ELMs strands. Creating the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) supporting farmers to adopt and maintain sustainable farming practices that protect and enhance the natural environment alongside food production, evolving Countryside Stewardship (CS) to pay farmers for more targeted actions relating to specific locations, features, and habitats, and rolling out Landscape Recovery (LR) to pay for bespoke, longer-term, and larger scale projects focusing on land use change.
Natural England have been commissioned by Defra to work with them and other Arm’s Length Bodies on scheme design (including cross cutting measures such as advice, spatial prioritisation, scheme architecture etc); the development of standards and guidance for SFI and new actions and operation for CS. Following Natural England’s lead role (with the Environment Agency) in the successful roll out of Round 1, Defra have chosen Natural England as the preferred delivery partner Landscape Recovery. Annual budgets for Landscape Recovery are expected to increase from the current levels of £18m/annum to £450m/annum by 2030.
The Head of Agriculture leads Natural England’s work with the agriculture sector to enable nature recovery in the farmed environment. The remit covers the full breadth of land-based farming systems, covering 70% of England’s land. The focus of the role is the delivery of government statutory targets for biodiversity and climate on farmland, as well as supporting the organisation’s broader agenda of promoting access to the natural environment for health and enjoyment.