6268 - Principal Land Agent National Nature Reserves
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 11 Tachwedd 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £51,000 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 21 Tachwedd 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | UK |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 4 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | Natural England |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 6268 |
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Key tasks and accountabilities
Leadership
Provide strategic leadership across the Land Agent function, driving change, reform, and continuous improvement in estate management practices.
Support the development of a cohesive Estate Strategy for Natural England’s NNR Estate, ensuring alignment with conservation and operational goals.
Lead and mentor a nationally dispersed team of Land Agents, fostering team cohesion, well-being, and professional growth.
Collaborate with the NNR Operations Leadership Group and senior management to ensure effective communication, governance, and decision-making across NNR delivery.
Champion innovation and contribute to the creation of an ambitious, clear, and deliverable team plan that supports Natural England’s wider objectives.
Business Management
Reform business processes and systems to improve efficiency, transparency, and impact across the Land Agent function.
Develop and manage templates and guidance to support casework delivery.
Oversee record management, budget input, and governance systems.
Delegate and undertake complex casework as needed, ensuring appropriate resource allocation.
Manage external professional advice contracts.
Act as delegated authority under Natural England’s Financial and Non-Financial Schemes of Delegation for land and property matters, including disposals, acquisitions, and tenure agreements.
Benefits
Wherever possible Natural England accommodates requests for both full-time and part-time hours and other flexible working patterns to help employees achieve a good work/life balance and maintain their health and wellbeing.
Natural England provides excellent opportunities for career progression, training and development tailored to your role. From induction to ongoing learning and development, everyone in Natural England is supported to develop their skills and capabilities. Everyone has 10 days to devote to personal learning and development, as well as an additional 3 days to volunteer.
You will have access to Civil Service Pension and benefits arrangements and generous leave allowances (33 day per year pro rata), as well as flexible working, to help you achieve a work-life balance that works for you and us.
You will have access to a range of benefits including discounts on shopping vouchers, cycle to work scheme, and childcare vouchers. You can also join the Civil Service Sport club which offer discounts on a range of sports and leisure opportunities as well as social events.
Natural England is a fantastic place to work, where difference is celebrated.
We’re committed to fairness and equality for all, so you feel valued for who you are and what you do. Our shared values help us work together to benefit the communities we serve. Our thriving employee-led diversity networks support our inclusive culture and contribute to our Diversity Action Plan.
Locations
Natural England is adopting hybrid working – which means our staff work from a flexible range of locations, encompassing home, offices (ours and our partners) and relevant sites. All new staff will be formally linked to one of our 25 offices across England, and the expectation is that all new staff will be able to access their local office to be part of the community of staff in their geographical area. Full time staff are expected to attend their associated office for a minimum of one day a week.
Staff members are required to carry out all their duties working in this way and cannot do so from an overseas location at any time. Travel expenses will be paid if work related travel is required but does not apply to travel between home and your associated office.
National team roles can be linked with any Natural England office while Area Team roles will be linked with an office in the relevant geographic area.
View a map of our office locations here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/natural-england-office-locations
Pay
It is Natural England policy to employ at the entry point of the salary range. In addition to a salary of £51,000 this role also attracts a market skills allowance of £5,000 per annum.
How to Apply
We welcome and encourage applications from all communities. Natural England is accredited to the Disability Confident Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum requirements for the role at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview.
If you require a reasonable adjustment at interview, or there is anything else you would like the panel to take into consideration, you should notify us of this at application stage where possible, or well in advance of your interview.
This vacancy uses competency-based assessment. We'll assess you against the competencies below during the selection process:
Making Effective Decisions
Delivering at Pace
Collaborating and Partnering
Leading and Managing People
Technical Skills and Knowledge
When completing the application form you should present relevant examples using the STAR format. Give us an example of how you have demonstrated the competency (which can be work related or from another area of your life) and tell us about the Situation, the specific Task you had to undertake, the specific Actions you took, and the Result (both immediate and in a wider context) of your doing so.
Please note that STAR format is not required when answering the Technical Skills & Knowledge competency.
Examples should be given in no more than 250 words for each competency.
Leadership
Provide strategic leadership across the Land Agent function, driving change, reform, and continuous improvement in estate management practices.
Support the development of a cohesive Estate Strategy for Natural England’s NNR Estate, ensuring alignment with conservation and operational goals.
Lead and mentor a nationally dispersed team of Land Agents, fostering team cohesion, well-being, and professional growth.
Collaborate with the NNR Operations Leadership Group and senior management to ensure effective communication, governance, and decision-making across NNR delivery.
Champion innovation and contribute to the creation of an ambitious, clear, and deliverable team plan that supports Natural England’s wider objectives.
Business Management
Reform business processes and systems to improve efficiency, transparency, and impact across the Land Agent function.
Develop and manage templates and guidance to support casework delivery.
Oversee record management, budget input, and governance systems.
Delegate and undertake complex casework as needed, ensuring appropriate resource allocation.
Manage external professional advice contracts.
Act as delegated authority under Natural England’s Financial and Non-Financial Schemes of Delegation for land and property matters, including disposals, acquisitions, and tenure agreements.
Benefits
Wherever possible Natural England accommodates requests for both full-time and part-time hours and other flexible working patterns to help employees achieve a good work/life balance and maintain their health and wellbeing.
Natural England provides excellent opportunities for career progression, training and development tailored to your role. From induction to ongoing learning and development, everyone in Natural England is supported to develop their skills and capabilities. Everyone has 10 days to devote to personal learning and development, as well as an additional 3 days to volunteer.
You will have access to Civil Service Pension and benefits arrangements and generous leave allowances (33 day per year pro rata), as well as flexible working, to help you achieve a work-life balance that works for you and us.
You will have access to a range of benefits including discounts on shopping vouchers, cycle to work scheme, and childcare vouchers. You can also join the Civil Service Sport club which offer discounts on a range of sports and leisure opportunities as well as social events.
Natural England is a fantastic place to work, where difference is celebrated.
We’re committed to fairness and equality for all, so you feel valued for who you are and what you do. Our shared values help us work together to benefit the communities we serve. Our thriving employee-led diversity networks support our inclusive culture and contribute to our Diversity Action Plan.
Locations
Natural England is adopting hybrid working – which means our staff work from a flexible range of locations, encompassing home, offices (ours and our partners) and relevant sites. All new staff will be formally linked to one of our 25 offices across England, and the expectation is that all new staff will be able to access their local office to be part of the community of staff in their geographical area. Full time staff are expected to attend their associated office for a minimum of one day a week.
Staff members are required to carry out all their duties working in this way and cannot do so from an overseas location at any time. Travel expenses will be paid if work related travel is required but does not apply to travel between home and your associated office.
National team roles can be linked with any Natural England office while Area Team roles will be linked with an office in the relevant geographic area.
View a map of our office locations here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/natural-england-office-locations
Pay
It is Natural England policy to employ at the entry point of the salary range. In addition to a salary of £51,000 this role also attracts a market skills allowance of £5,000 per annum.
How to Apply
We welcome and encourage applications from all communities. Natural England is accredited to the Disability Confident Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum requirements for the role at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview.
If you require a reasonable adjustment at interview, or there is anything else you would like the panel to take into consideration, you should notify us of this at application stage where possible, or well in advance of your interview.
This vacancy uses competency-based assessment. We'll assess you against the competencies below during the selection process:
Making Effective Decisions
Delivering at Pace
Collaborating and Partnering
Leading and Managing People
Technical Skills and Knowledge
When completing the application form you should present relevant examples using the STAR format. Give us an example of how you have demonstrated the competency (which can be work related or from another area of your life) and tell us about the Situation, the specific Task you had to undertake, the specific Actions you took, and the Result (both immediate and in a wider context) of your doing so.
Please note that STAR format is not required when answering the Technical Skills & Knowledge competency.
Examples should be given in no more than 250 words for each competency.