Landscape Developer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Provide direct strategic assistance to landscape partners throughout the UK and Ireland.

• Establish connections with companies, funding organizations, governmental entities, foundations, and knowledge institutions.

• Obtain funding and financing avenues, including the forthcoming nature restoration law funding in Ireland.

• Engage with the nature finance and funding ecosystem in the UK.

• Pair finance providers with landscape partners.

• Collaboratively design approaches to overcome systemic barriers and leverage opportunities for comprehensive landscape restoration.

• Jointly develop a fundraising strategy that spans the UK, Ireland, and Europe, encompassing both public and private sectors.

• Foster systemic innovations such as bioregional finance, payment for ecosystem services, and educational networks.

• Organize learning sessions aimed at enhancing fundraising and facilitation capabilities.

• Collaborate with Commonland’s global learning community and the European landscape restoration network.

• Travel frequently within the UK and Ireland, with occasional international trips.

⛳️ Requirements

• A number of years’ experience in partnership development, landscape restoration, and/or fundraising, particularly within the UK/Ireland.

• A robust understanding of the environmental, agricultural, rural, or sustainable development sectors in the UK/Ireland.

• Strong literacy in nature finance and funding.

• Knowledge of funding and market-based finance mechanisms.

• A keen interest in regenerative practices, new economy concepts, and bioregional strategies.

• Proficiency in English.

• An extensive network of stakeholders involved in landscape restoration in the UK/Ireland.

• Currently residing and eligible to work in the UK or Ireland.

• Availability to work 32–40 hours per week.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexibility to work remotely.

• Autonomy to structure your workday as you see fit.

• Opportunities for personal and professional growth.

• A personal learning budget of 1,750 GBP/2,000 euros annually.

• A supportive team culture.

• Competitive gross monthly salary.