Our Role Natural England provides evidence, expertise, and advice to recover Nature and shape better places for people to live. Our strategy focuses on four strategic outcomes:

• Recovering Nature
• Building Better Places
• Improving Health and Wellbeing
• Delivering Security through Nature

The Team The Planning and Infrastructure Team works across the terrestrial and marine environment to advise Government on national policy issues, provide strategic technical advice, and develop new approaches to planning and infrastructure work.

Key Tasks/Principal Accountabilities

• Act as sector lead for a key marine Infrastructure sector(s)
• Provide and co-ordinate technical advice to Defra, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), and other government departments
• Build effective relationships with key infrastructure delivery bodies, developers, and industry groups
• Provide technical infrastructure planning advice to operations teams
• Lead/contribute to technical guidance, standing advice, briefings, and training on infrastructure and planning
• Horizon scan and understand future development proposals and policy changes relevant to the sector
• Progress opportunities to increase the evidence base around environmental impacts associated with the sector(s)

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• A relevant degree and/or extensive experience in a related field
• Technical expertise and applied experience of the planning system, legislation, national policy and guidance, Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, Marine Licensing and Oil and gas licensing
• Technical expertise and experience of the application of environmental assessment processes to planning casework
• Experience of working with key national external partners and stakeholders
• Understanding of the legislative/policy/strategic context of infrastructure and planning work

Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• Excellent opportunities for career progression, training, and development
• Generous leave allowance of 25 days per year
• Access to the Civil Service Pension scheme with a 28.97% employer contribution
• Range of benefits such as shopping discounts and a cycle-to-work scheme

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The Planning and Infrastructure Team sits within the Strategy Directorate of Natural England. The Team works across the terrestrial and marine environment to advise Government on national policy issues, contribute to the development of planning policy, guidance and process changes, and respond to national consultations.

Key tasks include:

• Acting as sector lead for a key coastal Infrastructure sector(s)
• Providing and co-ordinating technical advice to Defra, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and other government departments
• Building effective relationships with Defra, DESNZ, MHCLG, and other Government Department colleagues alongside key infrastructure delivery bodies, developers and industry groups

The ideal candidate will have:

• A relevant degree and/or extensive experience in a related field
• Technical expertise and applied experience of the planning system, legislation, national policy and guidance
• Experience of working with key national external partners and stakeholders

Benefits include:

• Flexible working arrangements
• Excellent opportunities for career progression, training, and development
• Generous leave allowance of 25 days per year
• Access to the Civil Service Pension scheme with a 28.97% employer contribution

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Natural England is the Government’s adviser for the natural environment and the Nature regulator with a wide range of statutory duties and powers. The Planning and Infrastructure Team sits within the Strategy Directorate of Natural England.

The Team works across the terrestrial and marine environment to advise Government on national policy issues, contribute to the development of planning policy, guidance and process changes, and respond to national consultations.

As a Senior Officer, you will:

• Lead Natural England's strategic engagement with marine planning and licensing processes
• Provide national leadership and technical expertise on marine planning, marine licensing and associated environmental assessment processes
• Develop and maintain guidance, training, technical networks and best practice approaches
• Build and maintain effective relationships with the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and other key stakeholders
• Support and develop the Marine Casework Network and related forums
• Provide technical support and advice on complex, novel or high-risk marine casework

Requirements:

• A relevant degree and/or extensive experience in a related field
• Technical expertise and applied experience of the Marine Licensing system and Marine Plans
• Technical expertise and experience of the application of environmental assessment processes to planning casework
• Experience of working with key national external partners and stakeholders

Benefits:

• Flexible working arrangements
• Excellent opportunities for career progression, training, and development
• Generous leave allowance
• Access to the Civil Service Pension scheme
• Range of benefits such as shopping discounts and a cycle-to-work scheme

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The Planning and Infrastructure Team sits within the Strategy Directorate of Natural England. The Team works across the terrestrial and marine environment to advise Government on national policy issues, contribute to the development of planning policy, and provide strategic technical advice and leadership to programme and operations teams.

Key tasks include:

• Acting as sector lead for a key terrestrial Infrastructure sector(s) and/or key topic areas
• Providing and co-ordinating technical advice to Defra, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)
• Building effective relationships with Defra, DESNZ, MHCLG, and other Government Department colleagues
• Providing technical infrastructure planning advice to operations teams on casework and environmental assessment processes
• Leading/contributing to technical guidance, standing advice, briefings, and training on infrastructure and planning

The successful candidate will have a relevant degree and/or extensive experience in a related field, technical expertise and applied experience of the planning system, legislation, national policy and guidance, and experience of working with key national external partners and stakeholders.

Benefits include a generous leave allowance of 25 days per year, access to the Civil Service Pension scheme with a 28.97% employer contribution, and a range of benefits such as shopping discounts and a cycle-to-work scheme.

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In the Earth Observation Service, we undertake a wide range of EO work, including drone data capture and processing, coastline monitoring, as well as wildfire and habitat mapping.

We are seeking someone to be both an EOS Drone Pilot and Earth Observation Analyst, with significant experience and capability in both drone surveys and applying EO techniques.

About half of the role’s time will be dedicated to planning and carrying out drone surveys for environmental monitoring and analysis.

The other half of the role’s time will be dedicated to the other post holder responsibilities, including EO data analysis, contributing to and helping lead a variety of projects to support Natural England’s objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Be an EOS Drone Pilot, carrying out drone surveys across England, including planning, ground control, survey, post processing, data management and equipment maintenance.
• Carry out Drone data post processing, creating ortho-mosaics for our own drone surveys as well as surveys carried out by pilots in other teams.
• Contribute to EO Analysis, developing and running EO analysis, including through data acquisition, handling, manipulation, integration, and analysis.
• Maintain and develop relationships with customers and partners, engaging with partners and end users to share knowledge on EO approaches and products.
• Support capability building, documentation and quality assurance, working to help build and deliver technical skills training and create reproducible analytical pipelines and standardised products.

Requirements:

• Earth observation/Remote Sensing qualification at Masters level or equivalent experience.
• Good experience as a drone pilot, preferably with a GVC (General VLOS Certificate) for Fixed Wing and/or Multi-Rotor drones.
• Good experience of processing drone data.
• Good experience of using and analysing data from a range of drone sensors.
• Confident in the use of at least one GIS or EO analysis tool.
• Good technical experience of using EO techniques in natural environment applications.
• Full UK Driving License.

Benefits:

• Salary of £33,780 per year.
• Contribution towards Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
• Learning and development tailored to your role.
• Flexible working options.
• Culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.

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