Catchment Restoration Development Officer
- Part time
- £35,000 – £40,000 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Primarily East Lammermuir / Dunbar area, with some remote working
- Closing 19th April 2026
- Advertised from 3rd April 2026
- 4 days per week. In the range £35-£40k pro rata depending on experience. Or equivalent freelance day rate. Fixed term, to end of March 2027, with potential extension into delivery phase subject to funding.
Role
As part of the next phase of our Rivers Project, we are recruiting for a Catchment Restoration Development Officer.
Background
Sustaining Dunbar, in partnership with Forth Rivers Trust (FRT), has secured development phase funding to prepare detailed, shovel-ready nature restoration plans for the Dry Burn and Spott Burn catchments in East Lammermuir. This project is part of a wider, long-term ambition to deliver landscape-scale nature recovery across East Lammermuir from summit to sea.
The development phase will identify and design a portfolio of restoration interventions — riparian tree planting, natural flood management measures, habitat connectivity improvements, and invasive species control — working across approximately 22 landholdings in the two catchments. The technical design work will be led by FRT. The role of this post is to make that technical work possible: by building the relationships with landowners and land managers that underpin it, and by coordinating the programme so that individual work packages fit together coherently across land boundaries.
Purpose of the Role
To coordinate this next phase of the project and act as the primary point of contact for landowners and land managers across the Dry Burn and Spott Burn catchments, building the trust and relationships necessary to develop coherent, spatially connected restoration work packages, and to coordinate these with Forth Rivers Trust so as to develop a portfolio of credible and fundable habitat enhancement and restoration projects.
Application notes
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Application deadline, 5pm on Sunday 19th April.
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