Senior Conservation Planner

Would you like a unique job in the charity sector where you can make a real and tangible difference for nature? Does a job that combines ensuring that the interests of nature are addressed in the planning process with cutting edge environmental policy development appeal to you?, We're looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Edinburgh based planning team, which is part of our policy and advocacy department. We aim to influence policy in a way that protects and enhances our natural environment. This includes through the planning and other consenting processes and through marine and terrestrial policy development, in Scotland and the UK.

RSPB Scotland is involved in biodiversity enhancement, marine and terrestrial spatial planning, on and offshore wind development, and associated habitat protection, focussing on the need to halt biodiversity decline, restore our environment and deliver upon our climate aspirations.

Working closely with colleagues across RSPB Scotland, and the rest of the UK, the post involves scrutinising and responding to large scale and high-profile development proposals, primarily (but not exclusively) offshore. The job requires close liaison with RSPB science and area based conservation officers.

You'll help to shape marine conservation policy in Scotland and the UK, feeding in, for example, to statutory marine planning processes such as the production of Scotland's National Marine Plan 2, and to wider policy development on 'strategic compensation'.

This is a crucial time for nature, and this is a great opportunity to gain skills and knowledge in a rapidly changing planning policy and development landscape., There will be a need to be present in the RSPB Edinburgh office on a periodic basis, to attend meetings in central Scotland, as well as to attend occasional meetings elsewhere in the UK.