Current vacancies
Community Benefits from Nature Adviser
- Salary: £35,688 – £40,766 (rising to £36,038 - £41,166 from 1st Jan 2025). Appointments are usually made at the start of the salary band.
- Grade: B2
- Location: Office-based at SLC Inverness or CNPA Grantown office, with regular attendance at both offices expected and regular homeworking allowed. This role will also require frequent travel within the Cairngorms National Park Authority area.
- Contract: Fixed Term for 2 years. Secondments welcome.
Are you passionate about nature, community engagement, and sustainable land use? This unique role offers the chance to work with two leading organisations—the Scottish Land Commission and the Cairngorms National Park Authority—on an exciting project that’s shaping the future of land and nature restoration in Scotland.
As part of the Cairngorms 2030 programme, you’ll play a key role in helping communities benefit from land use changes and nature finance. This is your chance to drive real, positive change while contributing to Scotland’s transition to net zero.
About the Role
In this role, you will:
- Foster collaboration between communities, landowners, developers, and nature finance partners to ensure equitable land use changes and nature restoration.
- Develop and lead pilot projects that explore new ways to create community benefits and build community wealth.
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders, ensuring that communities have a voice and role in decision-making around land and nature investments.
- Capture and share insights from case studies to shape good practice in Scotland.
This role is people-focused, requiring face-to-face meetings and relationship-building, so you’ll need to be based in or near the Cairngorms.
About You
We’re looking for someone who:
- Has experience in community engagement and land management or a related field.
- Is skilled in building relationships, negotiating, and facilitating collaboration.
- Has a passion for nature and sustainable land use, with an interest or understanding of nature finance.
- Is innovative, adaptable, and eager to try new approaches to drive change.
- Has strong project management skills and can evaluate and monitor progress effectively.
This role requires a Full UK driving licence, however, we are willing to consider any proposals that would allow you to do the job by other means.
Why Apply?
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to make a real difference in the way Scotland’s land and natural resources are managed. You’ll be working on cutting-edge projects that are not only important for the Cairngorms, but that will also have a wider impact across Scotland. If you’re ready to take on a challenge and contribute to meaningful, sustainable change, we’d love to hear from you.
Additional Information
The standard working week is a 5-day week, Monday to Friday, of 35 hours. Flexible working is available.
How to Apply
Please apply by completing the application form below and sending it to HR@landcommission.gov.scot by 23:59 on 10 November. You will also find a detailed job description, privacy statement and equality statement on this page of our website.
- Please note, CVs will not be accepted. Interviews will be held in Inverness on 25 November.
- We encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates and welcome secondments. It’s essential you have the right to work in the UK before applying to work with us, as we’re currently unable to offer sponsorship.
Community Benefits from Nature Adviser Application Pack
Benefits of working for the Scottish Land Commission
The Scottish Land Commission values its staff and recognises the benefits of supporting staff in their wellbeing and creating a good work-life balance. We are a Scottish Living Wage accredited employer that offers a generous leave allowance of 25 days annual leave per year (increasing to 30 after four years of service) and 11.5 days public holidays. Alongside this we operate flexible working for staff and offer many benefits such as:
- Generous paid maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave allowances
- Fully funded professional accreditation fees needed for your role, where applicable
- Personal and professional development opportunities
- Access to a free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7
- A Cycle to Work Scheme
- A competitive contributory pension scheme with significant employers’ contribution to your pension.
- Flexible working and flexi-time arrangements for all staff
- Salary annual increase in line with the Scottish Government pay policy.
Fair Working Practices Statement
The Scottish Land Commission is committed to advancing the Fair Work First criteria and fair working practices, specifically
- Appropriate channels for effective voice, such as the staff engagement forum and support staff to join a trade union.
- Investment in workforce development through offering opportunities such as modern apprenticeships and maintaining a healthy staff training and development budget.
- No zero hours contracts.
- Action to tackle the gender pay gap and create a more diverse and inclusive workplace.
- Payment of the real Living Wage to all employees.
- Implemented policies and procedures to offer flexible and family friendly working for all workers from day one of employment; and
- Oppose the use of fire and rehire practice.
