Manage local operations teams across Orkney and Shetland and wider Northern Scotland Area. Provide advice and support on casework development such as developments impacting designated sites and onshore windfarms and onshore elements of offshore windfarms. Provide advice and support to national operations on Aquaculture developments including input to EMPs. Represent NatureScot on Partnership Projects including Landscape projects and Wildlife Management Projects. Advise on HRAs and SSSI consenting. Provide advice on Nature-based solutions, Sustainable land management and Biodiversity enhancement. Manage contracts and projects. Procurement and tendering. Advocate and provide advice for River Restoration and Natural Flood Management.

Managed the Eden Rivers Trust river restoration strategy, part of the the Award winning Cumbria River Restoration Strategy (UK River Restoration Prize and 2022 European 2022 River Prize winning project)Line management of conservation teamDesign and advise on freshwater fisheries management and survey requirementsDevelop strategy and deliver a programme of river restoration and NFM projectProject and contractor managementDevelop and advise on wider catchment managementWork in partnership with other sectors such as utilities and GovernmentReport writingFunding bid writing - track record of successFeed into business planning as part of management team

Undertook both freshwater and coastal fisheries surveys including electrofishing, habitat surveys, FWPM surveys, Invertebrate surveys and coastal seine netting to guide aquaculture development. Habitat improvement works such as catchment planting and green engineering. Writing of survey reports and production of GIS maps to guide advice and inform report writing for commercial contracts such as post construction windfarm monitoring within freshwater environment