Supporting the development of the Local Nature Recovery Strategy for Bedfordshire.Providing landscape advice within the West Anglia Team of Natural England.

I work as part of a small, multi-disciplinary team developing natural capital evidence and advice and supporting its application on the ground. We work closely with other disciplines, such as social science, economics and with evaluation specialists to provide practical, evidence-based tools and advice that makes a difference to decision-making on the ground, improving England’s environment for people and nature. We work across Natural England, applying natural capital to a wide range of work areas, including strategic planning, health and wellbeing, nature recovery, economic development and across terrestrial and marine environments. We also work closely with other organisations, such as Defra and other Government Departments, on new research to improve the natural capital evidence base and to develop guidance on the inclusion of natural capital in policy. We aim to mainstream evidence about nature in decisions across Government so that we can have greatest impact.

I provide specialist landscape advice mostly at a strategic level, targeting designated landscapes, landscape designations, local delivery and outcomes, reporting and developing integrated landscape projects, landscape evidence, landscape learning and development, leading our landscape networks whilst supporting and advocating other Natural England networks and partnerships.As Project Manager for the Surrey Hills AONB Boundary Review project I have delivered the boundary review project through the evidence gathering stages and statutory consultation. I also have been Project Manager covering the start of the Chilterns AONB Boundary Review Project. I lead my teams input to the National Character Area profile refresh project, also advising on the development of the NCA database, which is integral to the delivery of the Defra 25 YEP and its indicator for ‘changes in landscape and waterscape character’. I have developed and led the Defra wide Landscape Network, and continue to promote the use of our wide range of strategic landscape evidence.I provide national team support for our Area Teams in Norfolk and Suffolk and West Anglia with landscape related casework, learning and development and technical requirements.I support colleagues, both with their understanding of landscape, natural capital and ecosystem services by developing evidence and training opportunities that supported and enhanced our delivery both internally and externally with partners and stakeholders.By working in partnership with others, both internally and externally I support the team by advocating and championing Natural England's landscape ambition and agenda along with integrated working and the outcomes approach for our landscape scale delivery that supported our aims and objectives for the natural environment.

As part of Natural England's Conservation Strategy Facilitation team I provide advice and support to Natural England's Area Teams as they develop focus area plans, encouraging the objectives within them to be integrated, shaped by others and deliverable. I help set up working relationships and partnerships across national and Area Teams to assist long-term collaboration and shared learning on Conservation 21 delivery and focus area needs. This includes having an overview of issues within and across focus areas to bring together teams with similar issues or potential for learning around solutions. I aim to identify where piloting some of the initiatives Natural England's national teams are working on would help Area Teams, as well as informing national teams. I look to identify future projects that could be taken forward by national teams to support Area Teams. I lead the facilitation team on issues relating to landscape, and provide support across the facilitation team on landscape matters.

My role as a Lead Adviser in the Natural England Norfolk and Suffolk Team involved providing specialist landscape advice, targeting Natural England's local delivery, reporting and developing integrated landscape and biodiversity projects and partnerships, leading on the National Character Area profiles and providing local account management for our protected landscapes in Suffolk (the Suffolk Coast and Heaths and Dedham Vale AONBs). I supported the Norfolk and Suffolk team and Natural England by providing landscape, ecosystem services and natural capital advise in relation to our outcome related delivery. I actively promoted the work of the team, helping support colleagues with their understanding of our diverse landscapes, ecosystem services and natural capital by developing evidence within the organisation. By working in partnership with others, both internally and externally I advocated and championed sustainable landscape scale delivery to support Natural England's aims, objectives and outcomes for the natural environment.I also engaged with the Suffolk and Norfolk Biodiversity Information Services, the Wild Anglia Local Nature Partnership and New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership, Suffolk Coast and Heaths, Dedham Vale and Norfolk Coast AONB Partnerships, The Broads Authority, Suffolk and Norfolk Wildlife Trusts and English Heritage.

Post duties:Providing landscape and biodiversity advice, targeting NE delivery, reporting and developing integrated landscape and biodiversity projects and partnerships, primarily focusing delivery across Suffolk, Essex and South Norfolk including the Brecks.Developing evidence, guidance and tools to be used by local teams, external partners, stakeholders and local communities. This includes, authoring the National Character Areas Profiles for NCA 80, 82, 83, 85 and 86. Advocate and champion landscape and biodiversity issues, supporting colleagues and partners with their understanding of landscape and biodiversity matters. Provide support to the East of England Landscape Forum/Landscape East with its work to help deliver the European Landscape Convention Action Plan and engage on a regular basis with the Suffolk Biodiversity Partnership, and Suffolk Local Records Centre, the Wild Anglia Local Nature Partnership, Brecks Biodiversity Partnership, Suffolk Coast and Heaths and the Dedham Vale AONB Partnerships, Suffolk Wildlife Trust and English Heritage.Support the Landscape, Heritage Environment and Geodiversity Community of Practice as their secretariat and am also member of the NE Woodland Specialist Network.

Post duties:Develop integrated objectives for the East of England’s National Character Areas, working with regional and national colleagues.Advocate and champion landscape issues in the East of England, supporting colleagues understanding of landscape issues, developing and supporting the development of landscape evidence and working in partnership with others.Support East of England Landscape Forum/Landscape East and its work to help deliver the European Landscape Convention Action Plan and promote the Integrated Regional Landscape Framework (IRLF) and associated tools including; developing integrated objectives for the Regional Landscape Character Typology. Lead on the development of the IRLF user guide and Landscape East website to promote and explain the value of the IRLF.Provide support on AONB boundary variations through delivering associated Landscape Character Assessments.Work in collaboration on complex casework and planning projects. Support casework outside of AONB designations acting as Specialist Adviser on landscape or the conduit for specialist advice.

Post duties: To undertake practical work by implementing the annual maintenance programme and carry out or commission maintenance works and supervise contracted staff.Make regular inspections of the site and monitor the site condition, all site management activity and secure feedback from participants.Manage and carry out the delivery of the site tenancy programme.Assist all site users (individual tenants, community groups, social enterprise organisations, schools and visitors) with site related issues.Coordinate regular site conservation volunteering activities, with individuals, groups and organisations including BTCV, Nottingham City Council and corporate organisations in association with Business in the Community.Support and assist Groundwork Greater Nottingham, HLF Project Consortium members and the main contractor, in the delivery of the £2.5M - Heritage Lottery Funded St Anns Allotments Regeneration Project. The project restored and regenerated the Historic Grade 2* listed Hungerhill Gardens, which are Europe’s oldest and largest surviving site of ‘Victorian detached town gardens’, now used as allotments incorporating 670 individual pleasure and wildlife gardens covering 35 hectares / 70 acres in the heart of Nottingham. Coordinate public site heritage open days, together with other site related activities, events and communications.Support, advise and provide practical support in garden design and conservation management to individuals, community groups and school groups.Promote the organisation, its partners and their work to the media (TV, Radio, and Press). Appearances included; BBC Gardeners World and The One Show.Coordinate environmental and horticultural education sessions, with local schools (primary and junior). Develop funding bids to support site related works.

Supervising and co-ordinating environmental education sessions. The post involved creating and maintaining the school’s project garden and running weekly practical sessions, focusing on the environment and local wildlife, growing food, healthy eating and healthy life styles.

Landscape Architect managing a wide range of environmental improvement projects across the central midlands region.Projects:Jacksons Field Mansfield: Managing the landscape contract and site works for the redevelopment of an urban park with close involvement of local community groups.Warsop Miners Welfare: Managing landscape contract and onsite works for environmental improvements to a local centre including a pocket park for community recreation.Sherwood Business Park: Managing and administering the landscape maintenance contract for this large-scale corporate business park.Portland College Trail: Design of a woodland trail for use by groups with disabled clients.Tichfield Park: Planning For Real exercise to generate public interest and to guide design solutions for an urban park environmental redevelopment programme.Rainworth Water Open Space: Managing the landscape contract and site works for a pocket park and wildlife corridor development within rural town in north Nottinghamshire.

Landscape Architect working on a wide range of projects across the United Kingdom.Projects:Kempshott Park Basingstoke: Design and Layout of the landscape infrastructure for a new housing development. Detailing planning and legal agreement drawings, play area design, structure planting and open recreational space design.RAF Alconbury: Landscape and visual impact assessment for the proposed redevelopment of this 1100 acre former RAF base for business and leisure uses.Daimler Green Coventry: Landscape design for a development including 1000 new houses, with play space design and sports and leisure allocation. Wallbrook Housing Association: Design of the external spaces and private gardens for a new sustainable office development in Derby.Prestbury Road Fields: Development of an environmental statement for housing and highways development in Cheltenham, including a landscape and visual assessment.Copcut Lane Droitwich: Visual impact assessment for a proposed housing and commercial development.Rothwell Employment Sites. The design of mixed use office and industrial space with motorway service area and parkland, situated off the A45 in Northamptonshire.Hampshire Energy From Waste: Landscape and visual impact assessment and design of the external spaces for a waste incinerator / power station at a riverside location. Oadby Grange: Consultation and design for a wildlife corridor park in Leicestershire.

Landscape Architect working on, a wide range of projects in Nottingham.Projects:The National Ice Centre: Design of the public square and associated highway development and external spaces for this major City recreation development. Bestwood Millennium Green: Open space parkland development for local communities.Southside of the City redevelopment scheme: Redevelopment of urban canal side.Victoria Shopping Centre Roof Garden Development: City centre roof top garden design, developed on world cultural themes, involving local residents groups. Claremont School: Playground redevelopment for a city centre primary school.Bigwood School Sensory Garden: Garden design/establishment with voluntary groups.Lindum Grove Pocket Play Park: Design of a Local Area for Play for community recreation.

Volunteer Project Worker/Assistant Supervisor.

(Temporary position cover). Manage and develop a range of landscape and environmental improvement projects in Nottinghamshire.

Manage and develop a range of landscape, heritage and environmental improvement projects in Lincoln.

Manage and develop a range of landscape proposal projects for Greenwich Park London.