Senior Catchment Officer

What will you be doing?

Key Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate and lead on the delivery of Portsmouth Water catchment incentive schemes (Farmer Capital Grant Scheme and ‘Payments for Ecosystem Services’ scheme) that rewards farmers in target catchments for adopting farming practices which result in lower nutrient and pesticide losses to water.
• Gain a thorough understanding of each catchment; identify and prioritise water quality risks. This includes assisting with the delivery of the catchment walkover programme.
• Key Catchment Management and agronomy lead contact for the Company.
• Delivery of solo and joint farm engagements visits with Catchment Officer and Natural England’s Catchment Sensitive Farming Officer, which may include close proximity to livestock.
• Provide agronomic advice and support on nutrient, manure and soil management measures to farmers and relevant landowners.
• Support the development, facilitat...