Venn Group

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Agricultural Liaison Officer

Venn Group are looking for an Agricultural Liaison Officer to work within a leading engineering company in Birmingham, helping deliver the major rail project HS2.

Location: Birmingham

Rate: Negotiable

Length: Ongoing

The role will predominantly involve:

• Assist with protocol development with relevant agricultural content and assist with review of draft text for agricultural and soil, assessments and mitigation measures, ensuring the information is accurate and complete. This covers a wide range stages of design, including EIA, GI and detailed design

• Support the agriculture and soil manager on scoping, tendering and project managing those routewide activities undertaken by consultants, such as surveys and ongoing design

• Work closely with the delivery teams and other project elements including consultancy teams

• Organise, attend and organise follow up meetings with farmers' landowners and rural businesses and facilitate meaningful engagement with stakeholders including NFU, CAAV, CAV and land agents

• Work with delivery teams in developing consistent approaches including land access, surveys and works likely to affect stakeholders

• Work with delivery teams to develop event materials that provide information to stakeholders with special focus on agriculture, to ensure stakeholders can make informed responses to consultation

• Continue to develop professionally, maintaining technical competencies and identifying opportunities for learning new skills in order to meet work objectives more effectively

Essential Skills/Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in a relevant environmental subject

• Master's degree in a relevant subject area is beneficial

• Working towards chartership by a relevant body

• Experience of communicating, project managing and negotiating with a wide range of multidisciplinary stakeholders such as Agencies, Environment / Engineering specialists and external engagement with stakeholders including farmers, landowners and organisations including NFU, CAAV CAV, Defra and Natural England

• Knowledge of agriculture legislation, policy and best practice guidance across a range of areas including agricultural and soil assessment and management

• Technical expertise in agriculture; for example, the Agricultural Land Classification system, agriculture and soil inputs to EIA, and land restoration

• Experience dealing with agricultural and soil issues on construction projects at the options, EIA, design and construction stages

• Experience developing pragmatic analysis and mitigation strategies

• Understanding of mitigation measure design and implementation

To find out more about this role or to apply please contact Dan Ashcroft or Lawrence Maddox on <phone number removed> or alternatively reply to this email with your up to date CV.

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