Tor to Shore Farm Adviser

The Farm Adviser will work with farmers and landowners across the Tor to Shore project area to build trusted relationships and support nature-friendly farming. The role focuses on identifying sustainable land management opportunities, supporting wildlife and river recovery while maintaining food production, and helping access schemes such as ELMS and EWCO. It includes on-farm engagement, landscape-scale collaboration, and managing grants and funding applications to support farm improvements.

Cornwall Wildlife Trust is currently recruiting a Farm Adviser to work with farmers and landowners in the Tor to Shore project area to understand their businesses, identify nature-friendly farming opportunities and build long-term working relationships, promoting the vital role of farmers and landowners within the Tor to Shore project. This work aims to facilitate the implementation of sustainable land management practices and enable the recovery of wildlife on farms and in rivers, while maintaining food production.

Through Tor to Shore, as well as schemes such Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMS) and England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO), there are many opportunities for landowners to reduce pressures on land and enhance natural areas through management and planting (e.g. soil sampling, nutrient management plans, agroforestry and silviculture). There are also many landowners who want to create and enhance habitats across the catchment, and we are here to help with this.

The role will require a strong communicator who is happy to spend time on farms, building relationships and finding mutually beneficial solutions for wildlife, water and farming – with a landscape recovery focus. The work will include responsibility for capital grants and funding applications, to part-fund farm improvements.

This is a part time (22.5 hours per week), 5-year fixed term role, subject to confirmation of funding.

Benefits:

• Cornwall Wildlife Trust operates excellent toil and flexible working policies
• Enhanced company holiday entitlement – starting at 25 days plus bank holidays and rising to a maximum 30 days over a period of time (1 day extra for each year worked after 4 complete years served)
• Christmas Business Closure for 2026
• All employees have access to the Employee Assistance Programme (24/7 counselling service) and Employee health and wellbeing portal
• Free onsite parking at Five Acres
• Stakeholder pension scheme (subject to eligibility)

We reserve the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if we receive suitable applicants.

First round of interviews are planned for Tuesday 3 March 2026, this can be subject to change.