Landscape Developer - UK and Ireland

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Landscape Developer – UK Ireland 32-40 hours per week | Preferred: Remote within UK or Ireland | One-year contract with possibility of extension Preferred starting date: 1 December 2026 Are you passionate about driving systemic change in landscape restoration through strategic partnerships, finance and fundraising, and collaborative learning? Do you thrive in complex, multi-stakeholder environments and enjoy bridging gaps between funders, governments, and grassroots initiatives? This could be the role for you! About the Role Commonland supports a growing network of landscape scale restoration initiatives across the UK and Ireland. Through long-term, collaborative Learning and Social Lab networks, we aim to strengthen leadership, enhance enabling conditions, and address systemic barriers to holistic landscape restoration and regeneration. This goes beyond one-off workshops: we are working together with our partners to consciously develop multi-year, systemic multistakeholder processes that move from building shared understanding, to experimentation and action, helping key actors tackle root causes of degradation and build regenerative landscapes. This role includes regular travel within the UK and Ireland, with occasional international travel. The impact you make: Support landscape partners across the UK Ireland with direct strategic support and connect with system-level actors (companies, funders, government bodies, foundations, and knowledge institutions). Secure funding and financing mechanisms by unlocking Ireland’s incoming nature restoration law funding and engaging the UK nature finance funding landscape, and matchmaking between finance providers and landscape partners. Co-design innovative responses to systemic barriers to- and opportunities for holistic landscape restoration, leveraging existing relationships to bring about systemic changes. Co-develop a comprehensive fundraising strategy, identifying and mapping UK, Irish, and European public/private funding opportunities. Support landscape partners in developing systemic innovations (e.g., bioregional finance, payment for ecosystem services, learning networks) and scaling credible alternatives to current economic models. Organise learning sessions to build partners’ fundraising and facilitation capacity, aligning with the regions evolving social innovation lab structure. Collaborate with Commonland ’s global learning community to share insights and ensure strategic alignment with the European Landscape restoration community. What You Bring You are someone who: Designs partnerships, programmes and processes : You build processes grounded in ambition to create long-term, holistic and regenerative system change, balancing structure with adaptability. Thinks in systems : Connect themes (e.g., upland dynamics, agri-food innovation), can sit with the discomfort of complexity, and intentionally and attentionally guide others through change. Communicates with empathy and understanding : You listen deeply, build trust across diverse stakeholders, and foster inclusive collaboration with stakeholders. Operates from shared purpose : You connect people, ideas, and interests to unlock collective potential. Learns and adapts : You’re open-minded, curious, and quick to adjust to emerging needs and insights while maintaining the momentum. Results-driven: You combine innovative thinking with structured execution to deliver tangible outcomes. You also bring: Several years experience in partnership development, landscape restoration and/or fundraising with a track record in the UK/Ireland. Solid understanding of the UK/Ireland’s environmental, agricultural, or rural and sustainable development sectors. Strong nature finance funding literacy, including a clear view of where funding and market-based finance mechanisms deliver and where they don't, and interest in regenerative, new economy and bioregional approaches. Fluency in English ; additional bioregional languages (e.g., Welsh, Irish