Biodiversity Projects Officer

Permanent contract - 37 hours per week - £34,834 - £38,223 per annum

If you want to be involved in managing special places for wildlife and making a real difference to how people use and enjoy our greenspaces, this role is for you.

As Biodiversity Projects Officer, you will manage, maintain and develop Malvern Hills District Council’s nature reserves and wider conservation projects, working with other teams within the Council as well as external project partners.

Your skills, knowledge and experience of biodiversity enhancement, habitat management, monitoring, environmental education or training, community engagement, working with volunteer groups and partner organisations and funding generation will be key in delivering our environmental ambitions. 

You will need to be an excellent project manager with demonstrable time and budget management skills, and a track record of similar project delivery. 

A motivated self-starter, you will be quick to forge strong working relationships with a range of internal and external partners and generate results on the ground.

The role will sit within the joint Heritage Service, a team of natural and historic built environment specialists working across the two Council areas. This post will be based in Malvern. 

About you 

The successful candidate will have:

• Significant work experience in one or more of the following:
  1. Biodiversity enhancement and habitat management
  2. Habitat and species monitoring
  3. Environmental Education/training
  4. Partnership/ Community Engagement
  5. Managing volunteer and volunteer groups
  6. External fund raising and programme management
• Demonstrable evidence of successful implementation on a range of projects
• Experience of applying for and delivering against Countryside Stewardship Agreements
• Good administration and project management skills
• Evidence of constructive partnership working in challenging situations
• Evidence of bringing diverse partners together to achieve community and biodiversity benefits together
• Ability to co-ordinate a large number of initiatives
• Sensitivity, tact and political awareness in dealing with a range of partners
• Experience of securing external funding

What we can offer 

Our staff are at the heart of what we do, and as a result we are always looking to recruit, develop and retain the very best talent we can find.  So, as well as a rewarding career, we offer a range of attractive benefits, such as:

• Excellent pension scheme with employer contributions
• Generous annual leave entitlement with options to purchase additional annual leave
• Committed training programme and development opportunities
• Onsite nursery with 20% staff discount
• Discounted Gym and swim membership
• Health and Wellbeing support and a Free Employee Assistance scheme including access to counselling services
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee Discounts with a range of companies including EE and the Kaarp discount scheme.

We are an employer that supports agile working and values face to face communication, collaboration and connection, therefore all our roles have an office-based requirement as part of the role.

To discuss the post or for further information, please call Liz Etheridge, Senior Environment Officer on 01386 565217.

Closing date: 8 September 2024

Interview date: 18 September 2024

Please note if we experience a high intake of applications, we may close the role and interview for the position sooner than advertised.

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