Bring your environmental passion for rivers to life!
The South East Rivers Trust has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual who is keen to join in river and catchment enhancement work - making a positive, lasting difference to the aquatic environment in the south east of England. This role will primarily be based in the west of the region working on the Wey, Lodden, Maidenhead and Teddington catchments.
About Us
The South East Rivers Trust (SERT) is the river restoration charity for the South East of England. Our vision is that rivers across the South East are clean, healthy and rich in biodiversity. Our mission is to restore and protect rivers and their catchments against multiple threats and a dramatically changing climate. We do this by:
* delivering evidence-based and nature-based solutions on land and in rivers
* inspiring and empowering more people to protect rivers for the future
Working at SERT is rewarding, fulfilling and busy. We work collaboratively and with passion, reflected in our core values of delivering high quality work, using expertise and scientific understanding, building good and effective relationships, and bringing positive energy to all we do. With rivers and catchments needing serious action to survive, our aims are growth and impact – so you’ll be comfortable with challenges and excited by change. If this sounds like an environment that you would thrive in, we would love to hear from you.
The Role
Working within our growing Restoring Rivers & Catchments team, you will contribute to our portfolio of ambitious and bold projects, based on sound science and best practice. You will assist with developing and delivering a range of river restoration and habitat enhancement projects, from conception to development, design to delivery and monitoring.
Working alongside the project officers, the role has many facets that will expose you to a wide range of activities, furthering your career in implementing environmental enhancement schemes.
Projects typically include weir removals, fish passage easements (such as rock ramps, nature-like bypasses or technical fish passes) and river re-naturalisation (such as habitat enhancements, reconnecting floodplains & palaeochannels, re-meandering, and backwater creation). Other catchment management projects may include wetland creation, Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) and Natural Flood Management (NFM) measures.
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for someone who has a real passion for improving our rivers, some of which are rare chalk streams, and wants to be involved in the planning and physical delivery of these projects across the South East of England. You will be a self-starter, who can work independently, as well as part of a team, and is happy to be outside in all weathers enabling these projects to come to life. This is a valuable opportunity to shadow experienced staff while building your knowledge and experience of river processes, restoration techniques and ecology.
Please see the full Assistant Project Officer job description for more information.
* Hours: full time 37.5 hours per week
* Permanent Position
* Hybrid working (on site, at home and in the Leatherhead office)
How to apply:
Please send the following documents to jobs@southeastriverstrust.org:
* Your CV
* A completed SERT Application for Employment
* Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form (optional)
The deadline for application is 11:59pm on 19th April 2025. We reserve the right to close the recruitment early.
Interviews will take place on Friday 25th April 2025.
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