Wilder Ouse Officer (Sussex Wildlife Trust)
Job Information
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 35
Location: Woods Mill, Henfield
Sussex Wildlife Trust
To deliver our new strategic plan – Our Wild Sussex – we need people with bold and innovative ideas to help us achieve our ambitions for local wildlife and wild places.
We are committed to restoring and protecting at least 30% of Sussex land and sea for nature, inspiring one in four people to take meaningful action for wildlife, building a stronger, more inclusive and diverse organisation, and becoming a net zero and climate resilient organisation.
We are looking for the best and most talented people to join our team and help us deliver this exciting and ambitious strategy. We are keen to hear from you even if you don’t have all the skills and experience outlined in the Job Description but have the potential to grow into a role.
So, if you are someone who is determined to see a Sussex rich in wildlife and you have drive, energy, and commitment to our values of Innovation, Passion, Collaboration, and Inclusion, why not apply now to join our great team, working together to deliver Our Wild Sussex.
The Role
To lead our flagship Wilder Ouse Initiative, bringing together people across the Sussex Ouse landscape to deliver Nature's Recovery, restoring ecological networks, revitalising natural ecosystems, and creating climate resilience. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our amazing ‘Wilder’ Team and to implement leading-edge conservation and rewilding work. You will engage and empower local communities and landowners, work with landscape initiatives, and help Sussex Wildlife Trust implement their Species Recovery Strategy through beaver restoration and other species and habitat works.
The Person
The Wilder Ouse Officer is a person who is passionate about wild nature and a driven individual who can work well as part of our Nature Recovery Team or independently. You will ideally have experience of working with landowners, volunteers, and others to deliver real rehabilitation of the natural world in tangible and practical ways. We are looking for someone who can think big – at the landscape scale – and who can project manage multiple projects and relationships with partners and stakeholders at this scale. There are many amazing opportunities, and you will need to be able to prioritise, innovate, and enable others, so that we can show the positive impacts that we are having. Ideally, you will also be able to use GIS.
Benefits
* 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays each year (pro-rated for part-time staff)
* Pension – company contribution from 6% and employee contribution of 3%
* 2 days paid leave for volunteering each year
* Enhanced Sick Pay
* EAP
For more detailed information, see our what we offer page in the Recruitment Pack.
We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and may close the vacancy early, so please get your application in as soon as possible.
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