Location: Orford Ness, Orford Quay, Woodbridge, IP12 2NU
Contract Type: Permanent / full-time
Reference/IRC: IRC162026
Closing Date: 6th April 2025
Salary: £26,793 per annum
We’re looking for a Volunteer and Community Officer to join our team at Orford Ness, engaging with our visitors, volunteers, local communities and stakeholders about the impact of disturbance to wildlife, particularly Lesser Black-backed Gulls. You’ll build strong relationships along the river, sharing your love of conservation to highlight the importance of this fragile nesting community.
You’ll also be the property’s volunteer lead, recruiting, inspiring and motivating the volunteers who are essential to our work.
This role is required to work with vulnerable groups including children and any offer of employment or volunteering is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
What it's like:
Wild, remote, and exposed, Orford Ness is ranked as among the most important shingle features in the world, where rare and fragile wildlife thrive. Internationally recognised for its wildlife, it also has a fascinating history as a secret 20th century military testing facility.
What you'll be doing:
Working alongside a LBBG Ranger and a team of volunteers, you will create and deliver an engagement campaign to protect, monitor and help increase the breeding population of Lesser black-backed gulls on Orford Ness; an amber-listed species in the UK Birds of Conservation Concern.
You’ll play a key role in delivering strong messaging to promote the work being undertaken to increase protection for this important species, alongside the wider work on Orford Ness and the National Trust. You’ll convey conservation messaging in an engaging manner and have a real interest in the protection of wildlife.
You’ll play a key role in volunteering, working with regional and national colleagues to promote volunteering opportunities, recruit and manage a team of volunteers, and act as a main contact for all volunteering matters.
Due to the location of the site, you’ll need to be comfortable working on/near water and be happy to train towards boating qualifications.
Who we're looking for:
1. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and experience of engaging with a variety of audiences.
2. Experience of working with visitors and able to think on your feet to resolve issues on the spot.
3. A team-player, able to collaborate with other departments, ensuring our community engagement strategy aligns with our operational needs.
4. Able to represent the Trust externally, building good relationships with the local community and key stakeholders.
5. Confident on and around water.
6. Full UK Driving licence.
7. Experienced in creating and delivering engagement plans.
8. Experienced working with volunteers and members of the public.
Apply: IRC162026 - Volunteering & Community Officer
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