Senior Conservation Officer
Reference: DEC20241814
Location: Home based with the option of working from the charity's Brighton office
Salary: £38,389.00 - £41,212.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance and Annual Leave
Contract: Maternity cover for up to 12 months
Hours: Full Time
What is the role about?
Our client, a conservation charity is looking for a Senior Conservation Officer to lead a small team delivering a wide range of work to save priority species (particularly turtle doves) and habitats (deciduous woodland, coastal and wetland). Key delivery tools include planning casework, advocating good conservation practice across landscapes, working with partners, leading projects, empowering people to save nature, and land management and species advisory work. This role has a vitally important external element, building positive relationships with key partners and stakeholders so that collective policies and messages are understood and furthered.
Significant development and people pressure in the South-East is a threat and an opportunity, therefore, engaging with development and strategies to protect nature from detrimental development, mitigating recreational disturbance and driving people-powered nature recovery will be key. The charity is committed to increasing equalit...