Nature Recovery Officer (Maternity Cover)
Salary £ 26,104 - £29,165 FTE
Folly Farm
Vacancy listed 19/06/2025
Application deadline 08/07/2025
Details
Overall purpose of job: 

To support nature’s recovery through the conservation and restoration of habitats in the Pollinator Pathways project area, on Avon Wildlife Trust’s (AWT) nature reserves and the wider landscape.  

Engage local communities and landowners in nature recovery projects.

 
Main responsibilities:

·         To deliver AWTs Pollinator Pathways project, providing habitat creation and enhancement advice to farmers, landowners and communities within the project area

·         Supporting AWT’s goals for landscape-scale species and habitat restoration projects, by working with colleagues, partners, and landowners to improve connectivity and provide long-term ecological resilience across priority landscapes.

·         Providing habitat creation & enhancement advice to farmers/landowners and community groups.

·         Supporting habitat improvements on Nature Reserves within the project area.

·         Conducting ecological surveys to guide land management advice and decisions.

·         Administer a small existing capital works funding pot to enable habitat works to take place. Offering advice on other funding opportunities. 

·         Working with contractors to targets and reporting progress related to works completed and engagements.

·         Ensure the highest levels of competence and health and safety of all staff, placements, contractors, and volunteers involved in land management.

·         Supporting the promotion of wider conservation issues and AWT by working with the communications team, and assisting with AWT events for members and local communities.

·         Supporting the development of similar future projects and funding bids.

Benefits

Pension Scheme (enhanced employer contribution)
Employee Assistance Programme
Life Assurance
Charity Workers Discount Scheme
Hybrid working
Volunteering and learning opportunities
Holiday allocation
Enhanced sick pay

Notes

PLEASE READ BELOW BEFORE CONTINUING: Please ensure you have completed an application form (found on: https://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/jobs/) before continuing. You will be asked to upload this document.

This portal expires for editing after 24 hours, If you have been locked out of editing your application, you may send your completed documents to hr@avonwildlifetrust.org.uk. If you have any issues submitting your application, please email hr@avonwildlifetrust.org.uk.

Selection process
Application and selection is through a three-step process.

Step 1 – Apply by filling in the application form, please fill this out paying particular attention to the details of your relevant experience, knowledge and skills, which is used for shortlisting against the person specification. It is best not to assume prior knowledge and higher scoring is more likely if you explain carefully why you meet the person specification in the Job Description.

This process will produce a shortlist of candidates.

CVs may be supplied as additional information but will not be used for initial shortlisting, rather used in subsequent steps.

Deadline: 11:59pm Tuesday 8th July 2025.

Step 2 – Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an online interview by an initial selection panel. First interviews will be on Monday 21st July 2025.

Step 3 – Second interview for leading candidates will be in person on Monday 28th July 2025

(Please let us know in your application if you are unable to make any of these dates - we may be able to arrange a suitable alternative)

Attached documents
Title File
Application Form Nature_Recovery_Officer_(Maternity_Cover)_-_Application_Form.docx
Job Description Nature_Recovery_Officer_(Maternity_Cover)_-_Job_Description.pdf
Equality & Diversity Monitoring Nature_Recovery_Officer_(Maternity_Cover)_-_Equality_and_Diversity_Monitoring_2025.docx
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