Biodiversity Initiatives Officer, Industrial - Perth, United Kingdom - Perth & Kinross Council

Perth & Kinross Council

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Perth, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

LOCATION:
Pullar House 35 Kinnoull Street Perth, PH1 5GD

SALARY:
£30,727 - £33,843 per year

CONTRACT TYPE:
Temporary

POSITION TYPE:
Full Time

HOURS:
36 hours per week

£30,727 - £33,843
Pullar House, 35 Kinnoull Street, Perth

You will be assisting in the development of a biodiversity and climate action business parks and industrial estates project across Perth and Kinross.

This will involve co-ordinating and facilitating organisations and businesses within an agreed programme to actively participate in the care of the environment, together with an understanding of environmental issues and biodiversity by exploring and developing best practice.

You will have the opportunity to survey and map each site to create a working framework of potential improvements and enhancements, highlighting habitat and wildlife corridors into the wider countryside or area and checking species databases to discover which species are present.

You will assist each business park or industrial estate in setting up a Volunteer Green Team to raise the staff skill base and active volunteering on each site by way of planning workshops and training days to engage them; then helping to prepare tailored Biodiversity & Climate Action Plans, assisting in the delivery of these plans.

There will be a particular focus on enhancing SuDS (sustainable urban drainage) ponds, as well as any need for swales or new raingarden projects.

There will be an opportunity to work with others to widen the project to enable the PKC Climate Change team to advise businesses on sustainability and zero carbon options.

For purposes of connection and collaboration with colleagues and with the community we serve, our full-time employees work on site for a minimum of 2 days per week with the arrangements for part time employees being agreed on a basis which will ensure that they benefit to an equivalent degree.

Our FAQs on hybrid working can be found here Hybrid working FAQs.

We are committed to being a more inclusive employer - to ensure we can consider any reasonable adjustments, please either contact the recruiting manager to discuss any individual circumstances, discuss at interview or, if you prefer, after any conditional offer is made.

Requirements:

Your skills, abilities and experience should include:

Significant, appropriate experience in a work-related discipline with proven experience in the areas relevant to the post.
Experience in successfully delivering environmental improvement projects/schemes, including an understanding of Health & Safety legislation and preparation of Risk Assessments.
Experience and understanding of working with the business or voluntary sector, involving a wide range of people in local decisionmaking.
Knowledge of biodiversity (especially species and habitats, including nature networks and habitat connections).
Experience of developing and maintaining positive working relationships with a wide variety of people, from business owners, managers and their staff to local authority staff, from environmental NGOs to individual local community members.
Experience of developing management plans and/or Action Plans, incorporating feedback from the businesses and staff themselves to ensure workable ontheground projects that suit all audiences.
Experience in organising involvement in national biological surveys and campaigns, together with experience of basic biodiversity data collection, collation and analysis.
Knowledge and understanding of working with people from a variety of backgrounds and interests.
Experience of contributing to or running workshops, webinars and conferences.
Experience in innovative delivery to achieve results.
Articulate with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to cope calmly with all situations.
Experience of preparing copy for different publications including E-News, social media and endofproject reporting.
Proven experience in the areas relevant to the post.
Knowledge of working with the voluntary sector and successfully delivering environmental improvement projects/schemes.
Knowledge of biodiversity (especially species and habitats, including habitat connections) including experience of basic biodiversity data collection, collation and analysis.
Excellent organisational and PR skills with the ability to manage a diverse workload, prioritise tasks and meet deadlines.
Computer literate and proficient in Microsoft Office Word and Excel.
Experience using GIS/StoryMap (or willingness to undergo training).
You must have a valid driving licence as this post requires you to travel to a variety of locations across Perth and Kinross.

The Individual:

Please APPLY ONLINE. Facilities are available at all public libraries in Perth and Kinross. If you have a disability and require reasonable adjustments, please call to discuss.

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