Biodiversity Net Gain Specialist - Exeter, United Kingdom - Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts
Description
Closing date:
Sunday 3 September 2023- Salary: £29,671pa plus 7% pension
- Contract type: Fixed term / Working hours: Full time
- Location: Cricklepit Mill, Commercial Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 4ABDWT supporter Jana Fischer
- We have the skills and experience to create grasslands, wetlands, hedgerows, woodlands and more Can you help us to put these skills to good use when Biodiversity Net Gain becomes mandatory this autumn?
Contact details:
Devon Wildlife Trust (DWT) is Devon's leading wildlife conservation charity, with over 36,000 members, 350 regular volunteers, 100 staff and 63 nature reserves.
This is a unique, developmental opportunity for a good problem solver, networker and energetic individual to co-ordinate DWT's response to BNG across the organisation.
You'll need an understanding of the planning system, BNG and habitat creation, as well as being numerate and have good written and project management skills.
You will be a central point of contact for teams across DWT working with developers, landowners, ecologists, surveyors, nature reserves staff and beaver sites.
This role will help to shape the delivery of BNG in Devon, establish appropriate governance and resources within DWT and start to implement projects on the ground.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Agile working arrangements including home working
- Flexitime system
- Contributory pension scheme (conditions apply)
- Death in Service cover
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Training and development opportunities
This is initially offered as a fixed term contract, but it is anticipated that once BNG and associated funding are embedded this will become a permanent post.
The length of the initial fixed term contract will be determined by the working hours, so, for example for 0.8 FTE (4 days per week), the post would be fixed term for one year.
Please state your preferred working hours in your cover letter.Interviews are being held on Thursday 14 September.
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