Biodiversity Officer - Llandrindod Wells, United Kingdom - Powys County Council

Powys County Council

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Llandrindod Wells, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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About the role:

About you:

A passion for connecting people with nature and developing realistic and sustainable actions to support its recovery.
Enthusiasm and the ability to communicate effectively, to engage a range of audiences, from community groups to partner organisations, Council officers and the Powys Nature Partnership.
Be able to work under own initiative, to organise a varied workload and to collaborate with a wider team to achieve the best outcomes.

What you will do:

Engage communities, businesses, public bodies and others in local activity that can help enable a longterm, sustainable difference to nature recovery across Powys (excluding Bannau Brycheiniog National Park). This will include engagement events.
Work alongside the Nature Recovery Officer and liaise with the Powys Nature Partnership to identify activities that will deliver against the Powys Nature Recovery Action Plan.
Directly manage and oversee delivery of nature recovery projects, liaising with contractors and volunteers.
Support delivery of projects and activities within the Local Places for Nature fund and report against grant requirements. Seek external funds for initiatives that are outside the scope of the programme
Advise and support council officers and town and community councils in their implementation of their duties under section 6 of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016.

Job Types:
Full-time, Fixed term contract

Pay:
£29,777.00-£31,364.00 per year

Benefits: