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Senior Project Officer
Location: Hailsham, East Sussex
Term: Fixed term until 31/03/2025
Hours: 21 per week
Salary: £14,414.40 per annum (£24,024 FTE)
The Conservation Volunteers connects people and green spaces to deliver lasting outcomes for both.
About the role
Based at the Wealden District Council office in Hailsham and working along the Cuckoo Trail but attached to the TCV Office in Hastings. This exciting role supports TCV in enabling people and communities to improve their health, prospects and outdoor places. We have an outstanding track record of delivering conservation, community and health projects across Sussex and we want to build on this whilst continuing to meet the needs of our diverse communities, existing and potential partners and becoming a beacon of best practice for us nationally.
This role, working 21 hours per week, is focused on delivering an outstanding volunteering experience for our participants & volunteers in Wealden District.
You will be a strong team player with a can-do approach, bringing creativity and innovation to the team.
The post holder will support the East Sussex Team Leader in delivering the TCV Strategic Plan including business development and fundraising.
The post holder's role will include:
- Set up and run two Green Gym sessions per week working along the Cuckoo Trail, ensuring participants receive an excellent volunteering experience.
Set up and lead a weekly Health Walk along the Cuckoo Trail with a view to creating a sustainable community led walking project.
- Marketing to enable the project's success and significantly raise our profile in the vicinity.
- Recruiting and developing Volunteer Officers to support the project.
- Supporting the East Sussex Team Leader in delivering TCV's Strategic Plan including business development and fundraising.
Experience required:
- Co-ordinating volunteers.
- Planning and leading practical conservation projects.
- Working with partner organisations to deliver community projects.
- Working with & engaging the local community.
- Knowledge of practical conservation skills and countryside management. It would be a bonus to have an understanding of health & wellbeing.
- The ability to communicate effectively with people with varying abilities and levels of influence.
The Conservation Volunteers supports a flexible approach to determining the actual days and hours worked by the post holder, although they will be expected to remain flexible with their workdays, as delivery times may vary from week to week and may include occasional weekend and evening work.
The successful candidate will have previous experience of working with volunteers and community groups. Knowledge of practical conservation skills, countryside management issues and community engagement. Our projects work with volunteers and people with a wide variety of ages, abilities, and backgrounds. The successful candidate is likely to have experience of working with many sectors of the community delivering diverse activities.
The post holder will work in partnership with Wealden District Council staff and as part of The Conservation Volunteers team which runs the TCV Hastings office and delivers outreach work across Sussex. We are a small team of staff & volunteers, supporting each other on all areas of work.
A full driving licence (for a manual transmission vehicle) is essential, (which has been held for a minimum of one year), as the post holder will have access to a TCV van.
A full, clean or near clean UK driving licence is required for this post, which has been held for a minimum of one year.
A bit more about us
We are The Conservation Volunteers.
Our vision is Healthier, Happier Communities for Everyone. We believe that green spaces are an essential part of healthy, happy communities.
Our mission is To Connect People and Green Spaces to Deliver Lasting Outcomes for Both.
The opportunity to connect to nature on your doorstep and contribute to its protection should be available to everyone.
The outcomes of our work:
Environment: Green spaces are created, protected and improved, for nature and for people.
Communities: Communities are stronger, working together to improve the places where people live and tackle the issues that matter to them.
Health & Wellbeing: People improve their physical and mental health & wellbeing, by being outdoors, active and connected with others.
Learning & Skills: People improve their confidence, skills and prospects, through learning inspired by the outdoors.
Join in, feel good.
How to apply
You can download an application form in Adobe Acrobat format or Word format and you can download a full job description for this post here.
Alternatively you can request an application pack via email
Completed applications forms must be returned to Tim Hills by email by 29/04/2024.
Closing date for completed applications is 9am 29/04/2024
Please note
Interviews will be held on 03 May 2024 at at our Hastings office
Unfortunately, due to the necessity to keep our costs down we are not able to respond to everyone who applies to our vacancies.
Therefore, if you do not hear from us by 2 weeks of the closing date (29/04/2024), please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Benefits
There are a wide range of benefits on offer at TCV.
Health and wellbeing
We want the experience of working for TCV to be a positive one, and to have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of our employees. We will strive to create an environment where our people are physically and emotionally supported to enable them to give their best and be well people.
Always happy to talk about flexible working
We support employees to work flexibly in different ways in both formal and informal flexible working arrangements. We don't promise we can offer you what you want, but we are always happy to talk about flexible working. In the interview process we'll discuss this more with you.
Equal Opportunities
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.
Criminal Record Check
This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Check.
As this post requires a Criminal Record Check, please view TCV's Ex-Offender Policy.
Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Children
Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, and all employees are required to act in such a way that always safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults. Familiarisation with, and adherence to, the organisational Safeguarding policies and procedures is an essential requirement of all employees, as is participation in related mandatory training.
Right to Work in the UK checks
Regardless of your nationality, you will be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK during our recruitment process. Should you be successful in proceeding to the interview stage, you will required to bring your documents with you for checking and copying.
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