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Project Officer
Location: Cronton, Merseyside
Salary: £23,888.55 per annum
Hours: 35 per week (full time)
Contract Type: Fixed term until 30/09/2026
Apply by 1st September 2025
About the role
Based at our Pex Hill Country Park Office in Merseyside, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing a Cheshire and Merseyside mid-week volunteers group and delivering other community engagement environment and wellbeing projects.
Your duties will include organising and delivering high quality, practical conservation projects for volunteers and developing and maintaining partner relationships. There will be a requirement to support the management of budgets and resources, including vehicles, tools and equipment and to maintain safe working practices.
This role will also require the successful candidate to recruit, supervise and manage volunteers to deliver conservation and environmental improvements at a variety of sites for a range of clients. You will need to maintain records of activities and report to funders as required and assist in income generation, where appropriate.
You will have experience of working with volunteers, a wide range of practical conservation skills and the personality, aptitude and experience to share them with volunteers of differing abilities. IT literacy and basic financial skills are required and a driving licence is essential.
For an informal chat, contact Andrew Brookfield on 07740 899 539.
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any during your application. If you would like to discuss your requirements further please contact the People Team via recruitment@tcv.org.uk or by telephone on 01302 388883 . We also offer reasonable adjustments on the job.
A full driving licence is required 'as the post holder has use of a company vehicle'.
This post is subject to an enhanced CRC check.
A full, clean or near clean UK driving licence is required for this post, which has been held for a minimum of one year.
To fulfil the role, you must be resident in the UK and have the right to work in the UK.
A bit more about us
We are The Conservation Volunteers.
Our vision is Better Nature For All.
Our mission is to connect people together to protect and restore nature, delivering lasting benefits for both
Since 1959, The Conservation Volunteers has been a charity creating opportunities for people to create, improve and care for nature in the green spaces around them across the UK.
Our variety of projects cover a bit of everything involving nature. Volunteers muddy their boots in parks, community gardens, woodland, sites of special scientific interest, nature reserves, schools and hospital grounds, helping create a glorious network of protected green space across the UK.
This work connects people with nature, and that connection delivers powerful results.
Join in, feel good.
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It's important to demonstrate that you meet the criteria outlined in the job description.
How to apply
Please submit your completed application form to Andrew Brookfield no later than 11:59pm on 1st September 2025. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early or extend the closing date depending on the number of applicants. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience.
You can download a TCV application form in PDF or Word format.
Interviews will be held on provisionally 8th September 2025 at our Pex Hill Country Park office.
Occasionally, we receive a large number of responses to our advertisements. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date (1st September 2025), please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Thank you for your interest in TCV.
To better understand who is applying for and obtaining roles at TCV, please complete our Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form. You can download this in either PDF or Word format. This information is crucial for identifying and eliminating barriers that may prevent people from joining us. Rest assured, this data will not be part of your application evaluation.
Our goal is to create a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone's individuality is recognised and valued. We believe that embracing diversity helps us achieve our goals more effectively. We welcome applications from all individuals who wish to be part of our future, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer interviews to all applicants who have a disability, impairment or mental or physical health condition who meet the minimum criteria for the job. We provide reasonable adjustments and are committed to having an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
If you wish to be considered under this scheme, please tell us in the appropriate part of the application form.
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any during your application. If you would like to discuss your requirements further please contact the People Team via email or by telephone on 01302 388883. We also offer reasonable adjustments on the job.
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