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Project Officer
Location: Croydon, London
Salary: £23,888.55 per annum plus London Weighting £3,882 per annum
Hours: 35 per week (full time)
Contract Type: Permanent
Apply by 31st August 2025
About the role
You will be joining a small team tasked with delivering corporate volunteering days across London, this post having specific responsibility for delivery at our south London sites. The role requires you to lead safe, productive and enjoyable practical days for our corporate partners as well as manage you own project administration. You will build and maintain a wide range of external partnerships, chiefly with local authority land managers or Friends group members and work closely with TCV colleagues based in London and at our Head Office. The sites in your area are enormously varied, ranging from wide open green and blue spaces on the edge of the capital all the way to pocket parks in more urbanised areas; and we are actively trying to develop new partnerships all the time. Projects too may range from classic habitat conservation and enhancement to small carpentry or food-growing in schools or heavily urbanised housing estates. The role is based in Croydon with the option of home working on admin days, and you will have responsibility for managing your own TCV van. As well as your own portfolio of sites and projects, there will be opportunities to support TCV colleagues in running corporate delivery days elsewhere in London.
A full clean or near-clean driving licence is required as the post holder has use of a company vehicle. This licence must have been held for at least twelve months prior to starting in the role.
This post is subject to a basic DBS check.
If you would like an informal chat please contact James Squires on 07740 899689.
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, 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 James Squires no later than 11:59pm on 31st August 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 week commencing Monday 8th September 2025 location TBC.
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 (31st August 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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