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Senior Project Officer
INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY
Location: Croydon, London
Salary: £25,477 per annum plus London Weighting £3,882
Hours: 35 per week (full time)
Contract Type: Permanent
Apply by 6th July 2026
About the role
You will be leading TCV's ACE (Action for Croydon's Environment) local volunteer team as they maintain and enhance Croydon's green and blue spaces and occasionally range further afield into adjoining parts of Surrey. You will be in the field with the volunteers 2-3 days/week, with the balance of your working week set aside for project admin. You will work closely with your designated contact at London Borough of Croydon's Parks Team to develop and monitor an annual works programme and will be expected to report on outputs several times per year, both verbally and in writing. Additionally, you may work with local Friends groups as part of this maintenance schedule. You will be expected to plan and lead a small number of local corporate volunteering days in support of your core Croydon work and occasionally support those at neighbouring TCV projects. You will also actively seek out new opportunities to diversify TCV's work in south London/Surrey. You will be supported remotely by the south London Operations Leader and a full range of core central services (IT, Finance etc). You will share our Pond Cottage base with a corporate volunteering colleague, where you will have office space, a tool store and project van. Opportunities to work with the wider London team will also arise as operational need demands. Hybrid working will be considered where operational demand allows.
To be successful in this role you must have practical experience of green and blue space conservation tasks and knowledge of the principles underpinning them. You will have experience of working with volunteers, some of whom may have additional needs, and be confident in enabling all volunteers to undertake tasks safely and successfully in a welcoming environment and following TCV's policies. You will be a good communicator, able to work effectively with a range of volunteers in the field, site managers and local authority monitoring staff, as well as local Friends groups and the public. You will be required to deliver both written and verbal monitoring reports to our funders and communicate with the public via social media, so you must have effective communication skills to cover this range. Your fieldwork will depend on effective supporting admin, so you must have excellent admin skills to help you plan an annual works programme, for example, and maintain accurate volunteer and output records. You will need to be comfortable driving a 6-seater van on and off-road, since most field days include an element of driving. The role requires you to seek additional funding opportunities in south London, which may include sourcing new day-rate work, developing corporate volunteering projects and applying for small pots of additional funding outside the core Croydon Council contract. As such, you will be expected to spend a proportion of your time dedicated to this function. You will hold no formal budget responsibilities, although experience of managing small projects would be useful as the role demands responsible management of everyday project transactions.
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.
Safeguarding
TCV is committed to safeguarding the wellbeing of children and adults at risk.
All employees are expected to follow TCV's Safeguarding Policy, complete mandatory safeguarding training, and promptly report any concerns.
Safeguarding is a core part of working safely and responsibly at TCV.
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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How to apply
Please submit your completed application form to James Squires no later than midnight on 6th July 2026. 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.
Please download TCV's fillable PDF application form. Alternatively, you can download the TCV application form in a non-fillable PDF or Word format.
If you download the PDF form we advise opening it in Adobe Acrobat Reader to complete it. Online PDF previewers (e.g., Google Drive) do not always support form completion.
Interviews will be held on week commencing 13 July 2026 at our Pond Cottage, Croydon 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 (6th July 2026), please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Thank you for your interest in TCV.
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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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