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Senior Project Officer
Location: London
Salary: £25,477 per annum, plus London Weighting of £3,882
Hours: 35 per week (full time)
Contract Type: Permanent
Apply by 3rd September 2026
About the role
TCV London invites applications for the role, Senior Project Officer, Camden. This role will be responsible for delivering our varied projects and programmes across Camden and the role is made up of three key elements as set out below -
1. Green Gym. The Camden SPO will be primarily responsible for delivery of our Camden Green Gym. TCV's Green Gym programme is our flagship, national health and wellbeing volunteer offer, with an emphasis on delivering sessions that deliver group-based physical activity with a purpose. Our Green Gym volunteers come from a wide background, including through social prescribing link workers, referral agencies, or simply through word of mouth. We have volunteers who are motivated to join us for various reasons, this may include vulnerable adults with poor mental and/or physical health, it may be because they've recently retired, are looking for a career change or they simply want to support nature conservation and their local community.
TCV's Camden Green Gym was established well over 15 years ago. It's a busy and exciting project, with many long-term volunteers who have been with us for five years or more. The Green Gym works with volunteers at multiple different greenspaces around the borough, from nature reserves and parks, to woodlands, social and sheltered housing sites. It's a great opportunity for discovering Camden's spaces for nature!
2. Corporate Delivery. TCV has a well-established programme of corporate delivery across London and every year, thousands of volunteers come out with us across our sites, including in Camden. This role would be responsible for facilitating and delivering against local targets.
3. Additional project work. In addition to the above, the project will generate extra income through delivery of small contracts as let by Camden Council or through other means such as the award of small grants. The post holder will be required to lead/ support on such initiatives as required.
The candidate may also be required to work outside of the borough in support of other wider TCV initiatives, including cover for other projects across London.
We are seeking a competent, adaptable and experienced person to join our London Health and Education team for this role. The post holder will have experience of planning and delivering practical nature conservation projects and manging the logistics of a project.
Skills should include a wide range of practical conservation activities, such as wildflower meadow and vegetation management, coppicing, building homes for nature, pathway construction and pond maintenance.
In addition, you'll have experience and confidence in supervising groups of volunteers, an ability to communicate effectively with people with a varying range of abilities and be able to think on your feet.
The successful applicant will meet regularly with local authority staff to identify tasks for the Green Gym programme.
Non delivery days are spent administering the project and might typically include writing up task reports, assessing risk, visiting sites, producing the weekly newsletter, social media updates and planning and monitoring meetings with the local authority. The post holder will need to maintain an on-going promotion of the Green Gym and recruitment of volunteers through activities such as meeting with social prescribing link workers, keeping information up to date on external volunteering web-based platforms and attending volunteer recruitment events.
The post is for 35 hours per week, permanent, Monday - Friday. There may also be some working outside core hours, for which TOIL can be claimed. There will be regular travel across Camden and monthly team meetings and training days at other TCV London sites. The post will be administered from Railway Fields Nature Reserve in Haringey, or Abbott's Park in Waltham Forest, both of which are adjacent to the Suffragette overground line.
A full driving licence is essential as the post holder will be required to drive a van to transport tools and materials.
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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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 David Allen no later than midnight on 3rd September 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.
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Interviews will be held on 14 September 2026 at our Meridian One Community Garden, Enfield 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 (3rd September 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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