Project Officer - Conservation & Green Skills

An exciting opportunity to join this community charity's friendly team and help carry out a wide range of green spaces projects across the Colne Valley Regional Park and in surrounding areas.

Project Officer - Conservation & Green Skills
Ref: POCGS0924
Location: Colne Valley Park Denham, UB9
Contract: Permanent
Salary: Circa. £25,000

Summary of role: This is a varied role which will see the successful applicant working outside on practical grounds maintenance and conservation tasks in some of the most beautiful parts of the Colne Valley.

You will be joining the charity's Green Team who carry out a range of projects across the Colne Valley Regional Park. These include nature reserve management, grounds maintenance, corporate volunteering events, volunteering events for the public, hard landscaping tasks, and conducting Green Skills Courses to educate long-term unemployed individuals. Your role will assist in the delivery of this work.

The charity is a creative, committed and enthusiastic organisation with a great track record of project development, fundraising and delivery, so there are always opportunities to grow and develop your role within the friendly team. The charity will offer work-based learning and training.

In return the organisation offers you:

• A competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum plus public holidays
• Health Cash Plan and 24-hour online access to a GP
• PERKS scheme – such as discounted gym membership and shopping discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme - including mental health helpline and face to face counselling.
• Salary sacrifice schemes including cycle to work and pension contributions
• Family friendly policies to support work/life balance with time off in lieu for out of hours activities
• Business travel expenses

About the Charity

The organisation works with communities across the south of England to transform their lives and the places where they live. They have been at the forefront of social and environmental regeneration for over 25 years, and today they have a simple mission: to create better places, improve people’s prospects, and promote greener living and working.

They are passionate about creating a future where every neighbourhood is vibrant and green, every community is strong and able to shape its own destiny, and no-one is held back by their background or circumstances. This vision drives the work that they do. Each year they deliver over 100 innovative projects, tackling the biggest issues facing our communities and creating real and lasting, positive change.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 20th October at midnight

Interview date: Thursday 24th & Friday 25th October

To Apply and for more information

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Appointment to this role is subject to an enhanced records check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

The charity is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of the community.

No agencies please.