Community Engagement Officer - London Buzzing!

London Buzzing! Community Engagement Officer (Part time, 4 days per week)

Duration: Until end of March 2025

Salary: £28,337.89 per annum (pro rata)

Are you passionate about the small things that run the world? We have an exciting opportunity to join our team and deliver our Get London Buzzing project - inspiring and engaging people who live and work in London, to raise awareness of and improve habitat for pollinating insects.

Get London Buzzing will deliver training, providing people with skills to enable them to help conserve pollinators, and also inspire the next generation, delivering schools sessions and producing educational resources for primary schools.

The project will also partner with businesses and landowners to increase the amount of wildflower-rich habitat through the London B-Line.

This role may include: practical project management and delivery; partnership working; overseeing some practical habitat management works; developing and delivering innovative ideas and solutions to engage local communities with invertebrates and their conservation; managing volunteers; public relations; financial management and teamwork.

Do you have?

• Experience of engaging with local communities
• Strong communicator who works well independently and with a team
• Knowledge of a range of invertebrate groups, including pollinating insects
• Good level of ecological knowledge and understanding of conservation issues
• Project management, financial knowledge and experience
• Experience of raising public awareness of wildlife and environmental issues
• Experience of organising events and involving the public in projects.

This role is fixed term until 31st March 2025, based on 4 days a week. This role will be home based, within a commutable distance to London. A flexible approach to the working pattern will be considered for the successful candidate.

We pride ourselves on our commitment to equality of opportunity for all staff and applicants. Should you require any support to assist you with your application please do not hesitate to contact us at recruitment@buglife.org.uk.

About us

Buglife’s aim is to halt the extinction of invertebrate species and to achieve sustainable populations of invertebrates.

We are working hard to achieve this through:

• Promoting the environmental importance of invertebrates and raising awareness about the challenges to their survival.
• Assisting in the development of legislation and policy that will ensure the conservation of invertebrates.
• Developing and disseminating knowledge about how to conserve invertebrates.
• Encouraging and supporting invertebrate conservation initiatives by other organisations in the UK, Europe and worldwide.
• Undertaking practical conservation projects that will contribute to achieving our aim.

Buglife offer a benefits package including, Enhanced Pension, Flexible Working, 23 days annual leave (rising to 28 after 3 years service) in addition to winter close between Christmas and New Year.

How to apply

A full job description is available on our website: www.buglife.org.uk/jobs

To apply please email your CV and a covering letter explaining why you are the best person to work in Community Engagement at Buglife to recruitment@buglife.org.uk

Closing date for applications: 20th March 24. Online interviews will be held on 28th March 24.