Head of Community

Head of Community

Salary: £38,192 (year 1, grade 4) per annum, based on a 35-hour week.

The Community Manager will lead the Trust’s people engagement activity across Cumbria to involve local people in their natural environment and help them to create a nature recovery network in partnership with the Trust.

This role will develop and deliver a new approach to how Cumbria Wildlife Trust inspires and empowers 1 in 4 local people to achieve bigger and better outcomes for the environment, wildlife and people in Cumbria. This is about place-making and improving the places people live, work and visit. Activities that engage a wider range of people with the natural, cultural and historic heritage in their neighbourhoods will be a priority.

The post holder will lead an integrated team (including volunteering and education staff) supporting collaborative activity in which individuals, local communities and groups can take practical action together for wildlife across the County (with or without the Trust’s involvement).

To apply, please complete the attached application form and return it along with a cover letter outlining your suitability for the post to admin@cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk PLEASE NOTE: CVs will not be considered.

Postal applications should be returned to Claire Shepherd, HR Manager, Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Plumgarths, Crook Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 8LX

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. If you have not heard anything within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has not been successful.

Closing date: 23:59 on Sunday 4 February 2024.

Interviews will be held at our Headquarters in Kendal on Tuesday 13 February 2024 (possibility of second interviews on 26 February)

Any further enquiries should be directed to Helen Duxbury, Director of Development and Community on 01539 816300.

Cumbria Wildlife Trust is devoted to the conservation of the wildlife and wild places of Cumbria.