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SalaryClosing date: Monday 27 May 2024
Salary: £28,875 (pro-rata) - actual salary £16,555 21.5 hrs/week
Contract type: Fixed term / Working hours: Part time Location: Rainton Meadows,
Rainton Meadows Nature Reserve, Houghton-le-Spring, DH4 6PU
Rainton Meadows,
Rainton Meadows Nature Reserve, Houghton-le-Spring, DH4 6PUWe are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic individual with good people skills and nature conservation knowledge to oversee the management and monitoring of Hetton Bogs and Park and to build closer Links with local residents and community groups, as part of our Links with Nature project.
Contact details
If you have any questions about the Hetton Park and Bogs Officer role please contact Anne Gladwin: agladwin@durhamwt.co.uk
Links with Nature will be working in the Coalfield area of Sunderland to restore nature across 13 greenspaces and empower local people to get involved and realise the benefits for wildlife and their own health and well being. This is a partnership project between Durham Wildlife Trust, Sunderland City Council and Wear Rivers Trust with funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Purpose of Post
- To provide a regular presence in Hetton Park and Hetton Bogs to build Links with the local community and monitor nature conservation interest.
- To support the delivery of practical conservation works for both sites as set out in each site’s Proposal Plan to be delivered by a combination of contractors and volunteers.
- To develop and support a group of motivated, enthused and skilled local volunteers on both sites.
- To provide local communities with greater appreciation and understanding of nature’s needs, so that they are better able to take action to address its decline.
- To ensure, in partnership with Sunderland City Council, that Hetton Bogs and Hetton Park greenspaces are presented in the best possible way to create safe, welcoming spaces that encourage residents to engage with Nature.
More about the role
This is a part-time, fixed term role, working 21.5 hours per week and based at Rainton Meadows Nature Reserve with the opportunity for hybrid working. For full details, click on the job pack below.
