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Job description

The main activities the Senior Project Officer will undertake are as follows: Leading volunteers undertaking practical environmental projects such as tree planting, pond construction, woodland management, control of invasive species, and path construction.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with habitat management work across a network of nature reserves and country parks funded by NIEA.
• Promoting TCV and recruiting volunteers to become involved in TCV's practical projects.
• Liaising with schools, community groups and landowners to find environmental projects, costing the project and agreeing timescale and cost with the site owner.
• Generating income through project work.
• Collect and maintain records and photographs from all projects to document work and complete funders progress reports.
• Please see TCV website

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Applicants should have experience of practical environmental work, horticulture or landscaping.
• Experience and understanding of working with volunteers, community involvement and the charity/NGO sector is also important.
• There is no specific qualification required, but a qualification in horticulture or environment such as NVQ, HND or BTEC is helpful as are certificates of competence in using equipment such as a chainsaw, brushcutter or lawnmower.
• Please see TCV website

Further Information

Applicants should have experience of practical environmental work, horticulture or landscaping. The Senior Project Officer's main role is leading volunteers to complete a range of practical environmental work and they will need relevant experience to lead and support volunteers.