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Parliamentary & Senior Parliamentary Officer

Employer
RSPB
Location
City of Westminster, London (Greater)
Salary
Salary starting at £25,463 to £27,585 pa (PO) £29,507 to £31,966 pa (SPO)
Closing date
18 Oct 2018

Job Details

We are looking for two passionate advocates for nature to join our External Affairs team at either a Parliamentary Officer or a Senior Parliamentary Officer level.
 

Parliamentary & Senior Parliamentary Officer
Reference number: A3390918
Location: London Based but can be flexible

Salary starting at £25,463 to £27,585 per annum (Parliamentary Officer) £29,507 to £31,966 per annum (Senior Parliamentary Officer)
Hours: Full time
Contract: Permanent

At this critically important time for our environment, with an Environment Bill on the horizon in the Westminster parliament, we are looking for persuasive individuals with a good understanding of parliamentary and political process, one to lead on our political engagement in defined work areas across the organisation and the other to join our team of advocates.

The roles will ensure that our strategy is translated into productive engagement with politicians and their staff, the political parties, influential think-tanks and the political media. Working closely with policy, campaigns and communciations colleagues, our parliamentary advocates find imaginative ways to build support for the RSPB and its policies in Westminster and Whitehall by building and maintaining key relationships with political influencers.

As well as working with RSPB colleagues the roles will require you to form strong relationships with colleagues across the NGO sector, through our partnerships with GreenerUK, Wildlife and Countryside Link and The Climate Coalition.

As we seek to involve people in all aspects of our work, mobilising many more voices and many more interests to protect and restore nature, you will also have the opportunity to contribute actively to our campaigning and movement building work.

We are on a mission to transform the policy landscape for nature on land and at sea. Come and join us!

The RSPB's Westminster parliamentary team are usually based in London, but there can be some flexibility on this for the right candidate.

The role profile for both roles is available to download for your information on our website. Please advise if you would like to be considered at Parliamentary Officer level or Senior Parliamentary Officer on your application.

This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. You will be asked to declare unspent convictions and cautions at offer of employment stage.

Closing date: 18 October 2018
Interview date: 25 October 2018, 26 October 2018

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the Role Profile and Application Details.

When you make your application please ensure that you include reference number A3390918 on any correspondence. 

No agencies please. 

Company

The RSPB (the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) is a large, national charity dedicated to the conservation of birds and other wildlife and the environments on which they depend. Founded in 1889, the RSPB has more than a million members, over 2,000 employees and 13,500 volunteers. RSPB’s UK headquarters are in Bedfordshire and it has an annual income of nearly £133 million.

RSPB carries out conservation work in many different areas. It runs a network of 200 nature reserves covering almost 13,000 hectares, which are home to 80% of the UK’s rarest or most threatened bird species. It works with farmers to identify wildlife friendly farming methods, researches bird populations and partners with international conservation organisations.

RSPB is also an advocacy organisation, lobbying the government on diverse topics such as planning, wind farms and economics. It has a UK headquarters, three national offices and nine offices in the English regions. Its million-plus members, 200,000 of whom are youth members, make it the largest conservation organisation in the UK. RSPB also has 150 local groups and more than 80 youth groups. It has a volunteer to staff ratio of 6:1.

The charity was founded in Manchester in 1889 as the Plumage League (initially as a campaign against the killing of birds for the fashion industry). It received a Royal Charter in 1904, becoming the ‘Royal Society for the Protection of Birds’. RSPB moved to its present headquarters in Sandy, Bedfordshire, in 1961.

One of the RSPB’s most popular activities, carried out for children since 1979 and for adults since 2001, is the Big Garden Birdwatch. The Birdwatch is an annual data collection of bird populations that takes place every January. In 2016, 519,000 people were involved, counting over 8 million birds. The Birdwatch enables RSPB to build a picture of garden wildlife across the UK. It has shown, for instance, that the sparrow population has declined by 60% since 1979.

RSPB also urges supporters to ‘make a home for nature’ in their gardens. Activities include creating feeding stations and homes for hedgehogs, providing flowers and plants for moths, creating habitats for frogs and toads and forming safe corridors from one garden to the next.

RSPB, along with sister organisations, Stop Climate Chaos Cymru and Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, is part of The Climate Coalition. It argues that the effect of climate change on wildlife and wild places can already been seen and that increased flooding and rain from climate change will spell disaster for birds and wildlife.

RSPB is also a member of BirdLife International, a global partnership of conservation organisations that share common objectives.

RSPB is a major fundraising charity and spends around 90% of its income on conservation, public education and advocacy.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01767 680 551
Location
The Lodge,
Potton Road,
Sandy,
Bedfordshire
SG19 2DL
GB

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