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Take Root Project Officer

Employer
Kent Wildlife Trust
Location
Sevenoaks, Kent
Salary
£25,837 - £28,401
Closing date
28 Jan 2019

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Job Details

The job: the post holder will work closely wit the Nature and Wellbeing Officer and Project Lead, Director of Engagement, West Kent Mind, Sevenoaks District Council, Involve Kent and other project partners in delivering the Take Root Project, reducing isolation and loneliness in later life, as a result of engaging with and connecting with nature focussed activities. This will include leading mindfulness and health walks, leading practical conservation tasks, wildlife gardening, wildlife monitoring and watching, and organising wellbeing events. This is an interesting and challenging opportunity to work at the centre of this busy charity and offer wellbeing benefits to participants through engagement with nature and wildlife.  This is a part time 2 days a week role until 31st December 2020. 

You: will have experience in delivering community engagement projects, preferably for wellbeing outcomes. You are a good communicator with emotional and social intelligence, and able to effectively work with a range of people, including leading volunteers from different backgrounds and with different access requirements. You will maintain communication and good working relations with project partners and referral organisations and have social media and marketing awareness to promote the project. You will have an awareness of positive wellbeing and good mental health, and with your conservation knowledge, will have a good understanding of how nature can play a role in this.

Contact details: to apply please visit our website to download an application pack www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk. Applicants should read the Guidance Notes carefully before completing the applicant information form, supported by a Cover Note and CV.

Closing date: 28 January

Interview date: 6th February

Company

Kent Wildlife Trust (KWT) is a flexible employer that aims to be class-leading in the environment sector in the southeast. It is one of the largest of the 46 Wildlife Trusts, which together make up The Wildlife Trusts Partnership.  We are supported by our 32,000 members, and have the simple ambition of enabling the recovery of Kent’s wildlife.  To this end, we own or manage over 80 nature reserves covering over 9,000 acres; we campaign and lobby politicians, decision makers and landowners to ensure site protection and good habitat management; and we run a full programme of education work with schools, colleges and adult groups.  The Trust also has three Visitor Centres. We also have two income generating subsidiaries (an ecological consultancy and a trading arm). Together with the charity these make up the KWT Group.

The Trust operates from its headquarters at Tyland Barn, just north of Maidstone.  It is composed of over 100 professional and support staff who work within teams including Estates, Conservation Delivery & Partnership, Conservation Policy & Evidence, People Engagement, Marketing and Fundraising, Finance and Support Services.

Visit our websites to see the range of our services and activities;

www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk

www.kwtconsultancyservices.org.uk 

Company info
Website
Telephone
01622 662 012
Location
Tyland Barn
Sandling
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 3BD
United Kingdom

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