Strategy and Planning Officer

£25,000 

Newark (with flexibility to work from home) 

Full time – 35 hours per week 

Permanent 

Closing date for applications: 7th September 2021 

First interview: TBC

If you have a good track-record in project planning and delivery combined with strong interpersonal skills; a passion for wildlife and our planet; and would like to work for one of the UK’s best-loved nature charities, then our client have an exciting opportunity for you. They are looking for a highly organised and proactive team-player, whose planning and project management skills will help them to deliver their bold new strategy. 

Who they are 

Our client are a grassroots movement of 870,000 members, 38,000 volunteers and 2,800 staff across the UK. They are at an exciting moment in their 110-year history, with an ambitious new strategy in development setting out a vision of nature in recovery, with abundant, diverse wildlife and natural processes creating wilder landscapes where people and nature thrive. 

The next 10 years will be critical in determining what kind of world they will all live in. They need to reverse the loss of wildlife and put nature into recovery at scale as a matter of urgency if they are to prevent climate and ecological disaster. This will require big, bold changes in the way they think and operate, and the development of a strong, collaborative culture. It will require key stakeholders and the public to take action for nature’s recovery. 

About you 

You will be a motivated and resilient self-starter with a “can-do” attitude, who thrives as part of a team. You will be highly organised with experience in both planning and delivering projects. You will be flexible, resilient and approachable. 

You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and will thrive on working with a wide range of people. You will be able to think ahead with a keen eye for detail, used to balancing multiple priorities and working against tight deadlines. 

Our client want their people to be as diverse as nature, so they particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented within our sector, including people from minority backgrounds and people with disabilities. They are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities. 

As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to offering an interview to anyone with a disability that meets all the essential criteria for the post. Please let them know if you require any adjustments to make their recruitment process more accessible.