Assistant Biodiversity Officer

Assistant Biodiversity Officer

Campbell Park Pavilion, Campbell Park, Milton Keynes

Salary: £25,000 per annum

Hours: 37.5 hours, Monday to Friday

About Us

The Parks Trust is an independent charity that cares for over 6,000 acres of parkland and green space in Milton Keynes. This includes the river valleys, ancient woodlands, lakesides, parks, and landscaped areas alongside the main roads that represent 25% of the city.

Our aim is to provide beautiful, diverse, and sustainable parks, lakes, woods and landscapes that will be loved by the people of Milton Keynes, forever.

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join The Parks Trust to conserve and enhance biodiversity in the ever-growing city of Milton Keynes. As an assistant biodiversity officer, you will assist and support the biodiversity team with ecological monitoring and volunteer management, whilst having opportunities to develop and manage conservation projects.

This post joins our experienced biodiversity officers as part of a dedicated environment team who strive to improve the Trust and Milton Keynes. Joining the team will enable you to gain valuable experience in biodiversity, sustainability, and green/blue infrastructure and develop your ecological and wider environmental skills. This role would be ideal as an entry level or early wildlife conservation career opportunity for someone looking to build their knowledge and specialisms. The successful candidate will play an important role in supporting the implementation of The Parks Trust’s new Biodiversity Action Plan 2023 – 2030.

If you have a passion for wildlife and are looking to build a career in conservation with an enthusiasm to learn and develop, this could be the job for you.

To view the full job description, click here.

About You

You will have a passion for wildlife conservation and have excellent attention to detail required for ecological monitoring surveys and reports. You should be able to work both autonomously and as part of a team, and also able to work with larger groups of volunteers. A positive and can-do attitude is important alongside strong interpersonal and communication skills, as the role will be working with other teams and external stakeholders to deliver biodiversity outcomes. Flexibility to work in a range of environments and weather conditions is essential along with the occasional evening and weekend working.

Benefits

In return, we offer a comprehensive benefits package:

• Competitive salary
• Ongoing support and training
• Excellent contributory pension scheme (up to 10% employer contribution)
• Income protection and life assurance cover after qualifying period
• Enhanced family friendly policies after qualifying period
• Home Working policy
• Occupational sick pay
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for tech & electric cars
• Generous annual leave allowance
• Buying and Selling option for annual leave
• Medical Cash Plan
• Access to employee wellbeing helpline
• Free eye tests
• Great office in a parkland setting with free parking

Application process

Please apply online using the link through our website using People HR.

Closing Date: 5th March 2023

Interview Date: w/c 20th March 2023

The Parks Trust is committed to safeguarding and will always recruit all personnel in line with government guidelines, relevant legislation, Charity Commission guidance and best practice standards.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

If you need additional support with your application or would like further information, please contact recruitment@theparkstrust.com