Overview

BirdLife International is the world’s largest nature conservation partnership, comprising BirdLife International, a global secretariat and regional network, and 122 BirdLife Partners worldwide – one civil society organisation per country – and growing. It has more than 13 million members and supporters. Through our unique local-to-global approach, we deliver high impact and long-term conservation for the benefit of nature and people. BirdLife’s policy and advocacy work, based on sound science, positively influences priorities, policies and legislation for the benefit of bird and biodiversity conservation.

• Location: Cambridge, UK
• Full time: 35 hours per week
• Contract: Open-ended
• Salary: £38,000 – £45,000 pro rata per annum dependent on experience plus competitive 12% pension benefit
• Annual Leave: 25 days pro rata per annum in year 1, increasing by 1 day pa to 28 days

We are seeking to appoint a Head of Policy to lead BirdLife International’s global policy and advocacy team in Cambridge.

Working closely with BirdLife’s Regional Policy teams the post holder will:

1. Lead and co-ordinate the implementation of BirdLife’s global policy and advocacy work to achieve BirdLife’s strategic objectives through its programmes
2. Coordinate and support the development of positions of the BirdLife Partnership on relevant policy and advocacy issues and promote them through a range of approaches and fora to achieve policy change
3. Support national BirdLife Partners around the world to strengthen their policy and advocacy capacity and effectiveness

The successful candidate will demonstrate a proven track record of high level involvement in management, policy formulation and advocacy with specific technical experience in one or more policy sectors (e.g. biodiversity, energy, forests, climate, sustainable development, agriculture). The person will have excellent knowledge of international environmental issues, processes, institutions and treaties, especially related to biodiversity conservation. The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of complex policy and programmatic issues and be able to explain and advocate them to a wide range of audiences.

A detailed job description can be found at www.birdlife.org/jobs.

Closing date: 5 March 2017

Application: Applications should include a covering letter summarising the applicant’s suitability for the position, a detailed CV and contact details of two referees known to the applicant in a professional capacity. Applications should be sent by email, stating where the advert was seen, to: recruitment@birdlife.org

Interviews: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Interviews will be held 9-10 March 2017.