Contact details

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Interviews are planned for Monday 15th November.

If you have any questions about the role which are not answered in the attached documentation, please either email recruitment@derbyshirewt.co.uk or call 01773 881188

Derbyshire Wildlife Trust is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. As an employer we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health of all our staff.

About the role

We’re looking for a Wilder Communities Assistant to work within our Wilder Communities Team to support us to deliver our wilder communities strategy.

In this role, you’ll support programmes of work to connect people and communities to wildlife throughout Derbyshire. The main areas of work will be supporting our Working for Nature traineeship, Wilder Engagement for children, and the Derwent Connections programme.

To be successful you will be experienced at overseeing projects with external funders and be comfortable working with changing internal and external demands.

Responsibilities

In this role, you’ll

• support with all aspects of our traineeship from recruitment to graduation
• co-ordinate children, families and community events for our Wilder Communities team
• report on project outcomes and impact to funders and stakeholders
• support our amazing volunteers throughout their time with us
• oversee our National Heritage Lottery Fund projects

About you

This role might be right for you if:

• you are a great organiser and can co-ordinate activities, events and programmes of work
• you have great attention to detail and communication skills
• you are able to co-ordinate projects effectively and efficiently
• you are creative and flexible to the demands of the role
• you have a friendly and supportive approach

Derbyshire Wildlife Trust

We’re a small charity, with big ideas! We believe that everyone has their part to play in Nature’s recovery. We are the only organisation in Derbyshire working to protect and enhance wildlife and wild places throughout the county but through our work with businesses, other conservation charities, and the public we are mobilising others across the county and the rest of the UK to act for wildlife. As we are a registered Charity, we are supported by 16,000 members and are part of a movement of 46 Trusts with a collective membership of over 800,000.

Our purpose is to achieve our vision of a Wilder Derbyshire by creating Nature Recovery Networks. We aim to deliver our vision by leading Nature’s Recovery, inspiring people and communities to care and mobilising people to act. All our work is underpinned by our values.

Our Charity is growing, we currently employ 80 people and, crucially, we are supported by over 500 volunteers.  We have three delivery teams; Wilder Landscapes, Wilder Communities and Income Generation, supported by the Finance and Resources team.  Each team has a Department Lead who reports to the Chief Executive who is responsible for the operations of the Trust and who, in turn, reports to the Board of Trustees which governs the organisation.

We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and believe that everyone should have access to nature. We expect people to work harmoniously with each other and with volunteers, and to provide help and guidance to others when needed.  As a small charity, our employees need to be willing to be flexible about working arrangements and willing to provide occasional cover for absent staff. We want people to develop professionally and personally while working with us and employees are encouraged to participate in the range of opportunities available to enable this.