Our challenge at Surrey Wildlife Trust (SWT) is to restore Surrey’s nature and maximise climate adaptation and resilience following Lawton’s approach for a bigger, better, more joined-up ecological network. Our goal is to have 30% of land connected and protected for nature by 2030.

To reach our goal, people need to be at the heart of our mission. By reaching and inspiring more people about the wonder of nature, we will have more people who act for wildlife.

The Wilder Communities Coordinator is an exciting new position that sits within the Communities team. The core focus of this position is to drive forward SWT’s vision for landscape-scale conservation in Surrey by empowering communities to take action for wildlife in a meaningful way in both rural and urban areas. This role is a great opportunity to contribute significantly to nature recovery and climate action.

As the central point of contact for communities, this role involves meeting a range of people, listening and responding to their hopes and goals for nature in their local patch, site visits then the provision of ecological advice and guidance to help them plan their community nature recovery projects through workshops, training, webinars and in person events/activities.

To undertake this position, candidates will ideally need ecological and habitat knowledge, previous experience working with communities, a passion for sharing knowledge with others, organisational excellence, drive, adaptability, resilience and an ability to positively inspire others.

The job will involve being outdoors for many days of the year, as well as regular admin office based time, and a driving licence is essential as many locations cannot easily be accessed by public transport.

The full job profile and application form is available below.

Our offices are in Pirbright, Leatherhead and Wisley and our hybrid working policy aims to provide a good work/life balance which can incorporate partial home working.  The salary offered to successful applicants will form part of a benefits package including: above minimum pension contributions, life assurance of 4 x salary, employee support schemes, 22+ days holiday, flexible/hybrid working policy.

We are committed to having an inclusive and diverse workplace and encourage applications from backgrounds which may be underrepresented in our sector, including people from minority ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities.  We are committed to offering an interview to all candidates that meet the essential criteria for the post and will consider both full and part time applications (a job share may be feasible).  Please let us know if you require any adjustment to make our recruitment process more accessible; interviews will be in person.

Please apply using the Application Form to Claire Harris, Communities Programme Manager, claire.harris@surreywt.org.uk  by midday Wednesday 28^th August 2024; interviews will be Wednesday 11^thSeptember in person at Nower Wood Nature Reserve & Education Centre near Leatherhead.

We are a Disability Confident Employer.

Guided by a collaborative vision where we all play a part in connecting nature, we provide expert advice and guidance to landowners and managers, making sure the land we look after leads by example, while inspiring and educating people and organisations across the county on what they can do. By doing this we will create a Surrey that is full of diverse and abundant wildlife, where nature is at the heart of individual choices, corporate decisions, and local economic and policy making. One that helps tackle the ongoing climate emergency, while supporting the health and wellbeing of all who live here.