River Educator Isle of Wight
Vacancy: River Educator Isle of Wight (variable hours contract)
Salary: Hours worked will be paid between £12.03 and £13.56 per hour (depending on experience) and an additional 12.7% will be added to your hours worked and paid at the same rate in lieu of annual leave
Employer: Wessex Rivers Trust
Closing date: 5pm, Thursday 2nd January 2025
Interviews: Thursday 16th January 2025
Wessex Rivers Trust (Wessex RT) is an environmental charity, dedicated to the protection and conservation of rivers and chalk streams in the Wessex area. Wessex RT is part of the Rivers Trust movement; the umbrella organisation helping to protect and enhance most of the UK’s rivers. The Trust acknowledges that education and engaging with a wide and diverse audience is essential to sustain long-term interest in our local chalk streams and empower local communities to take ownership of these precious rivers. To deliver on this ambition, the Trust offers an education programme to all areas of Wessex and has recently begun offering river education sessions on the Isle of Wight.
Wessex RT is seeking to recruit a Variable Hours River Educator, based on the Isle of Wight, to mainly support the Our River, Our Water project in partnership with the Rivers Trusts South East and Southern Water.
This post will be mostly remote/home-based working on the Isle of Wight, with occasional day visits (2-3 a year) to Wessex RT’s Head Office in Salisbury.
Job Description / Person Specification
To apply, email your CV (not more than 3 pages) with two suitable references and a cover letter (1000 words maximum) describing your suitability for the role with explicit reference to the Person Specification to: recruitment@wessexrt.org.uk by 5pm, Thursday 2nd January 2025. Interviews will take place on the Isle of Wight on Thursday 16th January 2025.
Catchment Programme Officer
Vacancy: Catchment Programme Officer
Salary: £28-000-£31,000 depending on experience (plus 9% Employer’s Contribution and Life Insurance Scheme)
Contract: Fixed term 24 months (6 months probationary period). Includes cover for Maternity Leave
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Employer: Wessex Rivers Trust
Closing date: 5pm, Monday 6th January 2025
Interviews: Monday 13th January 2025
Wessex Rivers Trust (Wessex RT) is an environmental charity, dedicated to the protection and conservation of rivers and chalk streams in the Wessex area. Wessex RT is part of the Rivers Trust movement; the umbrella organisation helping to protect and enhance most of the UK’s rivers.
This is an exciting opportunity to take our evolving Catchment Management Programme to the next level, helping the Trust and our stakeholders to protect and enhance these special rivers.
Our expanding portfolio requires a dedicated Catchment Programme Officer who, as an experienced environmental scientist, will lead on a diverse range of both established and new work packages, including Invasive Non-Native Species management, Catchment Partnership hosting, environmental monitoring, and the design and delivery of nature based solutions.
Please see the full job description here.
To apply, email your CV (not more than 3 pages) and a cover letter (1000 words maximum) describing your suitability for the role with explicit reference to the Person Specification to: recruitment@wessexrt.org.uk by 5pm, Monday 6th January 2025. Interviews will take place on Monday 13th January 2025.
Education Volunteer
Vacancy: Education Volunteer
Organisation: Wessex Rivers Trust
Closing date: Ongoing
Do you have a passion for the environment and education? Are you interested in helping Wessex Rivers Trust deliver river education sessions? Apply to be an Education Volunteer today!
Wessex Rivers Trust is looking for a group of dedicated volunteers to support the Education and Engagement team deliver sessions to school groups, home education groups, youth groups (e.g. scouting and guiding) and at public events.
The role will be mostly site-based working, either by a river or in-school, with occasional visits to our head office in Salisbury.
Role Description
To apply for this position please email us at recruitment@wessexrt.org.uk letting us know in a few sentences why you’d like to volunteer with us. Please also include your CV (3 pages maximum).