(External) Opportunity with Morecambe Bay Partnership

The Morecambe Bay Partnership (MBP) are looking to hire a Nature and Wildlife Officer. Brief details of the post can be found below. Full details can be found on the MBP Website.

This post is for a vacancy with an external agency and is not a position within the North Western Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority.

Job Title: Nature and Wildlife Officer

Salary: £25,000 to £26,000 (pro-rata)

Office: The Factory, Aynam Road, Kendal

Line Manager: Morecambe Bay Partnership Chief Executive

Reporting to: Morecambe Bay Partnership Trustees Board

Contract: Fixed term, 12-14 months with possibility of extension

Hours: 22-26 hrs/week – some flexibility to suit the preferred candidate

Purpose of the role:

Manage delivery of nature and wildlife programmes for Morecambe Bay Partnership, with an initial focus on roosting and breeding birds.

Develop and deliver a Bay-wide awareness raising campaign; engage existing and new audiences, young and old, local and visiting; recruit, train and support volunteers and develop an understanding of issues relating to roosting and nesting wildfowl and wader conservation, and a sense of pride and celebration in the Bay’s natural heritage.

Motivate and support framers and land mangers to increase the nature conservation value of their land. Develop and shape the Partnership’s role in relation to nature and wildlife in the Bay area, and to support the ambitions of the Morecambe Bay Partnership Business Plan.

Take an active role in supporting new opportunities and securing funding for work area.

Take lead responsibility for communications and engagement for work area.

Take lead responsibility for monitoring and reporting for work area.

Contact Details and Full Job Advert

For further information, contact details and the full job advert please visit www.morecambebay.org.uk/nature-and-wildlife-officer

This post is for a vacancy with an external agency and is not a position within the North Western Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority.