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Freshwater Habitats Trust (FHT) is the UK’s leading charity for all freshwaters. We’ve been creating, restoring and protecting high quality habitats for freshwater wildlife for more than 30 years.

Our aim is to reverse the decline in freshwater biodiversity. We work to achieve this through practical conservation, scientific research, community engagement and by influencing policy. As an evidence-based organisation, we target our practical delivery work where it will make a real difference. We have projects in many parts of the UK, focused on restoring and protecting high quality habitats for freshwater wildlife.

Now, we want to enhance the current Board and bring a range of backgrounds and experiences reflective of the people we currently serve and those we would like to be serving in the future.

We particularly welcome new Trustees that bring skills and experience in any of the following areas:

• Communications:
• Policy and Parliamentary influence
• Human Resources

Please do not be put off from applying if you do not have any of these skills or if you have never been a Trustee before. The most important qualities for our Trustees are enthusiasm, engagement and a desire to get involved and make a contribution to FHT.

This is a voluntary role (reasonable travel expenses reimbursed) involving:

• Attending four Board meetings a year (three online, one in London or Oxford).
• Approximately four days per year to cover meetings and occasional extra duties.

Full time • 12 Month fixed term • 35 hours per week • Hybrid • Mid-Wales •£21,000

Are you passionate and ready for a transformative role? Freshwater Habitats Trust, a well-respected evidence-based conservation charity, is seeking a skilled individual to work on our groundbreaking project, ‘Protecting the River Irfon catchment’s freshwater biodiversity.’

We are seeking a dynamic Trainee Project Officer to join our Freshwater Habitats Trust team. Should have a desire to pursue a career in conservation and an interest in freshwater biodiversity. You will be provided with the essential experience and skills for a career in UK freshwater conservation.

If you are passionate about freshwater conservation, possess excellent communication skills, and thrive in a collaborative environment, join us at Freshwater Habitats Trust!

Freshwater Habitats Trust is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences.

Please send the application form as well as your CV

No agencies, please.

£27¬- £31k per annum

Can you deliver great crested newt and wider biodiversity conservation in Staffordshire?

Permanent contract • home working • based in Staffordshire

We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced, multi-skilled Project Officer who can deliver habitat creation and management projects, with a focus on ponds and great crested newt.

You will be able to engage and liaise with a variety of landowners and contractors and will have knowledge of pond and terrestrial habitat creation and restoration. Amphibian surveying skills are desirable. Training and expert support will be given to the right candidate.

The successful applicant will be employed by Freshwater Habitats Trust, seconded full-time to the Newt Conservation Partnership.

The Newt Conservation Partnership is a community benefit society whose sole purpose is creating and managing high quality habitat for great crested newts. We source good quality habitat sites and work together with landowners so that ponds and terrestrial features, such as hedgerows, woodland and meadowland, can be securely managed into the future to provide long-term landscape scale refuges for sustainable newt populations.

Freshwater Habitats Trust is a friendly, nationally well-respected conservation charity that works to protect freshwater wildlife through practical, evidence-based and effective nature conservation projects. This job is an exciting opportunity to join a dedicated team of botanists, invertebrate biologists, herpetologists and freshwater conservation experts who are making a difference.

An application pack is available at: https://freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/about/jobs/

No CVs or agencies please.

Interviews: week commencing 21^st October 2024