The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) is the only charity working to safeguard wildlife and natural landscapes across the three counties. Founded in 1959 by a small group of volunteers, we now have more than 27,000 memberships and 1,700 volunteers. We own or manage more than 80 nature reserves and work in partnership on conservation projects with local communities, businesses, landowners and local authorities. Each year around 12,000 schoolchildren visit our four education centres. We have strong finances, with an annual turnover of £6 million and we’re proud of our highly effective and dedicated team of 150 staff.

BBOWT is part of a national network of 46 Wildlife Trusts, which means our work has a bigger impact, making a difference for wildlife beyond our three counties.

Our ‘Wilder’ plan for 2021-2026 sets one simple overarching aim: to create more nature everywhere. To do this, we need to inspire people to take action and do all we can to restore wilder landscapes.

Our three main goals are to:

• Put nature into recovery
• Empower people to act for nature
• Secure our future

Children and schools are at the heart of the engagement work we do in local communities. This is an exciting opportunity to work on a collaborative project between BBOWT and West Berkshire Council. The Project Officer will be central to the development and delivery of an engaging outreach programme to local schools in the West Berks area. This role entails working with children aged 7-10 and their families to deliver inspiring activities that promote pro-conservation behaviours and encourage a healthy lifestyle.

We are looking for an outgoing, enthusiastic educator with great communication skills and a passion for the natural environment, with at least one year’s experience delivering educational activities to Primary-aged children. Experience developing and delivering activities that encourage a healthy lifestyle is desirable.

Salary: £10,456 (pro-rata) per annum (FTE £26,140)

Contract: Fixed term contract to end of May 2023

Hours: Part time, 14 hours per week

Based: Nature Discovery Centre, West Berks and homeworking

The closing time and date for applications is 11.59pm on Tuesday 12th July 2022

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.