Severn Vision Advocacy Coordinator
Ref: SVAC/HQ
This vacancy has now expired, and is not accepting any new applications.
- Location
- WWT Slimbridge and Headquarters
- Department
- Conservation
- Salary
- Circa £50,000
- Position type
- Full Time
- Working pattern
- Monday to Friday
- Job advert
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This is a Consultancy Contract Initially until December 2016, with strong potential for extension depending on future funding support for the project.
The Severn Vision is a partnership project between seven organisations representing wildlife and landscape interests in England and Wales. The vision we are working towards is for a Severn Estuary that:
• is restored as a healthy functioning ecosystem, valued for its internationally important wildlife, habitats and landscapes
• provides more benefits for people, local communities, places, and economies, including greater resilience to climate change
• becomes a natural powerhouse, where development is planned and managed in a way that sustains and enhances the estuary’s resourcesWe are looking for a Severn Vision Advocacy Coordinator to help drive forward promotion and implementation of the Severn Vision by coordinating and facilitating the advocacy and activities of the core partner organisations, liaising with other stakeholders to help deliver the Vision, making links between partners and other stakeholders and facilitating progress on the Visions ‘7 Steps’, including intertidal habitat recreation and other restoration activities.
The successful candidate will possess a proven track record in the advocacy/campaigning arena as well as excellent knowledge of relevant environmental issues and a good understanding of the NGO, government and corporate world complemented by an established network of relevant contacts. They will be able to demonstrate their understanding of wetland, estuarine and/or environmental issues at relevant scales and have the vision, ingenuity, determination and enterprise to translate this into developing and coordinating a strategy to establish and enhance the profile and influence of the Severn Vision Partnership.
The Severn Vision project is a partnership between WWT, The Wildlife Trusts, RSPB, the National Trust, CPRE, the Salmon & Trout Association, and the Severn Rivers Trust
Interview Date: To Be Confirmed
- Job description
- Severn_Vision_Advocacy_Coordinator.pdf
- Closing Date
- 29/06/2016
This vacancy has now expired, and is not accepting any new applications.
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