Countryside Officer

Role Responsibility

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Medway Valley Countryside Partnership as Countryside Officer. Your base will be Trosley Country Park and the role covers the Maidstone and Tonbridge and Malling areas.  

As part of a small team, you will work on a wide range of sites and habitats, delivering practical conservation tasks with groups of volunteers and engage in a range of projects to protect and enhance green spaces.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

- Plan, supervise and co-ordinate practical volunteer conservation tasks in the Maidstone and Tonbridge and Malling boroughs.

- Co-ordinate the invasive non-native species programme.

- Carry out wildlife surveys and produce management plans.

- Identify project and funding opportunities. Secure financial support for site management and projects.

- Assist with promotion of MVCP, including volunteer recruitment and community engagement, through various methods of publicity, including social media.

- Carry out administrative and office work.

- Assist in supervising Trainee Officers.

- Assist the MVCP team, as required.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

To apply please visit www.kent.gov.uk/jobs to complete an online application form.

Interviews:   7^th March 2025

Contact Details

For an informal discussion or should you require any further information, please contact kathryn.barton@kent.gov.uk or kate.boorman@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county’s working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.