Project Development and Funding Officer

Role Responsibility

This is a new role to work across two Countryside Management Partnerships (CMPS) based at Trosley Country Park. The role is pivotal to helping maintain the work of the CMPS through partnership working, project development, profile raising and crucially bid writing and securing external/project funding.

If you have experience in bid writing, external funding and project development this is a role for you. You should demonstrate you have worked with a range of partners and organisations in developing projects and have excellent written and verbal communication skills. You will be working as part of a team and with the CMP manager to unlock opportunities in the new North Kent & Woods National Nature Reserve and the wider partnership areas of North, West and Mid Kent.

You should demonstrate knowledge and ideally experience in countryside management, have a good understanding of landscape and nature conservation management, public access & interpretation, environmental education and be educated to HNC, HND or degree level in a relevant subject .

You will be reliable and possess good interpersonal skills and have a positive attitude. You will be required to attend the office but can also work at home.

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.

Closing date: 7th May 2026 Interviews will commence on 30^th April 2026 and will run until the advert is closed.

Please note, if we receive a sufficient number of applications, we reserve the right to close the vacancy early.

Contact Details

For an informal discussion or should you require any further information, please contact Lyndsay Waymen-Rook lyndsaywayman.rook@kent.gov.uk or Kate Boorman 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 soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.