Kent’s Plan Bee Project Officer

A singular alternative to hitch a profitable and rising conservation charity! 

Kent’s Plan Bee Undertaking Officer FTE for 20 months

The Bumblebee Conservation Belief (the Belief) is searching for a full-time Kent’s Plan Bee Undertaking
Officer to hitch the conservation group and lead on the supply of Kent’s ‘Plan Bee’, the
pollinator motion plan for Kent County Council. This position is a secondment to Kent County
Council.

Kent is a hotspot for a few of the UK’s rarest and most threatened bumblebee species. That is an
thrilling alternative to construct on the framework and partnership already in place for this
formidable, well-established and award-winning initiative. Your main position will probably be: to supply
land administration recommendation for bumblebees and pollinators usually, and affect the administration
of public land in Kent; undertake bumblebee, pollinator, and habitat monitoring; and promote
Kent’s Plan Bee. Delivering Kent’s Plan Bee helps the Belief to attain our strategic intention –
‘There’s extra, better-connected, high-quality habitat for bumblebees throughout our cities, cities
and countryside.’

You’ll work carefully with groups inside Kent County Council to facilitate pollinator pleasant
administration, and assist any enter to strategic partnership work for pollinators and their
habitats. You’ll present content material akin to social media posts and blogs for Kent County Council
and the Belief communications groups relating to Kent’s Plan Bee. You’ll monitor bumblebees and
different pollinators, in addition to habitats, at websites the place administration is being carried out to
present proof of the effectiveness of our interventions. You’ll compile survey studies and
arrange techniques for knowledge assortment and presentation. You’ll recruit and practice Kent County
Council employees and volunteers to undertake surveys and monitoring.

You may be a dynamic, self-reliant particular person with expertise in delivering ecological
evaluation and land administration recommendation, and an curiosity in invertebrates. You’ll have robust
communication abilities, and have the ability to encourage a variety of audiences to observe the recommendation given.

Please consult with the job description and individual specification for extra particulars of the position.

This can be a full-time, fixed-term (20 months) place based mostly at dwelling in Kent (or inside commuting
distance) – there will probably be some office-based working, which can usually be at Kent County
Council’s Maidstone workplace. There could also be potential to increase this put up.

For an software pack please go to our web site.

To debate the put up informally, please contact:

Sinead Lynch, Conservation Supervisor
[email protected] 

Closing Date: 12 midday Monday 6th Could 2024

Interview date: Wednesday 15th Could 2024, on Microsoft Groups.