Marine Restoration & Engagement Officer (Wild Oysters/Stronger Shores)

Marine Restoration & Engagement Officer (Wild Oysters/Stronger Shores)

Salary: £25,129 – £27,826 per annum, pro rata

Hours: Part Time – 30 hours / 4 days per week

Duration: Initial fixed term 12 months with possible extension

Location: Sunderland and Homeworking with regular travel for fieldwork

About us

Groundwork is a leading regeneration charity, working through partnership to create communities
in which people are proud to live and work. We help people to carry out thousands of diverse,
locally-led projects each year. Projects that tackle climate change and help people out of fuel
poverty. That bring out the best in young people by helping them to improve their local area.
Projects that build stronger communities by improving green space or get people back into work
and create green jobs.

The Wild Oysters Project is a national oyster restoration initiative, developed by the
Zoological Society of London, funded by the Stronger Shore Partnership and delivered locally in
Tyne & Wear by Groundwork North East & Cumbria.

About the role

The project aims to restore self-sustaining native oyster populations in the Northeast of
England. The project delivers three key activities: 1) Oyster nurseries in Sunderland marina,
2) Seabed restoration sites, 3) Outreach, engagement, and education.

As the Marine Restoration & Engagement Officer, you will work extensively with volunteers
to monitor the oyster nursery sites and deliver public outreach and education sessions to
engage the local community with the project. The postholder will support the Marine Ecology
Technical Lead on all aspects of seabed restoration work and any other technical support
appropriate to the role.

This role is subject to an Enhanced Check through Disclosure Scotland.

About you

We want someone who is comfortable delivering education sessions with school groups and
community events. Your role will require regular travel to the nursery sites and working
outdoors near water. You will also have experience of carrying out fieldwork in a marine or
environmental context and be a good team worker with excellent organisation skills.

Closing date: Midnight on Thursday 29th May 2025

Please note, should we receive a high volume of applications, we may look to close the role
early, therefore we recommend an early application.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed
to our website to complete your application for this position.

Make yourself at home

We want you to be yourself at Groundwork and we value everything that makes you unique. We
recognise and celebrate your difference and together we make Groundwork a special and great
place to work. As a Disability Confident employer we offer a guaranteed interview to applicants
with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role.

At Groundwork we ensure that we provide a safe environment for adults, children and young
people to take part in any activity or service that we organise. We are committed to creating a
culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children, young people and adults at
risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and
comprehensive process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and
about candidates to ensure that all the people we appoint are suitable to work with our
children, young people and adults.

This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship – the successful applicant will need to have
a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

No agencies please.