Community Engagement Trainee

Six-month, fixed-term paid placement
Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Based in Penrith, Cumbria

Are you starting out in your conservation career?

Are you outgoing and like working with people?

Do you have a flair for delivering engaging, creative learning experiences with young people and/or adults?

If so, our new paid placement role as a Community Engagement Trainee could be for
you!

About the role

This is a six-month paid training placement starting in May 2025 and is designed to be a launch
pad for someone at the beginning of their career in conservation and/or community engagement.

As our Community Engagement Trainee, you will have the opportunity to gain practical
experience; supporting the delivery of community awareness work on invasive non-native
species – a key issue affecting the health of watercourses and lakes in the Eden
Valley and The Lake District, as well as Eden Rivers Trust’s practical volunteering programme
and community events.

These two key work programmes form part of our Access
to Eden: Breaking barriers, building bridges partnership project supported by
a grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

About you

You will be a confident communicator who can make scientific concepts accessible to a wide
variety of audiences and inspire them to take action to protect our waterways.

At home working outdoors, you’ll be outgoing and comfortable approaching and working with
people. The role requires regular travel to sites around the catchment so you will need to have
a current, full UK driving licence.

About us

Eden Rivers Trust is the conservation charity standing up for Eden’s rivers; changing
perceptions of rivers, enhancing and protecting the river environment so that people and nature
in Cumbria can thrive.

Our vision is Clean and healthy rivers, providing a brighter future for all, and we
have been working with partners and volunteers since 1996, developing and carrying out
innovative environmental projects that restore rivers, improve habitats, manage floods
naturally, and promote water-friendly farming. These conservation activities are integrated
with creative programmes for schools and community groups that promote awareness, access, and
learning.

As a Trust we are Rethinking Rivers. For Good.

The deadline for applications is 9 am, Monday 24 March 2025
Interviews are planned for the week commencing 31 March 2025