Nature Officer – Tir Canol

It is a fantastic alternative to hitch a terrific group saving nature and provoking folks in some
of probably the most wildlife-rich areas of Wales.

We’re searching for somebody who’s captivated with conservation supply, who sees the massive
image and has an eye fixed for element. Somebody with actual imaginative and prescient, dedication, a ardour for nature
and glorious folks expertise. 

It is a 3-year, 4 day every week put up, with the potential of long term topic to funding.

Please see the extra info doc on our web site for additional perception into this function
with Welsh translation.

The function focuses on the tree useful resource centred across the Dyfi Valley and wider Tir Canol
challenge space, which has a few of Wales’ most specular surroundings and the species to match. This
function might be delivering the co-designed Tir Canol Blueprint, with a deal with woodlands,
together with Western Atlantic Oak Woods:

• Produce a tree useful resource panorama plan, utilizing present information and extra survey work
• Ship habitat surveys for, and with, landowners of their tree useful resource and precedence species
  which includes their information and ambitions
• Ship administration interventions the place alternative and funding permits
• Have interaction with the general public forestry within the space to help sustainable forestry administration

You’ll sit inside the Tir Canol group, working collectively and assembly frequently with one another. Additionally, you will work carefully with Tir Canol companions, notably RSPB Cymru workers together with conservation, reserve, and Celtic Rainforest LIFE programme; and Woodland Belief workers, to ship an evaluation of the tree useful resource and key related species within the Dyfi space.

Key actions:

• Survey work, for assessing broadleaved woodlands utilizing methodology developed collectively by
  Woodland Belief, Plantlife and RSPB.
• Chosen woodland and wooded habitat precedence species surveys
• Develop a plan for woodland and woodland species enhancement throughout the panorama with
  landowners and stakeholders.
• Figuring out and implementing woodland creation and restoration alternatives the place funding
  permits
• Contributing to complete farm habitat assessments (to Section 1 stage) and motion plans alongside
  landowners to establish administration alternatives.
• Liaising with exterior companions and stakeholders throughout the Dyfi and wider space creating
  relationships domestically inside organisations and communities
• Encouraging and supporting growth of domestically led woodland and tree centered tasks

What we want from you.

Important:

• Information of woodland administration, ecology, and supply mechanisms for conservation work,
  related to the Dyfi space to allow suggestions to stakeholders of acceptable
  interventions
• Means to work successfully as a group participant each internally and in exterior partnerships
• Wonderful communications expertise (verbal and written) – together with a capability to talk
  confidently and cogently to quite a lot of audiences
• Means to quickly analyse vital portions of data, prioritise and stability a
  various workload typically to tight deadlines
• Means to hold out ecological surveys resembling part 1 and woodland hen surveys
• Welsh speaker
• Expertise of partaking/negotiating with landowners, farmers totally different stakeholders to ship
  biodiversity advantages,
• Expertise of working to survey, defend and/or handle essential, species and/or habitats
• Expertise of productive partnership working
• Diploma stage qualification in a related topic or skill to indicate equal work
  expertise

 Fascinating 

• Competency in use of GIS
• Expertise of public engagement work
• Efficient challenge administration expertise
• Specialist conservation information in related areas, resembling decrease crops in woodland,
  historic and veteran timber, and upland.
• Understanding of the idea of panorama scale conservation and the pressures on land use in
  Wales.

Extra Info

The RSPB reserves the best to increase or make this function everlasting with out additional promoting
depending on enterprise wants on the finish of the contract time period. Fastened-term part-time function for 30
hrs per week.

We need to conduct interviews for this place from 19/4/24. For additional info
please contact [email protected]

As a part of this software course of you’ll be requested to finish an software kind together with
proof on the way you meet the talents, information, and expertise listed above.

We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive and various RSPB, by which everybody
feels supported, valued, and capable of be their full selves. To attain our imaginative and prescient of making a
world richer in nature, we want extra folks, and extra various folks, on nature’s aspect. Folks
of color and disabled individuals are at present underrepresented throughout the atmosphere, local weather,
sustainability, and conservation sector. In case you establish as an individual of color and/or disabled,
we’re notably curious about receiving your software. Contact us to debate any
extra help it’s possible you’ll want to finish your software.

The RSPB is an equal alternatives employer. This function is roofed by the Rehabilitation of
Offenders Act 1974.

The RSPB is a licenced sponsor. This function is just not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship – the
profitable applicant might want to have a pre-existing Proper to Work within the UK in an effort to be
supplied an employment contract.

This function is joint funded with Coed Cadw (the Woodland Belief in Wales) and hosted by RSPB Cymru
as a part of the Tir Canol Partnership.