Senior Policy Officer – Water

That is an excellent alternative to assist flip across the alarming state of England’s
freshwater habitats. You’ll work with a various vary of groups throughout the RSPB to drive
ahead our coverage and advocacy work on water and coastal coverage points and affect vital
debates and choices throughout the England.

We’re on the lookout for an enthusiastic, passionate and motivated particular person to essentially lead on this
position. The profitable candidate might be pushed to construct efficient working relationships throughout
the RSPB and associate organisations. 

What is the position about? 

Water high quality is excessive up on the political and media agenda, because the British public develop
more and more involved about air pollution. Clear water and wholesome freshwater ecosystems are important
to a lot of England’s wildlife and important. This position will assist lead the RSPB work to safe
the fitting insurance policies and funding mechanisms to show this round by driving funding in
catchment and nature-based options. This can be a nice alternative to work to enhance the well being
of England’s rivers, streams and lakes, and assist society adapt to and mitigate local weather change.
The profitable candidate could have a eager concentrate on the regulated water sector to make sure each alternative is made to ship advantages for nature and local weather. They can even be looking for to
discover new private and non-private funding alternatives serving to to develop and outline finest
follow.

This position will permit the profitable candidate to work throughout all these points and extra, as half
of RSPB England’s Sustainable Land Coverage Crew. 

The position will play a key position in supporting and delivering towards our advocacy targets in
Westminster and Whitehall, and offering data, recommendation, and help to different workers
internally on water coverage points, notably colleagues working throughout our community of
reserves and precedence landscapes. Additionally, you will help our work concentrating on arms-length our bodies
and the personal sector.

The profitable candidate will work with a variety of colleagues in our Conservation Science,
Communications and Campaigns, and Operations groups to make sure we have an effect

Important expertise, data and expertise:

• Diploma stage qualification in a related topic
• Confirmed expertise of working successfully in a coverage and or advocacy position
• An excellent understanding of governmental and political establishments of the desired division
  and placement the place related to setting/biodiversity coverage
• Nicely honed political acumen coupled with the power to analyse complicated points in a quick
  paced setting coupled
• Skill to establish, goal and advocate RSPB coverage successfully to related exterior
  audiences (together with authorities, enterprise, NGOs) via shows, attendance at
  conferences acceptable use of social media, and so forth to additional RSPB coverage advocacy targets.
• Skill to construct and preserve efficient relationships with stakeholders within the related
  coverage space, together with senior authorities officers, different NGOs, academia and enterprise so as
  to construct optimum circumstances for profitable advocacy for RSPB coverage positions.
• Wonderful communication expertise (verbal, written and presentational), together with a capability
  to talk confidently and cogently in public to quite a lot of audiences, together with these with
  opposing views.
• An excellent understanding of the position of public going through communications/campaigns in supporting
  coverage advocacy. 
• Expertise of main or facilitating the supply of related coverage analysis to tell
  coverage positions
• Assured and able to being a public face for RSPB coverage and advocacy to the media and
  social media.

Fascinating expertise, data and expertise:

• Good data and understanding of the regulated water sector, and new and rising
  personal finance alternatives to drive funding in catchment and nature-based options.

This can be a Everlasting position for 37.5 hours per week. 

We wish to conduct interviews for this place from seventh Might 2024. For
additional data please contact [email protected]

As a part of this utility course of you’ll be requested to supply a duplicate of your CV and full
an utility type together with proof on the way you meet the talents, data, and expertise
listed above.

We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive and numerous RSPB, during which everybody feels
supported, valued, and in a position to be their full selves. To realize our imaginative and prescient of making a world
richer in nature, we’d like extra individuals, and extra numerous individuals, on nature’s facet. Individuals of
color and disabled persons are at present underrepresented throughout the setting, local weather,
sustainability, and conservation sector. In the event you establish as an individual of color and/or disabled,
we’re notably occupied with receiving your utility. Contact us to debate any
extra help you might want to finish your utility.

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