JOB DESCRIPTION
Are you looking for a fantastic opportunity to work collaboratively with landowners, farmers and regional specialists on an exciting lowland agricultural peatland project? You’ll gather essential baseline data through in-house monitoring and working with external consultants. Your work will inform the plans to rewet and restore lowland peatland habitat, halting peat loss and reducing carbon emissions.
Brief description of role:
This is an exciting opportunity to work in one of the country’s most important areas of lowland peatland, helping these wetlands become climate resilient and rewetting areas to reduce carbon emissions.
By joining Avon Wildlife Trust and the Moor Futures project team as the Peatland Monitoring Officer, you will use your surveying and monitoring skills to gather baseline data. This will inform the design of plans to rewet and restore lowland agricultural peatland habitat, halting peat loss and reducing carbon emissions.
The Moor Futures project team (a consortium of regional partners) have been active in the NSLM for 3 years. Over this time a collaborative partnership has been developed between key stakeholders including local landowners and farmers. Conversations which started about the importance of peatlands progressed to explore theoretical options for rewetting and restoration. This resulted in consensus to move into the development of plans that will enable change on the ground.
The project is funded by Defra through the Lowland Peatland Water Discovery Grant scheme, and administered by the Environment Agency.
Who are we?
Avon Wildlife Trust is a charity working to protect and restore wildlife in Bristol, Bath and the West of England (former County of Avon). We want to enable nature to recover on a grand scale, with more abundant wildlife in our cities and countryside. We work with schools, communities, landowners and volunteers, people of all ages and backgrounds – to develop wildlife-rich places and wildlife-rich lives. We create, connect and care for places rich in wildlife, champion the value of nature, and inspire people and communities to care for wildlife. The Trust is supported by more than 17,000 members, 650 volunteers, manages over 30 nature reserves and is one of 46 Wildlife Trusts in the UK.
Avon Wildlife Trust values diversity. We are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures. We also have robust child safeguarding policies, and this role requires two work references and an enhanced DBS check.
Full time, 37 hours per week
Fixed term – end March 2028
To apply, download an application form from the website. Please fill out the application form paying particular attention to the details of your relevant experience, knowledge and skills, which is used for shortlisting against the person specification. Follow the link on the website to upload your application form to the online application portal.