Campaigns and Policy Officer

We are looking for a highly motivated, creative and energetic person with a passion and energy for politics to join our team and help us develop compelling policy solutions and advocacy campaigns to engage, inspire and influence decision makers in the run up to the 2024 General Election and beyond, to ensure nature’s recovery is kept at the heart of public and political conversation.

You will play a key role in securing nature’s recovery across Gloucestershire and beyond, helping to identify opportunities for and helping to shape campaigns, including working with partner organisations to ensure our work is as impactful as possible.

This is an exciting time for nature policy locally and nationally and you will be working to shape incoming policy and how it is delivered on the ground. You will work closely with GWT’s Evidence team to influence the Local Nature Recovery Strategy and Partnership, and will work to ensure councils adopt nature-focused policies and best practice Biodiversity Net Gain.

You will also work closely with our Community Action team to empower our supporters to take action for nature through our advocacy campaigns and our wider Team Wilder work.

The role will sit within the External Relations team at GWT and will work with colleagues across the Trust and beyond, to develop and deliver compelling policy asks to influence our MPs and councillors, and support the development of the Trust’s advocacy campaigns, establishing us as leading experts and driving individuals and policy makers to take action for nature.

If you are interested in joining our team, please click below for a full job description and to apply.

Please note that we do not accept CV’s and application forms should be returned by midnight 9 June 2024. Interviews will be held in person w/c 17 June 2024 .

We aim to be an equal opportunity employer and are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment.

Being a charity we hope all recruitment agencies will appreciate that we want to save money where possible - so thank you, but unless we get in touch, we don't need you help with this role quite yet.