Project Assistant – Keeping it Wild Collective (Hybrid)

Project Assistant – Keeping it Wild Collective (Hybrid)

Location: Camley Street Natural Park
Department: Learning, Youth & Communities
Salary: £26,565 (£15,939 working 3 days per week)
Hours: 21
Job Type: Part time
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract

We also offer:

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and a discretionary Christmas closure
• Benefits platform with discounts on retail, dining and days out 
• Salary sacrifice schemes for gym, bicycles and nursery/childcare
• Access to a free Employee Assistance Scheme to support you inside and outside of work
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay 

Flexible working: This role is based across our main visitor centres and head office in London with occasional home working. 

Role & Responsibilities 

London Wildlife Trust has been empowering young people in London to take action for nature for over a decade. Through our Traineeships, Youth Board, and projects like Nature Nurtures, we've heard from young people that being part of a community has been crucial to create belonging. Now, more than ever, we are in a critical decade for climate and nature. The Keeping It Wild Collective will create a vibrant, inclusive, diverse, youth-led movement, creating new young leaders for nature across London. We're looking for someone who wants to help young people find their community, support their ideas, and help us create a London with nature in every neighbourhood. 

The Assistant will report to the Keeping it Wild Collective Coordinator and be part of the wider Youth Programmes team. They'll work closely with the Coordinator to host a range of events for young people, and to deliver the goals of the Collective.

• Support with the delivery of the project including planning, organisation and delivery of events 
• Support with the booking and organisation of meetings and events
• Support with external communications including enquiries in person, telephone or via email
• work with the Communications team to deliver social media content to promote the Collective to a young audience
• Support the project coordinator with the collection of data for monitoring and evaluation work

Our ideal Project Assistant 

• Experience engaging with young people in a formal or informal setting
• Creative and innovative problem-solving skills
• Good administrative skills, and competent user of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• An excellent team-player, with strong written and verbal communication skills
• Good time-management skills, including punctuality and the ability to work to deadlines

(Please see job description for full person specification)

Closing Date: Monday 3rd February at 9.30am 
Interviews: Are scheduled to take place on 10th and 11th February and reasonable adjustments will be offered to all candidates including the choice to meet online or in-person.

Does this sound like you? We’d love to hear from you! 

Our vision is a London alive with nature, where everyone can experience and enjoy wildlife. In order to achieve our goal of engaging everyone in protecting London’s wildlife for the future, we know that our staff team needs to better reflect and represent all of London’s communities. Read more about London Wildlife Trust’s commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion our website. We are also committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children, young people and adults at risk is at the heart of our engagement with people, read more about London Wildlife Trust’s commitment to Safeguarding  on our website.

London Wildlife Trust has been empowering young people in London to take action for nature for over a decade. Through our Traineeships, Youth Board, and projects like Nature Nurtures, we've heard from young people that being part of a community has been crucial to create belonging. 

Benefits: Enhanced maternity and paternity, salary sacrifice schemes (gym, nursery, bike), discount club, free premium headspace memberships

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