Advice, Information Volunteer Roles
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is looking for four members of the Conservation Advisory Committee.
Conservation Advisory Committee provides independent insight, advice and guidance to our Council of Trustees and Executive Board on conservation strategy, approaches, policy, and programmes, and advises them on positioning, risks and opportunities related to specific projects or policy issues.
In addition to making an important contribution to the work of the RSPB, through shaping its strategy and direction and influencing key decisions affecting its delivery of conservation outcomes, participating in an advisory committee can provide excellent networking opportunities, an opportunity to acquire practical experience of committee functions, decision-making process and further development of leadership skills, knowledge, and experience.
About you
We are looking for individuals with relevant experience to join our committees to provide independent, objective, challenging advice to support the Executive Board and Trustees in development and shaping of RSPB strategies.
Essential skills, knowledge, and experience across one or more of the following areas:
1. Knowledge of conservation delivery on land, including through agriculture and/or partnerships
2. Knowledge of conservation delivery in marine environments, policy, or operational context (including energy / fisheries sector)
3. Experience of effecting positive environmental change at in the public, private or not for profit sector
4. Experience working for or alongside the not-for-profit sector.
5. Understanding of delivery in International Operations and/or the UK Overseas Territories
6.Conservation Finance
7. Understanding of climate and social justice; working with diverse communities, people of colour and indigenous communities
8. Data Management and Analysis
Please click 'Apply via website’ to be redirected to the RSPB website, where you can find full details of the role and register your interest to apply.
Applications for this role closes 30th April.
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Our purpose is to advance the conservation of birds, other wildlife, and the natural world, by protecting and restoring habitats and landscapes.
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At WWT, we believe the best way for people to understand and connect to wetlands is to experience them, so we bring awe-inspiring nature up close. We use resources creatively to maximum effect, working against the odds. With our adventurous nature comes a deep sense of fun.
As a Craft Champion, you will be the main point of contact with families to assist them in undertaking seasonal crafts. You will ensure the family has all the items they need to safely undertake each activity providing assistance if required. You will have the support of the Learning team to undertake these sessions and we have plenty of craft materials for you to work with..
What will you be doing?
• Providing children with the correct equipment and materials to undertake seasonal craft activities. This will involve taking cash payments for crafts items purchased.
• Creating ideas and assisting in the preparation of crafts by re-stocking materials, producing samples for children to view and alerting staff to craft shortages.
• To assist in coming up with none plastic craft ideas for children to undertake during their visit to Castle Espie.
• Adhering to WWT procedures, such as Data Protection compliance, Health and Safety etc.
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Heal Rewilding is recruiting their second Heal Future Advisory Panel after a successful two years in 2021-2022. This panel will be a national collective of individuals aged 18-25, who are actively involved in ensuring that Heal Rewilding is an inclusive and relevant organisation.
About the role
The panel has a range of roles and responsibilities, which can be tailored and expanded based on the unique interests and skills of the group. They will mainly work with Julia, the Community Engagement Manager, who will meet with the group regularly and facilitate activities. The majority of work will happen virtually with the occasional in-person meet up. To ensure the panel can achieve its aim, we are looking to establish a group composed of individuals with diverse life experiences, skills and insights.
Key details
Role type: This role is voluntary, but travel and subsistence expenses for any in-person activities will be covered if requested
Length: 2 year term
Hours: 4 to 10 hours a month
Location: Remote anywhere in the UK
Key dates
Closing date: 5pm on Monday 22 April
Start date: Tuesday 7 May
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This is an opportunity to play a key role in the Area leadership by supporting the Chair in the oversight of all Area activities, making sure that they are consistent, integrated and in line with Ramblers' mission and strategy.
The Ramblers work to help everyone enjoy the pleasures and benefits of walking, and to enhance and protect the places where people walk. We are committed to encouraging and supporting walking, protecting and expanding public rights of way and access land, and protecting the beauty of the countryside and other areas.
The Vice-Chair supports the Area Chair in the leadership of Ramblers' activities in East and West Sussex including the provision through the Groups in the Area of organised walks, helping to ensure the Groups are run well, follow good practice and join in national/Area initiatives, and the protection of rights of way.
The Vice-Chair deputises for the Area Chair, as required, at meetings of the Area Council and Area Executive Committee, represents the Area at meetings of the South East Regional Cluster and, in agreement with the Area Chair, leads specific projects in which the Area is engaged, making sure in all cases that Ramblers' policies and procedures are followed with a view to ensuring that the Area, its members and volunteers are kept safe and legally compliant.
The Vice-Chair supports the Chair in the oversight of the Area's working relationship with local authorities, organisations and politicians.
The Vice-Chair assists the Chair by making sure that the Area follows all of the required governance, including AGMs and attendance at Ramblers' General Council Meetings.
The incumbent will work closely with the Chair and other members of the Area Executive Committee and Area Council, and where necessary seek advice and guidance from Ramblers' central office.
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Summary
The Sussex Area of the Ramblers has two Countryside Officers, one for East Sussex and one for West Sussex. The primary function is to act on behalf of members where a reported planning development could have a detrimental effect on the Sussex countryside.
Description
The Ramblers works to help everyone enjoy the pleasures and benefits of walking, and to enhance and protect the places where people walk. We are committed to encouraging and supporting walking, protecting and expanding public rights of way and access land, and protecting the beauty of the countryside and other areas. We recognise the threat posed to our countryside by climate change, which could severely alter many of our cherished landscapes. Ramblers support measures to mitigate this by switching to renewable sources of energy which are sensitively sited and don’t damage precious landscapes. In addition we believe the government must focus particularly on improving energy efficiency, pursuing a range of measures to reduce the amount of energy wasted in generation, transmission and use. We are concerned about the potential impacts of onshore shale gas exploration and exploitation, both on access to the places we walk and on the beauty of the wider countryside. We will oppose such operations where we believe these impacts to be unacceptable, particularly in areas designated for their natural beauty such as National Parks (e.g. The South Downs) and National Landscapes (e.g . Chichester Harbour).
The role involves reviewing planning applications published by the Local Authority and lodging objections on behalf of Sussex Ramblers in the event that such developments are considered to have a detrimental effect on the Sussex countryside and the places where people walk. Such concerns may be expressed in writing through a response to the planning process, but could also involve site visits and on occasions attendance at public hearings.
The incumbent will work closely with other Ramblers officers such as the West Sussex Area Footpath Officer and where necessary will seek advice and guidance from Ramblers' central office. Other main contacts include the Local Authorities, Parish/Town Councils and Local Access Forum. The position reports to the Area Council.
What Impact will you have?
The Ramblers help everyone, everywhere, enjoy walking and protects the places we all love to walk. By volunteering as a Countryside Officer you will be paying a vital role in making sure we can achieve this by holding Local Authorities to account for planning decisions, and helping to ensure that our countryside and the places people walk, essential to health and wellbeing, are safeguarded.
Skills and Experience Required
You should have a passion for walking and for preservation and protection of the natural beauty of the countryside and the special qualities of urban space, and a good knowledge of the county. Experience and knowledge of the Local Authorities planning process would be a distinct advantage. The position is suitable for a mature professional individual who is highly reliable, organised, capable of taking initiative and with an ability to articulate strategic issues clearly in written form. A desire and ability to work in a team environment is essential. You will also need to be comfortable using a computer and the internet, and managing information.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre (CBDC) is looking to recruit an Independent Chair to lead the CBDC Advisory Group. The Independent Chair role is new and will be responsible for overseeing the implementation of the new Advisory Group with the assistance of the CBDC team. The CBDC Advisory Group is made of individuals and representatives of a range of organisations who all have an interest in biological data in Cumbria and who provide guidance to the CBDC team. It is estimated that the role will take seven days per year, split across the year but has the potential to evolve as the Advisory Group develops further. A small honorarium is available for expenses associated with this role.
Person specification:
Essential:
- Previous chairing experience and a willingness to develop these skills further
- Experience of developing business plans and strategic planning
- Financial planning
- Evidence of advocacy or willingness to become an advocate for CBDC
- Interest and awareness of biodiversity, particularly Cumbrian wildlife and landscape
- Understanding of data management
- Approachable manner
- Proven decision-making capability
Desirable:
- Experience of working with or collecting biodiversity data
- Awareness of nature recovery and associated approaches and legislation
- Experience of managing a small business
- Cumbrian based (for in-person meetings)
More information is available in the role description. To apply, please send a covering letter outlining how you meet the person specification and your relevant experience along with a brief CV by 10am on Friday 5th April 2024. If you meet the specifications outlined, you will be invited to a short interview which will take place online and then be invited to meet the CBDC team and Advisory Group members. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Rebecca Slack at CBDC.
Please send a brief CV and short cover letter to introduce yourself.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Would you like to help us monitor our restored hay meadows? Do you have some plant ID skills or are keen to develop your skills? Then join our team of meadow surveyors.
Surveying grassland hay meadows that Cumbria Wildlife Trust has restored, or has the potential to restore. This involves counting the cover of wildflower species and grass species within celled quadrats at random locations across the site.
- Previous botanical ID skills would be ideal but not essential if the participant is happy to learn.
- Survey skills using quadrats will be required to carry out the task but these skills can be taught too.
- A willingness to work with other volunteers as a pair to carry out the survey.
- We would like to ask for a minimum of one botanical survey (2 full days of surveying) per year.
Our grassland team works on many grassland sites; some being our own sites, on partner organisations sites, various landowners and farmers holdings etc. With the help of our grassland survey volunteers, we are able to revisit more of our restored sites to monitor its progress and success which can support our future restoration work.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Fancy doing something different and making a difference?
Explore and record our coastal and marine wildlife.
All welcome!
Our marine projects (‘My Local Catch’ and ‘The Bay’) run a range of regular coastal surveys along the Cumbrian coast.
From ‘Shoresearch’ citizen science projects, rocky shore walkovers, sediment cores, plankton surveys, shark egg case hunts and land-based dolphin spotting, there are many ways you can volunteer and learn about our amazing coastal and marine life.
For our organised coastal events, please wear suitable outdoor clothing and stout footwear.
If any of these events are for you, then we’d love to hear from you.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Interested in volunteering with Cumbria Wildlife Trust on the ‘The Bay: A Blueprint for Recovery’ project? The Bay is a nature and wellbeing programme of events, offering people living around Morecambe Bay area, the opportunity to get outdoors, connect with nature, and take part in a range of activities.
Do you love coastal wildlife? Barrow-in-Furness at the northernmost point of the Bay project area, is home to Earnse Bay. Low tide here reveals rockpools teeming with life- from anemones to starfish. These are amazing creatures that when observed or handled, help reconnect people with nature through their sound, scents and textures.
Are you a people person? Help bring coastal wildlife to people who don’t know about Earnse Bay rockpools, or the people who aren’t able visit the beach.
Becoming a rockpool roadie, is a unique opportunity to learn new conservation and people skills. Help Cumbria Wildlife Trust bring wildlife to more people, and more people to wildlife.
We’re looking for volunteers to shadow friendly members of staff to:
-visit the rockpools at Earnse Bay, collect rockpool creatures and take them to places like care homes for people to enjoy.
-engage with organisations such as care home residents, providing information on Earnse Bay’s coastal wildlife and promoting the work of the Cumbria Wildlife Trust in general.
-allow people to engage with rockpool creatures. The aim is for people to ‘connect’ with the creatures and one another, increasing peoples’ mutual happiness, health and sense of nature.
-after their day out, all rockpool creatures will then need to be put safely back onto the beach.
Do you think you have what it takes to be a rockpool roadie? Want to learn more about this role? We'd love to hear from you.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We’re WWT, the charity for wetlands and wildlife. We’re on a mission to restore wetlands because they are a wondrous solution to our world's problems. Together we will unlock their power – and help nature burst back to life. Because when wetlands flourish, all life will flourish!
We lead the way, bring life and inspire connection!
At WWT we believe that the best way for people to understand and connect to wetlands is to experience them, so we bring awe-inspiring nature up close and let it do the talking. At Martin Mere Wetland Centre visitors can explore unique wetland habitats and the amazing array of birds, mammals and amphibians that inhabit them. Our volunteers help to welcome and inspire visitors and look after our unique habitats and heritage.
On the canoe safari, visitors can take to the water to see the wetlands and wildlife from a new perspective.
Looking for valuable work experience to gain relevant skills or wanting to spend more time outdoors? Or both? You will assist with greeting our visitors with a warm welcome to canoe safari and assisting with the day-to-day operations you will be helping visitors enjoy a memorable experience every time they visit.
Our main values enrich our community….
By restoring our wonderful wetlands, we gain deeper connections
By inspiring future volunteers, we will inspire others to value, act and benefit from wetlands
To Thrive! We believe our volunteers will thrive in making WWT a more sustainable and inclusive organisation.
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We’re WWT, the charity for wetlands and wildlife. We’re on a mission to restore wetlands because they are a wondrous solution to our world's problems. Together we will unlock their power – and help nature burst back to life. Because when wetlands flourish, all life will flourish.
At WWT, we believe that the best way for people to understand and ‘connect’ with wetlands is to experience them, so we bring awe-inspiring nature up close. You will be directly involved in shaping children’s unforgettable experiences through the warm welcome you give them, your interactions with them and the information that you provide. We need enthusiastic people to help deliver our education programmes to school groups and in doing so ensuring that they feel part of something amazing.
What will you be doing?
• Helping out with school groups as appropriate.
• Leading selected guided learning sessions (session plans provided)/supporting education lead.
• Attending training sessions and meetings when required.
• Being friendly and approachable to visitors, especially children.
• Interacting with children in a sensitive and responsive manner.
• Being aware of procedures regarding child protection.
• Being involved in peer mentoring and observation during guided learning sessions.
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Join us as a volunteer tour guide to help us inform, educate and enlighten people about clean, green community energy and the truly positive impact that the creation of sustainable, renewable energy has on the planet.
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WeSET is supported by a wonderful team of volunteer tour guides from a wide variety of backgrounds, all with a passion for sustainable energy and a low-carbon future.
And we are looking for new, enthusiastic individuals to join our volunteer tour guides team.
As a WeSET volunteer tour guide you will lead groups of people around the Westmill site telling the story of how the Westmill Wind Farm & Solar Park was created, conveying the importance of renewable energy, describing how our turbines were installed and how they operate, and detailing the installation and energy generation of over twenty-thousand solar panels.
On some occasions, you will be working alone in welcoming and leading groups at Westmill, and on other occasions you may be working alongside other guides.
You may also prefer to work as 'guide support' which is another volunteering role available that provides practical help to our guides during the tours.
Experience of work in a public-facing role would be useful, but is not essential as you will receive training from one of our existing guides, with continuing, ongoing support from the WeSET Visits Coordinator.
This opportunity may only suitable for people who live in north-east Wiltshire, south-east Gloucestershire, south-west Oxfordshire or west Berkshire - all to allow quick and easy travel to and from the Westmill site.
If you have a happy, friendly demeanour, with a genuine passion for sustainability, then this could be a great opportunity to share that passion and meet other like-minded people at the same time!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.