Job Description

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The job requirements are detailed below. Essential qualifications, skills and experience are listed in the s/Person Specification which can be found under the attachments section below.

Job details

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Job reference

REQ001691

Date posted

17/07/2025

Apply by

31/07/2025

Salary

32,654

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full Time

Job category/type

Other

Nature Networks Officer - Ext Funded

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Job description

Mae'r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh.

This is an exciting and challenging time for Local Government as it seeks to continue to provide high quality services alongside delivering value for money. The role of local government in shaping the future of local communities will be more important than ever.





Working in Local Government offers some of the toughest and most intellectually stimulating challenges, as we provide services that affect thousands of lives in many different ways.





We are seeking to recruit a Nature Networks Officer on a fixed term basis up until the end of March 2028.





This role will provide you with the opportunity to be part of the Biodiversity Team within Prosperity and Development supporting and delivering exciting local biodiversity work on key biodiversity conservation issues. The post holder will be part of a team that is engaged in a diverse programme of biodiversity work.





As a Nature Networks Officer you will support the biodiversity work of RCT Council through delivery of the Building Nature Networks in RCT project funded by the Nature Networks Programme. The successful candidate must possess a degree in Science, Biology, Ecology or related equivalent qualification.



A key feature of the role will be reviewing, assessing and mapping the role and capacity of existing planning gain habitat management schemes to provide effective support and connectivity for the protected sites network within and surrounding RCT. The post will involve liaison with developers, landowners and land managers as well as site ecology survey work.





You must be creative, with a 'can-do' approach together with a keen eye for detail. You must also have a sound knowledge of the habitats and species context of the South Wales Valleys as well as having an understanding of biodiversity management and raising awareness within the community. A passion for nature conservation work is essential.





For further information about this post please contact Richard Wistow on 07880 044457.



Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.



The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.

An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

As part of the Council's longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.

In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.



In support of the Council's voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.