Nature Based Solutions (Habitat) Monitoring Officer

Job Title: Nature Based Solutions (Habitat) Monitoring Officer\\nReports To: Programme Manager\\nLocation: North-East-wide, office base options include: Pegswood NE61, Sunderland SR1 or Middlesbrough TS5 + Some home working and onsite as required\\nSalary: £25,539 – £28,330 per annum, pro-rata\\nHours: Minimum 30 hours per week – 12 Month Fixed term\\n\\nAbout us\\n\\nGroundwork aims to be the UK’s leading regeneration charity, working through partnership to create communities in which people are proud to live and work. This programme will deliver Groundwork’s mission of supporting people to improve their prospects and reach their full potential. As an organisation, we are proud of the effective role that our Community Project Managers play in delivering significant social, environmental and health outcomes with communities across the region.\\n\\nAbout the role\\n\\nThe post holder will perform a dual role within the Wansbeck Restoration for Climate Change and Revitalising our Estuaries Programme (RoE) Project team.

The RoE project currently aims to protect and enhance six of the estuaries in the North East.\\n\\nWe are looking for someone with an interest in the environment and project management, fieldwork and recording/surveying. Knowledge of the area, river estuaries or habitat creation is beneficial.\\n\\nThe role will carry out field work using established procedures and protocols for monitoring the interventions installed at project sites, including recording, collation and evaluation of the data. In addition, the successful candidate will be required to establish the social impact of key projects.

The role will include remote working, office based meetings and on site sessions working alongside the project team and other Groundwork staff.\\n\\nEssentials\\n\\n * Experience of monitoring and evaluating habitat / nature based solutions\\n\\n * Experience of using software packages and mapping apps such as ArcGIS and google maps\\n\\n * Experience of working effectively with external parties to develop monitoring of NBS projects\\n\\n * In possession of a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes\\n\\nClosing date: Midnight on Thursday 27th March 2025\\nPlease note, should we receive a high volume of applications, we may look to close the role early, therefore we recommend an early application.\\n\\nInterested?\\n\\nIf you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.\\n\\nMake yourself at home\\nWe want you to be yourself at Groundwork and we value everything that makes you unique. We recognise and celebrate your difference and together we make Groundwork a special and great place to work.

As a Disability Confident employer we offer a guaranteed interview to applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role.\\n\\nAt Groundwork we ensure that we provide a safe environment for adults, children and young people to take part in any activity or service that we organise. We are committed to creating a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and comprehensive process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all the people we appoint are suitable to work with our children, young people and adults\\n\\nThis role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship – the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.\\n\\nNo agencies please