Engagement Officer

We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled Engagement Officer to inspire
communities across Powys and Bannau Brycheiniog to connect with nature through events and
social media and help them discover and record the wildlife around them. You’ll raise awareness
of biological recording, work on projects that support new and experienced recorders and
strengthen local knowledge of biodiversity. Through your work, you’ll support our team to build
a more informed and active recording community and contribute towards nature recovery across
our area.

We seek someone who is comfortable with delivering talks and presentations and interacting with
groups, can work independently, is keen to learn and is competent with office data management
programs. The successful candidate will have an eye for detail and will communicate well.
Organisational skills and high standards of accuracy will also be important attributes for this
post. The role will also support our biodiversity information services and help with managing
our biodiversity data holding.

You will need to be a great communicator who is happy to interpret and present technical
information to a range of audiences. You will need to demonstrate that you can devise and
manage your own schedule of outreach activities and events, deliver talks and presentations,
and engage new people in wildlife recording.

We are a small, friendly, and supportive team dedicated to providing robust evidence to inform
conservation action and decision making throughout mid-Wales.

We are at the heart of the recording community in Powys and the Bannau Brycheiniog National
Park. We collaborate closely with volunteers, species experts, conservation NGO’s, Local
Authorities, utility companies, researchers, ecological consultants and the other Welsh LERCs.

We support hybrid working; this role has an expectation of working two days a week from our
Brecon office.

Salary £27,000 (pro-rata)

Contract: Permanent

Hours of work This post is offered full-time (35 hours) per week. Please note
that part-time working would be considered.

Closing date Monday 21st July at
12pm.

Interview date Monday
28th July

If you have any questions about the role, please email [email protected]