A unique opportunity to join a successful and growing conservation charity!

Kent’s Plan Bee Project Officer FTE for 20 months

The Bumblebee Conservation Trust (the Trust) is looking for a full-time Kent’s Plan Bee Project Officer to join the conservation team and lead on the delivery of Kent’s ‘Plan Bee’, the pollinator action plan for Kent County Council. This role is a secondment to Kent County Council.

Kent is a hotspot for some of the UK’s rarest and most threatened bumblebee species. This is an exciting opportunity to build on the framework and partnership already in place for this ambitious, well-established and award-winning initiative. Your primary role will be: to provide land management advice for bumblebees and pollinators generally, and influence the management of public land in Kent; undertake bumblebee, pollinator, and habitat monitoring; and promote Kent’s Plan Bee. Delivering Kent’s Plan Bee is helping the Trust to achieve our strategic aim – ‘There is more, better-connected, high-quality habitat for bumblebees across our cities, towns and countryside.’

You will work closely with teams within Kent County Council to facilitate pollinator friendly management, and support any input to strategic partnership work for pollinators and their habitats. You will provide content such as social media posts and blogs for Kent County Council and the Trust communications teams regarding Kent’s Plan Bee. You will monitor bumblebees and other pollinators, as well as habitats, at sites where management is being implemented to provide evidence of the effectiveness of our interventions. You will compile survey reports and set up systems for data collection and presentation. You will recruit and train Kent County Council staff and volunteers to undertake surveys and monitoring.

You will be a dynamic, self-reliant individual with experience in delivering ecological assessment and land management advice, and an interest in invertebrates. You will have strong communication skills, and be able to inspire a range of audiences to follow the advice given.

Please refer to the job description and person specification for more details of the role.

This is a full-time, fixed-term (20 months) position based at home in Kent (or within commuting distance) - there will be some office-based working, which will generally be at Kent County Council’s Maidstone office. There may be potential to extend this post.

For an application pack please visit our website.

To discuss the post informally, please contact:

Sinead Lynch, Conservation Manager

Closing Date: 12 noon Monday 6 th May 2024

Interview date: Wednesday 15 th May 2024, on Microsoft Teams.