Sussex Project Officer

Can you deliver great crested newt and wider biodiversity conservation in
Sussex?

Newt Conservation Partnership

Sussex Project Officer

£27-£30k per annum

Permanent contract

• home working
• based in Sussex

We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced, multi-skilled Project
Officer who can deliver habitat creation and management projects, with a focus on ponds and
great crested newt.

You will be able to engage and liaise with a variety of landowners and contractors and will
have knowledge of pond and terrestrial habitat creation and restoration. Amphibian surveying
skills are desirable. Training and expert support will be given to the right candidate.

The successful applicant will be employed by the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust,
seconded full-time to the Newt Conservation Partnership.

The Newt Conservation Partnership is a community benefit society whose sole
purpose is creating and managing high quality habitat for great crested newts. We source good
quality habitat sites and work together with landowners so that ponds and terrestrial features,
such as hedgerows, woodland and meadowland, can be securely managed into the future to provide
long-term landscape scale refuges for sustainable newt populations.

Amphibian and Reptile Conservation champions the conservation of amphibians
and reptiles. We do this by working with the UK government, including the devolved
administrations and agencies, to ensure that these animals benefit from biodiversity
initiatives. We also develop and promote action plans and specific projects at local, country,
UK and European levels. 

No CVs or agencies please.

Closing date: Friday 11th October 2024
Interview date: w/c 21 October 2024