Settle/Hybrid: Trainee Project Officer (Floodplain Conservation), Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust

Salary: £24,447 per annum

Contract length: 12-month fixed term contract

Hours: Full-time 35 hours per week

Location: Based at Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust’s offices in Clapham, near Settle, with a mix of office and home working.

This is a training role ideal for someone currently unemployed or ready to take their first step into a rewarding career with real impact on communities, wildlife and the environment.

About the role

Thanks to funding from The Rank Foundation, the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust are excited to offer a unique opportunity for a motivated individual to join their projects team. This is a varied and rewarding training role that offers hands on experience at the heart of one of their innovative conservation programmes. You’ll learn directly from their experienced Long Preston Floodplain Project Officer, giving you the opportunity to develop the practical skills, knowledge and confidence to contribute to the projects delivery. You will play an active role in helping to drive the ambitious project forward and make a real difference for people and nature. Alongside this, you will have opportunities to broaden your experience by spending time in other areas of the organisation, gaining insight into the wider work of a dynamic environmental charity.

The role involves delivering a diverse range of activities, including organising and supporting farmer engagement events, helping to deliver biodiversity and landscape focused initiatives and working collaboratively with partner organisations that share their values and goals.

You will also support key administrative tasks, assist with the monitoring and evaluation of their work, and help promote and communicate their impact to a wider audience.

For more information and to apply, please visit their website.

Closing date: Friday 23 January