Senior Community Development Officer Location:Curdridge, Southampton, SO32 2DP Salary: £31,000 - £32,000 pro ratagross per annum depending on skills and experience Part Time 14hours per week 4 Year Fixed Term Contract Closing date: 24 October2024 Interviews: We will be reviewing applications as and when theycome in, with interviews being held on a rolling basis TheHampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust is a grassroots movementworking for natures recovery and to bring people closer to nature.Our vision for a wilder future is beautiful and vital! Our futurehas to be wilder! We are seeking a Senior Community DevelopmentOfficer to join our cause. To succeed in putting nature inrecovery, we need many people on natures side to support the Trust,to take action themselves and to persuade others to do thingsdifferently. The science suggests that to create a social tippingpoint in society where we can turn things around for climate andwildlife, we need 1 in 4 people to take meaningful action insupport of the natural world. This role will use a communityorganising approach to support neighbourhoods across Hampshire totake community led action for nature in their local area throughtwo routes: The development and delivery of the Trusts WilderNeighbourhoods programme, and in partnership with the GreeningCampaign, making space for nature. This role will take learningfrom this delivery and work closely with the Wilder CommunitiesManager, support, train and develop new Super Champions in thecommunity and line manage the Wilder Communities Officers to offera cohesive programme for communities and neighbourhoods acrossHampshire & the Isle of Wight which connects them with theTrust and Team Wilder through the Reaching Community Lotteryproject. Wild About Inclusion! As an inclusive employer werecognise that our workforce needs to better reflect thecommunities in which we live and work. We encourage applicationsfrom all sections of the community, particularly thoseunderrepresented within our sector, including people from black,Asian, minority Ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities. Weare committed to creating a Movement that recognises and trulyvalues individual differences and identities. We are happy todiscuss the possibilities of hybrid and flexible working This rolewill be based at our office in Curdridge, however, we are happy toaccommodate a hybrid working routine, and discuss a pattern of workwhich suits the candidate. Traditionally, office hours are Mondayto Friday, 9am-5pm with an hour lunch break. We offer a wide rangeof benefits including a competitive salary, generous annual leaveallowance, a contributory pension scheme, life assurance, learningand development support, 24-hour access to our employee assistanceprogramme, discounted staff travel with our corporate partnersWightlink (subject to T&Cs) and more. To apply for the role,please click on the Apply Now button at the top of the page.In thesupporting information section, youll need to demonstrate, withdetailed examples, how you meet the job requirements using the JobDescription and Recruitment Pack below. Please do not useartificial intelligence tools to assist you to complete theapplication form. We may not accept applications that have beencompleted utilising AI tools. If you would usually use tools suchas these to assist you in filling in a form, please contact us todiscuss this further and understand other options.TPBN1_UKTJ