Planning & Policy Officer

Planning & Policy Officer

Closing date:
Salary: £25,600 - £27,617 per annum
Contract type: Permanent / Working hours: Flexible
Multiple locations:
The Lodge, 1 Armstrong Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 4XT
Woolley Firs Environmental Education Centre, Cherry Garden Lane, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 3LJ
We are looking for a Planning & Policy Officer to shape nature’s recovery and help us influence key decision makers, the public, and partners

Contact details

Please apply via the link. Queries should be directed to recruitment@bbowt.org.uk

Planning and Policy Officer

BBOWT has a vision for “more nature everywhere, for everyone”. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. This includes you being comfortable bringing your whole self to work, and us co-working with the diverse communities we serve to ensure we are meeting everyone’s needs.

We are looking for a keen and self-motivated individual with a passion for protecting the natural environment to take on an exciting role to shape nature’s recovery and help us influence key decision makers, the public, and partners.

The Policy and Planning Officer will join the Conservation Strategy Directorate teams supporting nature’s recovery across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire. Our directorate’s programme spans policy, planning, advocacy, and landscape recovery.

You will lead local planning and development work in Berkshire and will help shape the Trust’s policy and advocacy work across the region, as well as working on national campaigns. This is an exciting time for nature policy as the next Government will take us to the cusp of 2030 and the target to protect 30% of the planet for nature.

Salary: £25,600 - £27,617 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35 hours per week. Flexibility in working pattern, in agreement with line manager

Based: The Lodge, Littlemore, Oxford, or Woolley Firs, Berkshire, or other suitable office (Hybrid working available – to be in office 2 days per week)

For all your hard work you can expect a great rewards package in return. In addition to being part of a friendly, skilled and knowledgeable team, passionate about making a difference, when you work for us you’ll also receive

  • Generous annual leave entitlement with paid birthday leave, wellbeing days and generous occupational sick pay
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and family-friendly policies
  • Flexible working to achieve work-life balance
  • Pension (salary exchange) with generous employer contribution
  • Learning & Development Programme for all (SEED)
  • Wellbeing initiatives including qualified Mental Health First Aiders across BBOWT, access to our Employee Assistance Programme, providing you with immediate and confidential help for any work, health or life matters; 3x life assurance, online GP access and a YuLife benefit package with free will writing, a variety of discounts and ability to claim vouchers to use in a wide range of stores when you redeem YuPoints earned by being active or meditation sessions.
  • Salary sacrifice Cycle scheme & Electric Vehicle scheme
  • Membership to BBOWT’s, and The Wildlife Trusts’, Staff Network Groups for social interaction, peer support and personal development

How to apply 

For full details, please read the job description and T&Cs below. To apply, please follow the application link.

The closing time and date for applications is 11.59pm on Sunday 21st April 2024. Interviews will take place Tuesday 30th April.

BBOWT values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We want every candidate to have the best chance of success as part of this process. In order to do this, we know that some candidates will need reasonable adjustments. Adjustments could include us providing the questions in an alternative format, providing extra time for assessments. We are also very happy to make adjustments for interview, which could include aspects such as lighting, physical access or simply making us aware when you arrive where it would be best for you to sit.

Contact us on recruitment@bbowt.org.uk if there are any reasonable adjustments we can provide during the selection stages, including completing your application form.

When applying for the role you can expect to answer a few questions online relating to the skills required and what you would be doing in the role. Your responses will be anonymised, randomised and scored by a panel of reviewers. 

 

You’ll also be asked for information about your background, anything you feel comfortable sharing will be anonymised and will not be shared as part of the selection process, it will only be used to help us understand how we are performing against our equal opportunities metrics. All candidates will receive feedback on their application.

We want our people to be as diverse as nature, so we particularly encourage applications from people who are underserved within the communities in which we operate. This includes people from visible ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities (including those who are neurodivergent), the LGBTQ+ community, those from lower socio-economic backgrounds, and younger people. We are committed to creating an organisation that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.