The Social Enterprise New Prosperity Devon (NPD) has been awarded
a grant of £9,700 from the National Lottery for setting up a Mid
Devon Wildlife Warden Scheme for volunteers in each parish to
undertake public education and conservation work in support of
wildlife and biodiversity. The project will start with a pilot
programme training a limited number of volunteers in three
parishes, including Cheriton Bishop, where the Parish Council has
helped initiate the scheme. We're also grateful to our County
Councillor Frank Letch who has supported the pilot from the start
and enabled us with £1,400 for a website and expenses to support
the scheme.
The project will now be recruiting a Coordinator to establish
the scheme and train and support the Wildlife Wardens. See below
for the job advert: closing date 14 April.
The Mid Devon project will be managed by a steering group with
representatives of Sustainable Crediton, Sustainable Tiverton, Mid
Devon Wildlife and NPD. There is already a very successful scheme
running in Teignbridge.
Job Opportunity: Project
Coordinator: Mid-Devon Wildlife Warden Scheme
We are looking for a Project Coordinator to 'kickstart'
the establishment of a Mid-Devon Wildlife Warden Scheme. The
intention is to create a 'grass roots', parish-based group of
wildlife wardens. This is likely to comprise two to four wardens in
each parish who are local volunteers keen to protect and enhance
the natural environment.
The applicant should have a basic knowledge of practical ecology
and be good at working with people of all ages and backgrounds. The
role will also require good administrative and organisational
skills including record-keeping and managing the volunteer parish
wardens. A key aspect of the role will be to lead the establishment
and development of the scheme with support from members of the
project steering group.
We have secured funding for one year
enabling a Project Coordinator to work one day per week (flexible)
on a self-employed basis. Working from home, the Project
Coordinator will be required to travel on occasion to parishes
within the Mid-Devon district. It is envisaged that this will
involve assisting and coordinating local Wildlife Wardens with
practical wildlife management and development.
The budget for this role is
£6,000 for one day per week (pro rata £30,000 per
annum).
For further information and
a job description, please contact Andrew Birnie by email at
newprosperitydevon@gmail.com
Closing date for
applications is 14th April 2022
Please send a covering letter explaining why you are interested
in the role and a full CV by email to the following address:
newprosperitydevon@gmail.com
It is anticipated that the interviews will be on 27th April 2022
by Zoom.
With thanks to Christina Dymond for her work on this
project