Executive Officer

Natural Cambridgeshire is looking for an Executive Officer to support Doubling Nature ambitions.

Natural Cambridgeshire is the Local Nature Partnership for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. We bring together representatives from local government, conservation groups, communities, landowners, farmers and developers in a shared ambition to double the space for and improve the quality of nature across the county. We are hosted by Nene Park Trust.

To support programme development the team is expanding, and we are now looking to recruit an Executive Officer to join us to provide business support across the breadth of our activities. The role will encompass a variety of tasks including but not limited to the following:

• Organising meetings and calendars, setting up a new shared filing system for staff and trustees, and dealing with day to day email correspondence.
• Minute taking and supporting the logistics of board meetings, with the opportunity to take on a formal role as company secretary.
• Support with monitoring and reporting both to the Board of trustees and to our funders.
• Working with the staff team, our partners and our agency to pull together press releases, website updates and content for newsletters.

In addition, the ideal candidate will naturally demonstrate the following characteristics:

• Excellent interpersonal skills including relationship building, collaboration and diplomacy.
• Ability to meet conflicting priorities whilst working under pressure
• Self-starter with initiative and drive.
• Flexible and adaptable approach to work – recognising the need to work outside of core office hours for the occasional evening meeting or weekend event.

Salary: £25,000 to £35,000 a year pro-rata depending on experience.

Location: Home-based or within the offices of one our Partners

Start date: As soon as possible.

Application process: By application form to be sent to recruitment@neneparktrust.org.uk no later than 12 midday on Monday, 18 November 2024.

Further details about the role, including a job description and person specification, can be found here or on the Nene Park Trust website here, where the application form is also located.

If you have any questions or would like an informal chat about the role, please email either pamela.abbott@naturalcambridgeshire.org.uk or helen.dye@naturalcambridgeshire.org.uk.