Monitoring Officer; Peat

NOTE:

This position is for internal applicants only.

Fixed term to 1 August 2027, with possibility of extension.

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, one of the UK's fastest growing nature conservation organisations, has appointed a Monitoring Officer (Peat).

You will lead on the exciting new Great North Bugs project, arranging and supporting invertebrate surveys, liaising with varied partners across the Great North Bog, managing project activity, data and supporting with claims and reports. You will be the main contact for YPP’s volunteers, getting people involved with monitoring through Eyes on the Bog and our yearly monitoring activities. You’ll also support the development of the monitoring plans within landscape recovery projects and help develop YPP’s wider monitoring effort.

The ideal candidate will have some experience of working in the uplands and ecological field monitoring, along with a familiarity with GIS software and data management. You will be a good communicator with the ability to talk to lots of different audiences with enthusiasm and have experience of working with volunteers and other stakeholders such as landowners. You’ll have the ability to design and implement monitoring methods (or be keen to learn) and be flexible and able to respond to changing demands and circumstances.

We want our people to flourish, just like nature, and so we are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities. We value diversity and creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.

We are also a member of the Disability Confident Scheme. This means we are committed to offering an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the post. Where a post is oversubscribed (i.e. there are more candidates meeting the minimum criteria than we can offer interviews to), we will carefully balance inviting a mix of the highest scoring disabled and non-disabled applicants.