Senior Project Officer
TCV
Senior Project Officer
Hours: 24.5 per week (part time)
Contract Type: Fixed term until 31/03/2026
Apply by 21st October 2025
About the role
The Conservation Volunteers are seeking a Senior Project Officer to lead volunteer sessions that deliver positive action for biodiversity in Forth Valley.
Working in partnership with Forth Climate Forest and Clackmannanshire Council, the Senior Project Officer will be responsible for delivering a programme of public tree planting sessions throughout the Wee County.
This role will be focused on leading high quality and engaging volunteer opportunities, delivering on our commitment to strategic initiatives including the Forth Climate Forest, Nature Networks and the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy.
Key elements of the role include:
- Leading volunteer sessions to support nature including tree planting and maintenance.
- Recruiting, developing and supporting our team of Volunteers and Volunteer Officers.
- Undertaking site surveys and carrying out risk assessments.
- Building relationships with key partners and stakeholders.
- Managing local resources including our Alloa Office tools and vehicles.
- Delivering within and managing the project budget.
- Use online and physical materials to promote TCV's work to local people and partners.
- Monitor the success of the project by keeping records, analysing statistics and producing written reports on progress.
This role is offered at 3.5 days per week (24.5 hours) to the end of March 2026 preferably with
some evening or weekend work to support individuals and community groups to engage.
A full, clean or near clean UK driving licence is required for this post, which has been held for a minimum of one year.
To fulfil the role, you must be resident in the UK and have the right to work in the UK.
A bit more about us
We are The Conservation Volunteers.
Our vision is Better Nature For All.
Our mission is to connect people together to protect and restore nature, delivering lasting benefits for both
Since 1959, The Conservation Volunteers has been a charity creating opportunities for people to
create, improve and care for nature in the green spaces around them across the UK.
Our variety of projects cover a bit of everything involving nature. Volunteers muddy their
boots in parks, community gardens, woodland, sites of special scientific interest, nature
reserves, schools and hospital grounds, helping create a glorious network of protected green
space across the UK.
This work connects people with nature, and that connection delivers powerful results.
Join in, feel good.
About The Conservation Volunteers (TCV)
We bring people together to create, improve and care for green spaces. From local parks and community gardens to Local Nature Reserves and Sites of Special Scientific Interest; from school grounds and hospital grounds to waterways, wetlands and woodlands; we connect people to the green spaces that form a vital part of any healthy, happy community.
We bring people together to create, improve and care for green spaces. From local parks and community gardens to Local Nature Reserves and Sites of Special Scientific Interest; from school grounds and hospital grounds to waterways, wetlands and woodlands; we connect people to the green spaces that form a vital part of any healthy, happy community.
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