Part-time (30 hrs/week), 12 months fixed term
About the role
Bats are remarkable animals and an important part of our natural environment.The Bat Conservation Trust (BCT) is proud to be the leading non-governmental organisation devoted solely to the conservation of bats and their habitats.Our mission is to work collaboratively and with a diversity of people to achieve resilient populations of bats and improve their habitats in an ever-changing world.BCT works on a number of levels to create a better world for bats and runs a range of different projects and initiatives. BCT’s head office is in Battersea, London. We also work in Wales and Scotland and have remotely based staff in other areas.
BCT's Built Environment and Woodland Projects act to strengthen engagement and collaboration between the conservation sector and the building and woodland sectors respectively. We provide articles and presentations, training and best practice guidance, sit on relevant Steering Groups and panels and develop new initiatives and projects that contribute to our strategic objectives. Both projects involve awareness raising, technical expertise, relationship building, training delivery, communication and business development.
The Biodiversity Training Officer will sit within the Biodiversity Team and primarily support the Built Environment and Woodland Projects with developing, delivering, improving and promoting both in-person and online training to these sectors and also to ecologists supporting these sectors.
Of key importance to this role is the ability to enthuse industry professionals with little knowledge of bats or wider biodiversity conservation, inspiring them to change their practices to achieve gains for conservation within their sphere of expertise.
If you have the passion and experience to join our team and help us secure a future for bats and the habitats that support them and wider biodiversity, please view the job description and person specification below, and download an application form with guidance notes.
Why work for us?
We are a friendly and supportive workplace with an inspiring environmental mission. As a hybrid working organisation, we are flexible about home-working, we offer a 4% employer pension contribution, an Employee Assistance Programme, and time for learning, development and volunteering.
BCT is a welcoming and inclusive organisation. We believe our work will be stronger with greater diversity and welcome applications from those who bring differences. We are committed to building a working environment in which all individuals are free from discrimination and in which opportunities are equal to all.
How to apply
Please view the job description below for further details about the role, and submit a completed application form with optional equal opportunities form.
Deadline for Applications:9am Monday 14th July 2025
Interviews (held via Zoom): Tuesday 22nd July 2025 (you will be required to give a presentation, the details of which will be shared with those invited to interview)
Application Forms:Please send your completed forms tojobs@bats.org.uk or via post to the Bat Conservation Trust, Studio 15 Cloisters House, Cloisters Business Centre, 8 Battersea Park Road, London SW8 4BG
If you have any further questions please contact Siân Moore atjobs@bats.org.uk or 020 7820 7167.
* Completing this form is optional, but doing so helps us to monitor our applicant demographics. All data you provide remains anonymous and reported in the aggregate. Your form is not viewed by interviewing panels, and is only used by BCT to improve our equity, diversity and inclusion.
The Bat Conservation Trust (known as BCT) is a registered charity in England and Wales (1012361) and in Scotland (SC040116).
Company Limited by Guarantee, Registered in England No: 2712823. Registered office: Bat Conservation Trust, Studio 15 Cloisters House, Cloisters Business Centre, 8 Battersea Park Road, London, SW8 4BG. Vat Reg No: 877158773.
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