Two job opportunities with award-winning charity Birds of Poole Harbour

The award-winning charity Birds of Poole Harbour (BOPH) is advertising two rare job opportunities.

The first one is for the role of maternity cover for the BOPH Manager, starting in spring 2025.

Salary: £36,500

Hours: 40 hours per week with occasional weekend work required. Primarily Poole and Wareham-based with occasional optional home-working.

Location: Primarily Poole and Wareham-based with occasional optional home-working.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing overall management of the charity, working closely with our Chair of Trustees to make sure that the charity’s operations are guided by the our core values, aims and strategy, while operating sustainably.
• Overseeing the management of our team, providing support where required, including line management of 4-5 staff members and recruitment of new team members.
• Ensuring the organisation fulfils its legal, statutory and regulatory responsibilities, with support from our trustee board.
• Working with our Operations Manager to prepare and review the charity annual budget and annual report.
• Maintaining effective communication with our Chair of Trustees, and regularly supply the board with charity updates and reports with support from the Operations Manager.
• Providing management support for our conservation and engagement projects.
• Identifying funding opportunities to diversify the charity’s income streams.
• Maintaining and growing relationships with charity partners.
• Working with our engagement team to develop our annual events calendar and providing support with the delivery of our events when required.
• Ensuring a high standard of delivery for our outreach projects and events, overseeing feedback from the public to continue our growth.

Closing Date: 9am on Wednesday 26 February 2025.

For a job specification and details of how to apply, click here.

The second job opportunity is for a Part-time Osprey Engagement Officer from April to August 2025.

Salary: £12.60 per hour (Real Living Wage)

Hours: 15 hours per week, w/b 14th April – 31st August. Due to the nature of our events, this position will require working regular Saturdays and outside of regular working hours.

Location: Wareham and Poole based.

What you’ll be working on: You’ll be helping our team to deliver an ambitious events schedule through the spring and summer, including our Carey Osprey Tours led in partnership with Careys Secret Garden, as well as our Osprey Cruises during August.

During the spring and early summer you will primarily be responsible for delivering three 2-hour sessions per day to view and interpret the nesting Ospreys at Careys Secret Garden with groups of up to 12 people, informing them about the exciting Poole Harbour Osprey Translocation Project, the nesting pair, and engaging them with the other birdlife that can be found onsite. Later in the summer, you will provide support with spotting and commentary on our award-winning Osprey Cruises around Poole Harbour. This role will be well-suited to an aspiring and enthusiastic ornithologist with excellent communication skills and a good knowledge of British birds.

Closing Date: 9am on Monday 3 March 2025.

For a job specification and details of how to apply, click here.