Conservation Graduate

About the role

Are you a recent conservation, ecology, or land management graduate? 

We have an opportunity to join the Conservation team as our Conservation Graduate, supporting the team members to carry out conservation activities.

You will maintain up to date records on GIS and utilise data to inform the wider business of conservation information. In addition, you will provide administrative support to our Branch Out grant scheme which includes data collation. 

Through supporting colleagues to collate stories from across the Environment & Sustainability Team, for internal & external communications you will help promote awareness of environmental issues and the action required to address them.

As part of this role you will support on small conservation projects. This includes supporting your Conservation team leader with administration of the WINEP (Water Industry National Environment Programme).

You will support conservation team members with seasonal ecological site surveys and maintenance of the survey data matrix.

About you 

If you are passionate about nature and the environment, then we want to hear from you.

You will have proven communication skills, coupled with the ability to work collaboratively, and build positive working relationships. Using your ability to actively listen to others to make appropriate recommendations.

You will be able to partner collaboratively with teams, using your organisation skills to plan, coordinate and deliver to timescales. You will be well versed in following processes and procedures.

The successful candidate will work outdoors in all weathers, across varied terrain, with some manual handling and lone working required.

Interviews will take place week commencing 18 November.

Please note this role is employed by our partner Randstad. For the purposes of advertising this role is advertised in Essex too but there is only 1 role. 

Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.

About us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, and that female candidates are less likely to apply if they don’t have the full range of skills, however if you have some of the skills listed, we 'd encourage you to apply.

NWG at a glance:

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.

We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.

Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.

This role has also been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test. 

Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date. 

Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked

Please note this role may require a DBS to be completed prior to employment