Are you looking for a Board role where you can make a difference for people and wildlife?

Avon Wildlife Trust is seeking three new Trustees to join our Board, to help provide strategic direction for the organisation and help us achieve our vision of nature recovering on a grand scale, with everyone able to enjoy increasingly abundant wildlife.

About Avon Wildlife Trust Avon Wildlife Trust is one of 46 Wildlife Trusts working across the UK. With the invaluable support of our volunteers and members we manage around 800 hectares of nature reserves for wildlife and people across the West of England region (the former County of Avon). We enable wildlife’s recovery by working in partnership to restore, create and connect habitats, and increase species abundance. We connect people with nature and help them take action for wildlife where they are.

Your skills and experience This year, we are particularly looking for candidates from diverse backgrounds, including young people with experience and expertise in one or more of the following areas: · Charity fundraising - you have experience in generating charitable income from a variety of sources and the capacity to support us with revenue and capital fundraising through membership, grants and trusts, donors & philanthropy, appeals and corporate partnerships. · Income generation - you are financially minded– you are / may have been a finance professional with experience of working with charities or small business to grow earned income and commercial operations for example through consultancy, private hires, catering and events. · Digital, marketing & Comms – you are a marketing professional or work in the field of online communications who can support us with developing our comms strategy, digital content, positioning and building supporter journey. · Planning and development – you have experience in planning and are able to support with responding to planning applications across our region, building relationships with developers and influencing development in harmony with nature.

Nature is for everyone, and Avon Wildlife Trust is committed to building an inclusive organisation where our team reflects the cities and areas we serve and where colleagues feel confident about being themselves at work.

The Board of Trustees is looking to appoint two young trustees to join our team, in order to benefit from the contributions and experience of the successful candidates. These are not ‘token’ positions: the successful candidates will have the same influence, responsibilities, and liabilities as any other trustee. In turn, we commit to provide the support, training and development that you, and indeed all new trustees, need to undertake this role successfully. You will be able to help us shape and develop both the role and the way we work so that we harness your experience and wisdom at a critical stage as we drive forward our developing ambitions for the future.

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