Description

Reference: JUN20253269
Location: RSPB Northern Ireland – There are three roles are home/community based in and around Antrim, Lough Neagh and Fermanagh
Contract: Fixed term for up to 45 months
Hours: Full-time,  37.5 hours per week
Salary: £27,123.00 – £28,956.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days’ Annual Leave

The RSPB is seeking three passionate and skilled Community Engagement Officers to help deliver an inspiring community-based conservation education programme as part of the PeacePlus Nature project. Working in Antrim, Lough Neagh, and Fermanagh, these full-time roles will be at the heart of engaging diverse communities across landscapes, supporting environmental action through transformative, hands-on experiences. You will work closely with schools, youth and community organisations, landowners, and local authorities to deliver education sessions, site visits, volunteer opportunities and training activities.

PeacePlus Nature is an ambitious €20.8 million programme that brings together nine partners to tackle the decline in priority species and habitats in Northern Ireland, and the border counties of Ireland.

The project, supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB), will work to restore blanket bog, lowland wet grassland and limestone grassland and priority species from breeding waders to Marsh Fritillary Butterfly.

RSPB NI in partnership with BirdWatch Ireland, Butterfly Conservation, Monaghan County Council, River Blackwater Catchment Trust, Truagh Development Association, Lough Neagh Partnership, NI Water and An Taisce – The National Trust for Ireland, will work to deliver this.

PEACEPLUS is a cross-border funding Programme supported by the European Union, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Government of Ireland, and the Northern Ireland administration.