JOb opportunities

Community Engagement Activities

Organise, prepare, and run community discussions and workshops in collaboration with professional facilitators within the project area. Oversee budgets and costs, manage marketing around the events and oversee general logistics such as basic catering and venue booking etc. Ensure regular contact is maintained between the project and communities involved, through regular meetings, updates and transparent bilingual communications.

Volunteer workdays

Identify tasks and areas in which to run practical volunteer workdays. Develop relationships with partner organisations to run volunteer workdays and citizen science events. Develop risk assessments, arrange tools, communications and logistics to enable full participation by community members. Manage volunteers and a programme of work at key locations across the project area.

Reporting

Deliver regular updates to the Project Manager and contribute towards reporting to funders and Sea Watch Foundation Trustees. Maintain comprehensive records of all expenses, mileage, purchases, event attendance and metrics.

Minimum Requirement: Fluent Welsh speaker; experience in public engagement and community outreach. Own vehicle for project activities, all mileage will be reimbursed.

Preferred Experience: Applicants with knowledge & direct experience of community based work and facilitation

Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Highly organised and conscientious
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to write and express oneself to enthuse others through the written word and face to face
• Capability of managing volunteers to carry out simple practical conservation tasks
• Public speaking experience
• Facilitation experience
• Experience of events management
• Knowledge and passion for UK freshwater and marine habitats

To apply, send a cover letter and CV to Jenny Bond at jenny.bond@seawatchfoundation.org.uk.

Please outline in the cover letter how you meet the role requirements.

Training sessions

Organise, prepare, and run training sessions both in person and online covering marine mammal identification and survey protocols. Keep a track of event costs, manage marketing around the events and oversee general logistics such as basic catering and venue booking etc.

Supervised surveys

Arrange surveys with volunteers at various sites across Anglesey, supporting them during surveys until they are confident to conduct independent surveys. Keeping track of Volunteers monthly hours, targets, and progress.

Reporting

Deliver regular updates to the Project Manager and contribute towards reporting to funders and Sea Watch Foundation Trustees. Maintain comprehensive records of all expenses, mileage, purchases, event attendance and metrics.

Outreach

Represent Sea Watch Foundation at events across Anglesey, delivering talks, public land watches, beach cleans and other marine based events to community groups. Creation of promotional materials such as leaflets, posters etc.

Social Media

Oversee all Sea Watch Anglesey social media pages (Instagram, Facebook, X, TikTok), posting regularly about project activities and updates with support from interns. Keep track of Sea Watchers Môn Forum group (on Facebook), where volunteers share updates and communicate.

Minimum Requirements:

• Experience in marine mammal surveys and knowledge of UK cetacean species
• Own vehicle for project activities (All project mileage will be reimbursed)
• Experience in community outreach, networking and public speaking
• Highly organised, self motivated and independent
• Experience of posting on social media platforms and reporting metrics
• Ability to plan ahead and manage time effectively across multiple tasks and deadlines

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Confident Welsh speaker
• Knowledge of the project area
• Experience of event organisation
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to adapt to a changing work schedule based on volunteer availability and changeable weather conditions
• Ability to write and express oneself to enthuse others through the written word and face to face

To apply, send a cover letter and CV to Jenny Bond at jenny.bond@seawatchfoundation.org.uk.

Please outline in the cover letter how you meet the role requirements.

Gweithgareddau ymgysylltu Cymunedol

Trefnu, paratoi, ac rhedeg sgyrsiau a gweithdau gyda’r gymuned wrth gydweithio gyda hwylyswyr proffesiynol o fewn maes y prosiect. Gorweld cyllidebau a chostau, rheoli marchnata o gwmpas y digwyddiadau ac gorweld logisteg cyffredinol fel arlwyo a llogi mannau cyfarfod a.y.y.b. Sicrhau fod cyswllt rheolaidd rhwng y prosiect ac y gymued, drwy gyfarfodydd rheolaidd, a chyfathrebu trylouwy a ddwyiaethog.

Diwrnodau gwaith gwirfoddol

Adnabod tasgau ac ardaloedd i rhedeg diwrnodau gwaith gwirfoddoli. Datblygu perthynas fewn partner gyda cyrff a sefydliadau i rhedeg diwrnodau gwaith gwirfoddoli a digwyddiadau gwyddoniaeth dinasyddion. Datblygu asesiadau risg, trefnu offer, cyfathrbiad ac logistig i alluogi cyfranogiad llawn gan aelodau o’r gymuned. Rheoli gwirfoddolwyr ac yr rhaglen o waith yn lleoliadau allweddol ar draws ardal y prosiect.

Adroddiadau

Darparu’r gwybodaeth ddiweddaraf i rheolwr y prosiect ac i gyfrannu tuag at adrodd i’r arianwyr ac ymddiriedolwyr y Sea Watch Foundation. Cadw cofnod cynhwysfawr o holl filltiroedd, costau, archebion, presenoldeb o digwyddiadau ac metrigion.

Gofynion lleiaf: Siaradwr Cymraeg rhygl; profiad mewn ymgysylltu cymunedol ac allgymorth. Cerbyd eich hunain am weithgareddau prosiect, fydd milltiroedd yn cael ei ad-dalu.

Profiad ffafriol: gwybodaeth a profiad uniongyrchol o waith cadwraeth cymunedol ac hwyluso.

Gwybodaeth, sgiliau, ac galluoedd ffafriol:

• Sgiliau rhyngbersonol cryf
• Profiad siarad yn gyhoeddus
• Profiad hwyluso
• Y gallu i ysgrifennu a mynegi eu hunain ac eraill drwy ysgrifen ac wyneb yn wyneb
• Profiad o rheoli digwyddiadau
• Y gallu o rheoli gwirfoddolwyr i gynnal tasgau cadwraeth ymarferol syml
• Gwybodaeth ac angerdd am cynefinoedd morol ac dwr croyw y DU
• Trefnus ac cydwybodol

I ymgeisio, os gwelwch yn dda gyrrwch lythyr mynegiant o ddiddordeb ac eich CV i Jenny Bond ar jenny.bond@seawatchfoundation.org.uk.