We have a new part-time position available for someone enthusiastic about plants and environmental restoration. It would suit someone who wants flexible work hours, and who already has strong community connections in the Wairoa River catchment, or can easily develop those, as community engagement comprises a large part of the role.
Aim:
To stimulate the community to restore the flora in the catchment.
Roles
• Organise community events, including pest plant working bees, and planting events.
• Perform site visits where appropriate.
• Assemble a library of educational resources and a plan for distribution.
• Develop and maintain a supply of pest plant control equipment to lend to the community.
• Establish a seed library and coordinate distribution to the community.
• Develop relationships with local nurseries and help landowners choose local.
• Learn water quality monitoring to the proficiency to be able to teach it.
• Leverage the successful pest control program to promote pest plant control and restoration.
• Contribute content and news to the Friends of Te Wairoa Facebook page.
• Manage administration for the monthly Committee meetings.
Relationships
• Internally, the coordinator will work with the pest plant subcommittee, the pest animal coordinator, the river restoration monitor, and the Friends of Te Wairoa Committee.
• External organisations include the Te Ara Hīkoi community coordinator and the Auckland Council Biodiversity team.
• This is mainly an externally facing role interacting with the community.
Skills
• Local resident with passion.
• Previous experience with botany/horticulture/landscape scale conservation.
• Personable, great communicator.
• Past history of relationship building
• Self motivated and able to work largely unsupervised.
• Administration
Hours: 16 hours per week
If you are interested in applying for this role please send your cover letter and CV to info@tewairoa.org.nz. Share this with anyone you think may be interested!
If this role is of interest but doesn’t quite fit your skillset, keep an eye on our social media as there are other roles coming up – each with a slightly different skillset required, in different communities, but all enhancing community-led conservation efforts across Franklin!
Applications close 28 August.