Campaign and Advocacy Officer (Wye Now)

Campaign and Advocacy Officer (Wye Now) 

Location: Llandrindod Wells – Hybrid (with travel within England and Wales) 

Salary: £30,000 FTE (Pro Rata £18,000) 

Fixed-term – 3 years  

22.5 hours per week, with flexible working arrangements. Some evening work occasionally
required for which Time Off In Lieu will be awarded. 

The closing date: 16th February 2024

Interviews on and from 16th February 2024 

At a time of critical change and opportunity for our rivers and their catchments we have
created a key role to help champion, campaign, and advocate for clean and healthy rivers. 

RWT’s campaigning efforts have significantly helped to put the River Wye on the political
agenda. They work with partners both nationally and locally to win support for meaningful
action and change, while delivering advice and practical management in the catchment, across
the wider team. 

Join a vibrant and energetic team, living and working in Mid Wales, and work with colleagues
delivering landscape scale work focused on the uplands, rivers and our own estate, which
includes Gilfach Nature Reserve and Wilder Pentwyn Farm. 

You’ll work closely with colleagues, building action with partner organisations and communities
across the catchment, sharing common messages and ask across Wales. 

With elections in both England and Wales over the next 2 years there will be a concerted focus
on ensuring actions for clean and healthy rivers feature in debates and discussions and that
there is a clear understanding that connected landscapes and wildlife-rich habitats, giving
space to nature are well funded and supported at all levels of decision making. 

With shifting agricultural subsidies and rising costs of inputs there is increasing pressure on
farming and food production for the UK. 86% of farm income in Wales comes from Basic Payment
Subsidies, set to be removed by 2028. 

We need to help address that, using our status as a trusted delivery body and brand,
that can hold funds from multiple sources, to secure a sustainable future for our river and the
local economy. Part of our advocacy work is to set a course of action for a sustainable
future, where local families can stay on their land, working more for nature and people, while
still producing food in a sustainable way and enabling a vibrant rural economy where green
tourism and diversified production is strongly featured. 

Sustainable farming solutions are at the heart of the RWT’s
work, and are key to a sustainable
and healthy Wales, fit for future generations. Mid Wales can help lead change nationally. 

Our ideal candidate will have / be: 

• Experience of campaigning or organising to achieve change. 
• Experience of managing and working with volunteers. 
• Experience of community outreach in the local area. 
• Good project management skills, able to balance a range of priorities. 
• Experience organising events 
• A familiarity with campaigning across platforms 
• Experience meeting and influencing decision makers 
• Passionate about UK rivers, clean water and healthy vibrant catchments and of driving
  positive change for nature and climate. 

Our client fundamentally understands the value of healthy environments and the co-dependency of
people and nature. Their community is made up of people who see the value in healthy
eco-systems and healthy rivers. It is also people that will be directly impacted by the changes
they foresee in the Wye catchment happening. Livelihoods will be lost if farming is unable to
continue due to loss of income, livelihoods will be lost if the rivers flood with greater
regularity and intensity, unchecked, and damage local communities. 

Who we are 

Radnorshire Wildlife Trust is one of 46 Trusts working across the UK and one of 5 within Wales. With the
invaluable support of volunteers and members, they manage 19 nature reserves in Radnorshire.
We also work with other landowners and organisations to protect and connect wildlife sites
across the county and inspire local communities and young people where they live.