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For the first time in the history of the NBN Conference, we will be travelling to the north west of England and will be holding it at:

Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool on Thursday 21 November.

£27,600 pro-rata for 4 days per week (£34,500 FTE) and a 4% pension contribution.

4 days per week (0.8% FTE, 30 hours per week) with the possibility of growth to 5 days a week, depending on funding.

Fixed term contract to March 2026 with the possibility of extension if funding secured

Sectors: Conservation and wildlife, ecology

Location: Wales

No CVs or agencies please

Applications must be received by midnight 21st April 2024

The PoMS 1 km square survey runs across 95 one-kilometre squares in the UK, and we have a fantastic team of volunteers to carry out these surveys. There are still some squares left that have not yet been 'adopted' for 2024, and they'd love to hear from anyone who might be interested in taking this on.

The approximate locations of the 1km survey squares that are available for adoption in your region are shown in the map on this page:

One km square survey

Arolwg un km sgwâr

PoMS can provide more detailed location information on request.

PoMS is seeking one or a few volunteers to adopt each square.

Green Infrastructure Project Officer Wrexham CBC

Temporary until 31/03/2025

Wrexham County Borough Council are looking to appoint a Green Infrastructure project officers to work on biodiversity and nature based projects around the County Borough. The posts are funded through the Welsh Government’s Local Places for Nature funding and form part of our Local Nature Partnership. This work seeks to improve biodiversity across Wrexham, and we are looking for people who have skills, experience and passion to deliver projects that will make this ambition a reality.

Closing date: 31st March 2024.

LERC Wales are currently recruiting for one role, to be hosted by SEWBReC.

Front-end Developer (Aderyn): 0.6FTE (21 hours), 18-month fixed term contract (with possibility of extension). We are seeking an experienced and motivated developer with a solid foundation in front-end development. This unique opportunity will allow the successful candidate to work with a modern and bespoke web platform, built from the ground up specifically to meet the needs of LERC Wales, its partners and customers. The successful candidate will lead development of the front-end of the application with support, direction and training provided by LERC Wales Aderyn Lead Developer and colleagues, but will also have some involvement in the server side of the application.

Please apply for this LERC Wales role by emailing your CV to recruitmentsewbrec.org.uk. Your email should also include a short supporting statement (800 words maximum) highlighting how you meet the person specification and explaining why you believe you are a good match for this role.

There is no closing date for this role, but please apply as soon as possible, as the post will be filled as soon as we find a suitable candidate.

March to July 2024, ICA 5

Gylfinir Cymru/ Curlew Wales are fourteen different organisations working together for curlew in Wales. The population of this iconic bird is in steep decline in Wales. Survey work is vital in finding curlew during the breeding season to allow conservation measures to be put in place.

This local project is part of Curlew Connections Wales and covers the Important Curlew Area in Denbighshire, stretching across in to Flintshire and Wrexham a little.

NWWT are seeking volunteers for the Osprey Lookout, Hide and Visitor Centre based at Llyn Brenig. They also need volunteers to keep an eye on the ospreys between 6pm and 8am each night, via online footage from the comfort of their own home.

We are aiming to collect nocturnal parasitoid wasps that occur at moth traps from across the country. We are looking for people who trap frequently, especially in woodland/natural areas between May and September of this year. Gardens are also fine, although due to limited funding, we may have to cap participation and prioritise areas that are more likely to attract parasitoid wasps. We will ask participants to collect parasitoid wasps in tubes containing ethanol and to send these back to the NHM, where these will be identified and incorporated into the museum's Hymenoptera collections (with due credit to the collector). ID will be returned to the collector. Collecting equipment (tubes and ethanol) and postage will be provided. If you are interested in participating, please get in touch.

Photo from Kevin Hitch submitted to Cofnod ORS.