RSPB

Climate FORTH Project Officer

Climate FORTH Project Officer – Visitor and Business Engagement
Reference: MAR20240246
Location: Skinflats and Black Devon Reserve - Hybrid
Salary: £25,723.00 - £27,614.00 Per Annum

This is a Fixed-Term Full-Time role until 31st July 2026. The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.

In this Project Officer role you will support project delivery by leading business and tourism sector engagement activity that supports the delivery of our sustainable tourism objectives. This will include the following activities;

• Promotion and facilitating further uptake of a recently launched “Round the Inner Forth” cycle route.
• Engaging local businesses with a created ‘Tourism Toolkit’ – designed to provide information on the local area, it’s heritage assets and offering resources to promote walking/cycling tourism.
• Setup & delivery of Tourism and Hospitality Business Upskilling sessions, including familiarisation trips, talks from industry specialists and networking.
• Facilitating the use of a Visitor Giving Scheme across the landscape – an opportunity for those benefitting and enjoying the local heritage of the Inner Forth to invest and enhance.
• Overseeing delivery of an Inner Forth Bike Bus service – designed to promote car-free tourism and facilitate transport to lesser-known heritage sites.
• Setup and delivery of a series of events and ‘visiteering’ opportunities to support sustainable staycations and the economic resilience of local businesses.

The successful candidate will have proven experience of working in the tourism sector.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Experience working in the tourism sector or with tourism-focused businesses
• Knowledge of a range of techniques for promoting heritage or sustainable tourism
• Experience of working with project teams, partners and stakeholders
• Some knowledge of the theory and practice of project management
• Ability to produce clear written communications including report writing
• Ability to persuade and influence a wide range of people
• Excellent problem-solving skills, ability to find creative solutions and to work on own initiative
• Proven time management and organisational skills and ability to work under pressure
• Experience in contractor management
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (especially Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Teams)

Closing date: 23:59, Sun, 7th Apr 2024

We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from 16th April 2024.

Apply HERE

Closing Date: 07/04/2024  Location: Falkirk