Project Coordinator - UK Overseas Territories

CHM; United States; Remote; GBP 33,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading conservation charity as a Project Coordinator to work on impactful projects in remote UK territories. You will support essential conservation activities, coordinate logistics, and ensure the successful delivery of initiatives on key islands. The role requires strong organizational skills, effective communication, and a passion for conservation.

Benefits

Pension

Life Assurance

26 Days annual leave (pro rata)

Qualifications

• Experience delivering conservation project actions.
• Proven experience of writing reports.
• Ability to produce clear written communications.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery across various conservation projects.
• Help ensure activities are completed on time and within budget.
• Coordinate logistics for conservation initiatives.

Skills

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Communication

Organizational skills

Time management

Job description

Project Coordinator - UK Overseas Territories
Reference: MAY20258638
Location: Flexible in UK
Salary: £33,027.00 - £35,259.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance, 26 Days annual leave (pro rata)
Contract: 3 Year Fixed-Term
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week

This is an exciting opportunity to join the UK Overseas Territories team as a project coordinator on a three year contract and work on some of this charity's most impactful conservation projects. You would, in particular, support work on two of the world's most remote inhabited islands: Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic, and the Pitcairn Islands in the South Pacific. Projects may cover a diverse range of solutions to conservation challenges, both terrestrial and across the marine environment, but may include work in preparation of the eradication of invasive non-native species across various islands.

Reporting to and working with the Project Manager, this post holder would help support delivery across these projects, ensuring activities are completed on time, to budget and with appropriate reporting. The ability to work effectively and in full collaboration with the charity's on-island partners is crucial, so they are looking for someone with excellent communication and listening skills who is a natural team player, as maintaining positive relations is crucial to the charity's long-term conservation success.

They are also looking for someone who is highly organised, with excellent time management skills and the ability to turn their hand to a wide range of activities under time pressure. This could entail everything from workshop planning to marine equipment purchasing, blog-writing to steering group co-ordination, report preparation to budget management. The projects are highly varied, and the officer will need to maintain momentum and delivery across them. Finally, an aptitude for writing reports and communication materials is a particular plus.

One significant part of this role will be supporting the planning for a rat eradication project on the Pitcairn Islands, scheduled for 2028. As part of this, there will be substantial logistical planning required for an expedition to the islands in 2026.

Essential:

• Proven experience delivering conservation project actions
• Experience of writing reports
• Ability to produce clear written communications
• Excellent problem solving skills and the ability to find creative solutions
• Able to work under pressure and adapt to changing circumstances
• Proven time management and organisational skills
• Attention to detail
• An ability to work well in a cross-functional project team
• Competent IT user

Desirable:

• Knowledge of Tristan da Cunha and the UK Overseas Territories
• Experience of working in partnership with small island communities
• Knowledge of Invasive Alien Species and Biosecurity
• Experience of organising training events, workshops or facilitated discussions and meetings
• Experience of producing written materials, newsletters and similar project related communications
• Experience of budget management

The organisation reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.

Closing date:23:59, Sun, 29th Jun 2025

The charity is looking to conduct interviews for this position from Monday 14th July 2025.

Interested?

Please click the job board apply button to be taken to the next stage where you can find out more information and complete your application by following the instructions (you may need to scroll down).

As part of this application process, you will be asked to provide a copy of your CV and complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above.

The charity is committed to developing an inclusive and diverse workplace, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve their vision of creating a world richer in nature, they need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, they are particularly interested in receiving your application.

The charity is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The organisation is a licenced sponsor. This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

No agencies please.