Angling Trust Vacancies
Business Support Officer
Salary: £27,000 per annum pro rata
Hours: 30 hours per week
Term: Permanent
Location: Home-based (East Midlands)
Reports to: Governance Manager
The Angling Trust is seeking an experienced Business Support Officer to join the National Governing Body of one of the country’s largest participation sports. We are looking for an individual to provide comprehensive and flexible business and administrative support within our core delivery, HR and governance team to support the Chief Executive, Head of Delivery and Governance Manager.
The successful candidate will have proven track record of working within core business functions within a commercial or third sector organisation; working with senior managers to develop, embed and maintain business policy and processes; and in building excellent working relationships with stakeholders across the business. Candidates do not need to have any angling knowledge.
The role, reporting directly to the Governance Manager, may at times need to provide cover during periods of absence and attend Senior Management Team and Board/Committee meetings.
The Angling Trust is the National Governing Body in England representing fishing, one of the country’s largest participation sports. We are a not-for-profit organisation with a mission is to fight for fish, fishing and the environment, creating opportunities for all within society to experience fishing in a healthy aquatic world. It is joined in a collaborative and co-operative relationship with Fish Legal, a separate membership association using the law to protect fish stocks and the rights of its members throughout the UK.
The Angling Trust is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion across our organisation, our membership and our sport. We particularly encourage applications from women and people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are currently under-represented within our organisation. We offer family friendly, flexible working arrangements. We are members of the Sporting Equals Charter and we are actively participating in the Sport England sponsored Inclusive Employers development programme.
A full Job Description can be downloaded here.
To apply for the role, please complete an Application Form and Equality Monitoring Form and send to to Stuart Sharp, Head of Delivery, at [email protected]
Download Equality Monitoring Form
Closing date: Sunday 8th October 2023.
Start date: October/November 2023.
Miscellaneous: The postholder will be provided with use of a laptop computer and mobile phone, which will remain the property of the Angling Trust at all times. Business expenses may be reclaimed in accordance with our policies.
Enquiries to: Karen Watkinson, Governance Manager [email protected]
Environment Communications Officer
Salary: £25,000 per annum
Hours: Full-time 37½ hours per week
Term: Fixed term to 31 March 2025 (with opportunity to extend subject to performance)
Location: Home-based
Reports to: Head of Marketing, Communications and Membership
We are seeking an enthusiastic and hard-working individual to join the Angling Trust supporting our environment team. The role will help to develop and lead on the production of communications to promote the environmental and campaigns work of the Angling Trust and engagement in our ‘Love Fishing Love Nature’ campaign.
The successful candidate will work with the angling community to encourage clubs and fisheries to share and promote the positive action they are undertaking to enhance the environment for fish and fishing but also provide benefits for nature. The individual will also produce communications to highlight the wider benefits of angling for mental health and wellbeing. The individual will also focus on disseminating the benefits of angling to a wider audience, creating social media content and stories that can be shared with the non-angling community to showcase the contribution of the angling community to conservation.
The individual will work closely across the Environment, Campaigns and Communications teams to produce regular content that can be shared across a spectrum of communication channels supporting the Angling Trust ‘Love Fishing Love Nature’ campaign illustrating the substantial work undertaken by the angling community to protect and enhance fish, fishing and marine and freshwater environments. This includes attending volunteer events and visiting clubs to capture and edit photographs and video content to produce high quality media to share on social channels.
Ideally you will have a passion for angling and a knowledge and interest in freshwater and marine environments.
This exciting role will work to advance the communication of the campaigns and environmental work undertaken by the Angling Trust, encouraging the angling community to adopt practices that enhance and protect angling and angling environments and positioning anglers as the key custodians of the freshwater and marine environment. This will involve production of content to share with national media.
As well as creating content for ‘Love Fishing Love Nature’, the officer will support the production of engaging content to communicate our other two campaigns ‘Anglers Against Litter’ and ‘Anglers Against Pollution’ encouraging the uptake of on-the-ground best practice by the freshwater and marine angling community. The officer will work alongside the Angling Trust Campaigns and Marketing Team to enhance the reach and impact of these campaigns and explore the opportunity for collaboration and funding with different partners.
The Angling Trust is the National Governing Body in England, representing fishing, one of the country’s largest participation sports. We are a not-for-profit organisation with a mission to fight for fish, fishing and the environment, creating opportunities for all within society to experience fishing in a healthy aquatic world. It is joined in a collaborative and co-operative relationship with Fish Legal, a separate membership association using the law to protect fish stocks and the rights of its members throughout the UK.
Angling Trust is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion across our organisation, our membership, and our sport. We particularly encourage applications from women and people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are currently under-represented within our organisation. We offer family friendly, flexible working arrangements. We are members of the Sporting Equals Charter and we are actively participating in the Sport England sponsored Inclusive Employers development programme.
A full Job Description can be downloaded here.
To apply for the role, please complete an Application Form and Equality Monitoring Form and send to to Stuart Sharp, Head of Delivery, at [email protected]
Download Equality Monitoring Form
Closing date: Tuesday, 31st October 2023. Please note the applicant will be asked to prepare some short communications materials as part of their interview process.
Start date: ASAP
Miscellaneous: The postholder will be provided with use of a laptop computer and mobile phone, which will remain the property of the Angling Trust at all times. Business expenses may be reclaimed in accordance with our policies.
Enquiries to: Emily Smith, Environment Manager [email protected]
Volunteering Opportunities: Catchwise Citizen Scientist Team
Want to give back to your community, learn about your coastline and meet interesting people? Then join the Catchwise Volunteer Citizen Scientist team today!
Catchwise is an exciting new survey of sea angling taking place across England and Wales in 2023 and 2024. The first of its kind in over a decade! The project aims to collect important insights into recreational sea fishing – both along the shore and at sea. It will involve a major shore and private boat survey of sea anglers as well as a survey of charter boats.
Volunteers will contribute to field surveys to record data from sea anglers to understand who takes part in angling, how often they do it what type of fishing they do, what they catch, and how valuable sea angling is to local communities. Data collection will cover days spent at sea, targeted and landed species, retained fish, the socio-economic benefits of angling, and the positive health effects associated with it.
Catchwise is made possible by our team of dedicated Volunteer Angling Citizen Scientists.
By signing up to be a volunteer citizen scientist you can get involved with this ground-breaking project and make a positive difference to sea angling along our coastline.
Volunteers must be over 18 years old, and will receive training on conducting surveys while guidance and support will be provided throughout the duration of the project. The average commitment for volunteers is 4 hours per month, which equates to one survey per month.
As a Citizen Scientist you would have the flexibility to engage at your own convenience whenever you have free time. Volunteers receive a list of sites in their chosen area and choose when to conduct the surveys.
Volunteers will enjoy various perks, including monthly prize draws, goodies, access to social media groups with fellow volunteers, a welcome pack, and a certificate recognising their contribution to the project. This certificate could be a valuable addition to the CVs of students studying marine-related fields or early career professionals.
If you’re interested in volunteering and have access to the coast in England and Wales, please express your interest by visiting smartsurvey.co.uk/s/CatchwiseVolunteers.
Here’s what we’re looking for in volunteers:
- Availability for at least 4 hours per month (there’s no upper limit), between October 2023 – July 2024
- Confidence in engaging with the public
- Interest in the environment and fisheries sector
- Access to a smartphone or tablet
For additional information or any questions about the role, please contact the Catchwise Project Manager at [email protected].