Nature Connection North Dorset aims to facilitate community involvement in conserving and enhancing local natural heritage over a five-year period. Through working with communities to enhance or create new spaces for nature, we aim to foster a shared vision for nature recovery in Dorset, promoting ecological resilience and community well-being. The project revolves around three interlinked themes: Wildlife Connections, Community Connections, and Personal Connections, with activities designed to connect people to their natural heritage, improve understanding of environmental issues, and inspire collective action.

Funding has been received from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to develop the project and prepare the application for the five-year project Delivery Phase.

We are looking for a consultant with excellent communication skills, able to inspire and engage people with a wide range of backgrounds and skills.

The consultant should have experience and expertise in:

- Audience development, ideally but not necessarily in the nature/wildlife/environment sector. To include experience of planning and using geodemographic profiling to develop targeted plans.
- Clear and incisive analytical skills to enable analysis of data, outputs and outcomes
- Writing project development documents to The National Lottery Heritage Fund guidelines
- Ability to write clear and accurate copy
- Supporting teams to develop as projects progress
- Working with community groups and consultation practices generally

The successful candidate / company are expected to have public liability insurance of at least £2 million as well as a standard DBS check.

The maximum fee for the Audience Development Plan is £9,000 excluding VAT, but including all expenses.