Morecambe - Engagement and Wellbeing Officer

Overview

Engagement and Wellbeing Officer, Nature Connections and Recovery Project, Morecambe.

Full time, Fixed term for 2 years

£27,609 pa

If you are passionate about the health and wellbeing of people and of the planet and have skills and experience in working with people and nature, this post might be for you!

Thanks to players of the National Lottery and the National Lottery’s Climate Action Fund, the Nature Connections and Recovery Project will target communities across the UK which are worst affected by climate change and health inequalities. The programme will connect people with nature to boost health and wellbeing, while equipping communities with the skills and confidence to take climate-positive action locally.

We are looking for someone with experience of working with people and nature to develop nature based wellbeing groups and to run community nature recovery projects.

This post is a 2 year fixed term post in the first instance and continuation will be considered subject to funding. The role will work in partnership with Lancashire Wildlife Trust and other local organisations and alongside our Nature and Wellbeing Officer.

The closing date for applications is at midnight on Monday 26th January 2026 with interviews planned for the 4th, 5th and 6th February.

Job family definition:
Roles within the Engagement, Learning and Entertainment job family focus upon the Eden experience, providing activities, learning programmes, encounters and events, which engage, inspire and entertain, thus enhancing individuals understanding, experience, skills and enjoyment.

• 30 days holiday plus an extra day for your birthday (up to 35 days after 5 years service)
• Access to UNUM for wellbeing support
• Financial wellbeing support — access to 121 sessions with an independent financial advisor
• Cycle to work scheme
• Training and development
• Enhanced pension scheme (above auto-enrolment rates)
• Death in service policy (4 x annual salary)

Nature:
Connection and Recovery Project - Engagement and Wellbeing Officer (Morecambe)

Working in partnership with Gwent, Ulster, Lancashire and Scottish Wildlife Trusts, and Intelligent Health, this new programme, funded by the National Lottery’s Climate Action Fund, will target communities across the UK which are worst affected by climate change and health inequalities. The programme will connect people with nature to boost health and wellbeing, while equipping communities with the skills and confidence to take climate-positive action locally.

The main purpose of the role is to co-ordinate and deliver nature based activities for small groups of people with poor health and wellbeing, to connect with nature and to one another, whilst also playing an active role in nature’s recovery within identified local communities, supporting groups to improve spaces for nature. You will need to build and maintain strong partnerships with NHS services (e.g., GP surgeries, primary care networks, social prescribers and community mental health care teams), local community and voluntary sector organisations and create bespoke 12 week programmes of nature connection and recovery activities for groups of people that partner organisations identify and are working with.

Programmes will offer 6 weeks of nature connections activities that focus on wellbeing and social connection, followed by a 6 week nature recovery project in the community. You will also support people’s personal development and work within communities to encourage people to develop ways to sustain their connection to nature across their wider lives on a longer-term basis. In collaboration with team members, this will also include supporting participants to progress towards employment, education, or training, as appropriate and providing encouragement and mentoring to former participants and volunteers to this end.

This post is part of Eden Projects Nature Connections and Recovery Project and will work in close collaboration with Lancashire Wildlife Trust’s Nature and Wellbeing Service, delivered through The Bay Project. As an Engagement and Wellbeing Officer you will work to develop community partnerships that ensure your…