Billy Coburn
Catchment Manager at The Aire Rivers Trust- Claim this Profile
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The Aire Rivers Trust
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United Kingdom
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Environmental Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Catchment Manager
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nov. de 2021 - - actualidad
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Catchment Officer - River Aire
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sept. de 2020 - mar. de 2022
To be the lead for and develop and support the Aire Catchment Network (ACN). Reporting to the Guiding Coalition of the ACN and board of Trustees for the Aire Rivers Trust.Organising and writing the ACN response to Challenges & Choices and any subsequentconsultation over the Humber River Basin Management Plan, including but not limited to:-Developing a Catchment Plan-Priority Weirs for fish passage-Water quality, ecological and other pressures on the catchment-Identification of ‘hot spots’ for action-Existing and potential projectsUse of GIS to benefit the catchment network ambitions, including development and updateof a geographic representation of the Catchment Plan.Extending the development of the ACN role in Natural Flood Management;-Developing added value from the network-Delivery of landowner engagement work-Managing delivery of interventionsWorking closely with key partners in the ACN to grow support for the network and the ACNVision, including onboarding additional and under represented stakeholders.Administering the ACN through;-Stakeholder updates, Organising and reporting, meetings of Guiding Coalition inaddition to whole network events and Working groups.Project development and bid writing. Development of monitoring programmes, including citizen science. Developing sustainable, alternative catchment funding sources.
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Thames21
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Development Officer and Team Leader
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jun. de 2016 - sept. de 2020
Conserving and communicating the importance of water in the Thames Water Basin. Project managing and writing successful 6 figure funding bids. The impact of these projects improves: Biodiversity; Water Quality; Flood mitigation such as Natural Flood Management; Community cohesion via volunteer events and creating Friends of Groups. Sustaining successful relationships with funders for many consecutive years due to successfully completing outputs and outcomes. Consequently, funders wishing to continue the partnership.
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Hillingdon Project Officer
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ago. de 2011 - may. de 2016
•Confidently leading volunteers completing practical conservation and educational activities to a variety of different sectors adhering to Water Framework Directive. Breadth including teaching school children from local primary schools to major corporates such as Glaxo Smith Kline and Toshiba. •Excellent communications skills being able to explain the importance of the waterways and Thames21’s conservation message to a wide audience from school children to the local MP.•Liaising with landowners including London Borough of Hillingdon Council forming habitat management plans improving the waterways and surrounding green areas. •Administrative and indepth computer skills due to writing all risk assessments for events (Word), advertising all events via mailing lists (Outlook), collating event data to present to trustees, directors and funders in graphical and tabled format (Excel). •Proven project management skills beating volunteer event attendance target by a factor of 2 for first 2 years of the Hillingdon Project.•Influential writing ability writing successful funding bids of up to £42,000.•Accredited River Fly Monitoring Surveyor directly recognised by the Environment Agency and lab experience monitoring nutrient and heavy metal concentrations in water samples.
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SYKES
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United States
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Outsourcing and Offshoring Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Customer Service Representative
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mar. de 2007 - ago. de 2007
Taking query calls and retaining customers for Sykes partner Stonebridge International Insurance. Taking query calls and retaining customers for Sykes partner Stonebridge International Insurance.
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Education
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Brunel University London
Master's Degree, Environmental Science: Pollution and Monitoring -
University of Reading
Environmental Biology BSc, Ecology, Conservation, Climate Change, Statistics