Cotswolds LEADER Local Action Group to Recruit Executive Group Members

The Cotswolds Conservation Board and its partners have been successful in securing £1.998 million from the latest national LEADER programme. The programme will operate over 5 years, from June / July 2015.

The Cotswolds Conservation Board and its partners have been successful in securing £1.998 million from the latest national LEADER programme. The programme will operate over 5 years, from June / July 2015.

The Cotswold LEADER programme are seeking six individuals with a range of experience of the LEADER themes and knowledge of the LEADER area to join the six existing members and form a small Executive Group. You will help to establish and promote the programme and determine grant applications, working closely with the newly appointed Programme Manager.

The LEADER priorities of generating jobs and growth cover the following themes: micro-enterprises and farm diversification, rural tourism, increasing farm productivity, increasing forestry productivity, culture and heritage and rural services.

For further information about the Cotswolds LEADER programme and the terms of reference for the Executive Group in particular please visit; www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk/leader or request information from Sharon Wellman, tel 01451 862000, sharon.wellman@cotswoldsaonb.org.uk

Applications in the form of a CV, submitted to Sharon Wellman, are invited by the closing date of 5pm on Friday 22nd May 2015. Follow up interviews are scheduled for the 4th and 5th June.