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Reserves Officer - Herefordshire Wildlife Trust
Status: Full time 37 hours per week fixed term to 31st March 2025, with view to becoming permanent
Salary: £26,000-£28,000 depending on experience
Based at: Queenswood Country Park, HWT Nature Reserves and working from home.
Main purpose of the job: To manage a suite of HWT Nature Reserves, including our flagship Queenswood Country Park and Arboretum, and to deliver reserve-based projects.
£23,000 per annum, plus basic accommodation provided on site.
Contract Length: 3 year fixed term
Location: Higher Ashton, Exeter. EX6 7QQ
We are looking for a practically capable, enthusiastic, and motivated individual who has a passion for regenerating land for wildlife. Your role will focus on land-based management, including rewilding, traditional nature conservation, grazing livestock and some amenity land work where needed.
Landscape Recovery Data Officer - RSPB
Salary: £29,200.00 - £31,347.00 Per Annum
Full-time for 37.5 hours per week
Fixed term until 30 April 2026
Location: Lowther Estate, Cumbria
Do you have skills in monitoring, evidence gathering and data management you want to use to help us plan large-scale nature recovery for a generation? Cumbria Connect is developing a Landscape Recovery Scheme in the eastern Lake District encompassing land from Penrith to Kendal. Utilising your skills and keen interest in environmental data collection and monitoring, you will lead on creating project monitoring strategies and delivering detailed monitoring on the ground.
Senior Project Officer - The Conservation Volunteers
Salary: £24,024 per annum plus £3,882 London Weighting
Hours: 35 per week
Location: Enfield, North London
The Senior Project Officer will oversee a range of tasks including planning and executing community events, maintaining site Health & Safety, leading volunteers in practical projects like building wooden planters, tending to garden plants, and ensuring timely completion of administrative duties such as procurement, risk assessments, social media updates, and task reporting. They will also lead activities for the under 5's Nature Explorers group, school visits, themed evening events, and family weekends. Additionally, they'll organise corporate volunteering sessions and cover holiday shifts for the Green Gym gardening program.
Wilder Learning Officer - Sussex Wildlife Trust
Salary: £30,671.55
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Woods Mill; travel to locations across Sussex will be required.
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Wilder Learning team to develop and deliver an inspiring, engaging and inclusive Wilder Schools programme to deliver our strategic aims. This role will work as part of a team to deliver Forest School and Wild Beach training, school outreach and facilitate educator networks
Reserves Assistants x2 - Devon Wildlife Trust
Salary: £23,400pa plus 7% pension
Both roles are permanent, full-time appointments with one role based at our Meeth Nature Reserve and the other based at our Woodah Farm base.
Are you passionate about nature and love working in stunning outdoor environments? We are looking for two practical people to join our team of six Reserves Assistants to help shape the future health of DWT’s nature reserves. You will be an integral part of DWT’s Land Management Team, working closely with our Nature Reserve Officers to ensure all reserves are managed to the highest standards for wildlife, habitats and people.
Walk Norfolk 24 Co-ordinator - Pathmakers CiO
Contract Length: 14 months
Location: Norfolk
Pathmakers CIO has received funding from Heritage Fund and Norfolk County Council to run a two-year programme of activities focused on getting people out walking in the environment. The Project started in July 2023 and successfully delivered the October 2023 walking festival. We are looking to contract an individual, or partnership, to undertake the delivery of the WalkNorfolk 2024 festival and the design and running of the Wellbeing Programme.
Tree Officer - Planning - Oxford City Council
Conserving and enhancing the landscape of Oxford is a key responsibility for Oxford City Council. Trees play an intrinsic role in the landscape of Oxford, providing a myriad of social, environmental, and economic benefits for all those who live or work in the city, or come as visitors.
The historic city has a wealth of trees, many in truly outstanding locations such as the college parks and gardens. We also have valuable tree collections from around the world such as in Headington Hill Park, University Parks and the Botanic Gardens.
Miles without Stiles Project Officer - Northumberland National Park Authority
Full time
1 year fixed term contract
Based Bardon Mill or Hexham, Northumberland with some home working
£23893 - £25119 per annum
Northumberland National Park Authority is committed to preserving and enhancing the natural beauty, wildlife, and cultural heritage of one of England's most breathtaking landscapes. As part of our dedication to inclusivity and accessibility, we are seeking a passionate individual to join our team as a Miles without Stiles Project Officer.
Coastal Officer - Tir Canol - RSPB
Location: Dyfi Estuary or local surroundings
Salary: £26,397.00 - £28,319.00 Per Annum, Pro Rata
Contract: 20 months
Hours: 4 days per week.
This is an exciting opportunity. The role is fixed-term for 20 months and will deliver the Changing Tides—a Community Guide to a Resilient Coast project funded by the Heritage Fund. You will focus on creating a handbook for coastal adaptation based in the Dyfi Estuary but with wider applications. This project will use a series of co-design and co-production workshops.
Advisor £28,000 to £34,000
Assistant Advisor £22,500 to £27,000
With increased demand for our services this is a fantastic opportunity to join the growing group of professionals at FWAG South East as a Farm Environment Advisor or Assistant Advisor (depending on experience and qualifications) with the Kent & East West Sussex team.
FWAG South East provides environmental advice to farmers and land managers on a wide range of agri-environment topics. We also work with other organisations to deliver projects and on a landscape scale with a number of farm cluster groups.
Outdoor Access Officer - Cairngorms National Park Authority
Salary: £35,152 - £42,092 (Band D)
Location: Grantown on Spey
Job Type: Fixed Term Contract - 16 months / Hours: Full time (35 hrs per week)
The Cairngorms National Park (CNP) is the largest national park in the UK, covering 4500km2. It is also a place of sheer abundance, having more high mountain ground than anywhere else in the UK, the largest Caledonian forest, some of Scotland’s purest rivers and finest livestock rearing farmland. We now have an exciting opportunity for an Outdoor Access Officer to join the CNPA to help us fulfil our statutory access functions and plan, develop and implement policies and access programmes and provide advice on a range of access issues.
Ranger (Northern) - Lake District National Park Authority
We’re looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Ranger to join our Northern Ranger team, based at Threlkeld, near Keswick.
You will play an important role within the team to negotiate, organise and deliver our practical work programme. This includes maintaining and improving public rights of way, other paths and Open Access land, as well as practical activities to ensure our owned properties are well looked after.
The role is varied and diverse, with a mix of desk work, site visits, on site supervisory work and practical delivery.
Landscape Contractor - Brindle & Green
Salary £25 - 31k per annum
Brindle & Green are looking for full time landscapers to join our Environmental Contracting Division based at our Derby office. The successful candidates will work closely with our landscape designers, managers and contracting team to implement soft landscape plans for various clients nationwide. Work will involve turfing, planting and seeding in accordance to detailed landscape plans, carried out to spec. The ideal candidate will have a passion for delivering beautiful work and be experienced in all areas of soft landscaping.
Temporary part-time position of 0.5FTE (17.5 hours per week) until 30th September 2025
We are recruiting two part-time project officers, one to work in the Mid Wales area with a focus on the areas of Welshpool and Llanidloes and one to work in the South Wales area with a focus on the areas of Swansea, Cardiff and Merthyr Tydfil. Are you passionate about invasive species and biodiversity? Are you confident at public-facing events? We have developed two new roles with the Wales Resilient Ecological Network (WaREN) project team helping to raise awareness and management of invasive species across Wales.
Species Recovery Partnership Manager - RSPB
Salary: £38,389.00 - £41,212.00 Per Annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract: until mid-January 2027.
Location: RSPB Northern Ireland HQ Belfast, Home Hybrid
Rethink Nature is a partnership of seven leading species conservation organisations whose aim is ‘to combine their extensive knowledge and experience to catalyse the action that species need across the four nations of the UK’. We are looking for a highly organised and passionate individual with a good working knowledge of priority species in NI, the mechanisms needed to deliver for them, and the ability to bring stakeholders together. You will be responsible for managing the project to sure that that the following key outcomes are delivered within budget and on time.
Project Delivery Officer – Upper Irthing PRISM Landscape Recovery Project - Forestry England
£29,863 - £31,526
2 Year Fixed Term appointment
North District Office, Eals Burn, Bellingham, Northumberland, NE48 2HP
The Delivery Officer will work closely with the Project Team during the initial 2-year funding development period to develop detailed delivery plans for long term management of the project area. The successful candidate will report back to the Project manager and the project partnership (comprised of landowners and other key stakeholders) on their own key areas of work.
Project Manager – Upper Irthing PRISM Landscape Recovery Project - Forestry England
£29,863 - £31,526
2 Year Fixed Term appointment
North District Office, Eals Burn, Bellingham, Northumberland, NE48 2HP
The Project Manager will have oversight of the whole PRISM (Peatlands, Rivers, Invasives, Species Recovery and Meadows) project programme and team. They will be the primary point of contact for all project related matters, especially for project partners (including local FE teams) who are key to the effective development of the project.
Senior Ranger - Croxley Green Parish Council
Salary: £29,000 - £32,000
Type: Full-time, permanent
Location: Croxley Green, Hertfordshire
Croxley Green Parish Council has officially opened applications for a Senior Ranger position. This exciting opportunity invites candidates to join a dedicated team in managing and maintaining local open spaces, woodland and footpaths.
Nature Recovery Officer - Gwent Wildlife Trust
Salary: £25,827 – £28,414 Depending on experience
Contract type: Permanent full time contract
Working hours: Full Time. Some evening/weekend work may be required
Location: Working across Gwent. Working flexibly from home and any GWT Office.
If you would like to be part of a friendly team, working towards ensuring our nature reserves are managed as well as they can be for wildlife, then this could be the role for you. As Gwent Wildlife Trust’s Nature Recovery Officer (NRO), you will oversee practical action for wildlife and engagement activities for volunteers at our nature reserves, as well as working with partners and neighbours to help support further action to help ensure nature is in recovery.
Location: Cliveden, Maidenhead, SL6 0JA
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £19,094 per annum
We’ve got an exciting opportunity for a Ranger to join our team at Cliveden.
As a Ranger, you’re the heart and soul of the National Trust in the landscapes we protect. You’re a champion of nature conservation and the great outdoors, and you’ll play a crucial role in keeping the nation’s beloved countryside and coast in good shape, for wildlife and for people.
Location: Hinton Ampner, Bramdean, Alresford, SO24 0LA
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
Salary: £26,832 per annum
You’ll report to our Countryside Manager, completing a team of five at Hinton Ampner all focussed on the delivery of our Reimagining a Hampshire Estate Project. Together we form a Countryside department with a small team of Rangers looking after our commons in North East Hampshire. We collaborate with property colleagues alongside specialists in Estates, Farming, Trees, Archaeology all helping us achieve our ambition.
Location: Hinton Ampner, Bramdean, Alresford, SO24 0LA
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
Salary: £26,832 per annum
Do you love landscape conservation and involving people in our ambition for nature recovery? If you’re organised, enthusiastic about nature, woodlands, grasslands and regenerative agriculture and love working in a collaborative environment, we have an ideal role for you.
Location: Sherborne Park, Sherborne, Cheltenham, GL54 3DW
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £23,868 per annum
Rangers have been a part of the National Trust since the beginning - the voice of our landscapes, conservation champions and lovers of all things outdoors. In this exciting role you will play an integral role in preserving ancient semi-natural woodland and SSSI limestone grassland, as well as assisting with one of the largest parkland restoration projects in Europe.
Location: High Close Property Office, High Close, Ambleside, LA22 9HH
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £26,832 per annum
The voice of our landscapes, conservation champions and lovers of all things outdoors, you’ll help to keep the British countryside and coast wonderful. Working in some of the nation’s most stunning places and spaces, come rain or shine, your love of the outdoors will inspire others as you strive to ensure that landscapes are beautifully presented and continue to take our visitors’ breath away.
Location: Peckover House, North Brink, Wisbech, PE13 1JR
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
Salary: £14,321 per annum
We’re looking for a Ranger to join our team to lead community work on the estate for Peckover House. If you’re well organised with bags of initiative and good at developing relationships, then this could be the ideal role for you.
We're embedding a programme of community and partnership working with local groups, and we want to do more - you’ll be the driving force behind building connections to future partners as well as maintaining existing partnerships.
Hoo Peninsula Project Manager - Species Survival Fund - RSPB
We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to lead on the delivery of habitat enhancement projects in North Kent and beyond. Working closely with landowners, tenant farmers and the RSPB, you will help design, consent, tender and deliver wetland restoration that will benefit breeding waders and other wildlife.
Location: Hoo Peninsula
Salary: £32,022.00 - £34,377.00 Per Annum
Hours: Full-time, This is a Fixed-Term role for 37.5 hours per week.
Contract: Fixed until 28/02/26
Countryside Manager - Cheshire East Council
Location: Macclesfield
Salary: £39186 - £45291
An exciting opportunity has become available in the Green Infrastructure Team to manage, develop, and provide countryside services across a range of sites in the north of the borough and including the Bollin Valley Partnership area. The position is 37 hours per week.
You will manage and develop countryside services, facilities, and staff to deliver a countryside management service ensuring that a professional countryside service is provided across an operational area for the benefit of visitors and the natural environment.
Dungeness National Nature Reserve Ranger - Romney Marsh Countryside Partnership
£23,388 - £26,807 per annum
Full time. Permanent
Are you passionate about the natural world? Do you want to make a difference to one of the busiest National Nature Reserves in the country, but also one of the richest in terms of biodiversity? Then this opportunity may be for you…
Romney Marsh Countryside Partnership (along with the White Cliffs Countryside Partnership) is a small not-for-profit organisation with just over 20 staff, which has three focus areas for its work: Managing Wild Spaces, Inspiring Local Communities and Reducing Our Climate Impact.
Project Manager - Species Survival Fund - RSPB
We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, skilled and passionate Project Manager to play a leading role in our Species Survival Fund programme.
Project Manager - Species Survival Fund - Fixed Term
Location: Flexible in England
Salary: £32,022.00 - £34,377.00 pa
Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours pwk / Contract: Fixed-Term until 28/02/2026
Species Coastal and Wetlands: more, better, bigger, joined has secured funding from the Species Survival Fund. Guided by the Lawton principles of more, bigger, better, joined, this programme will deliver transformative landscape-scale restoration across 14 sites for the benefit of species abundance, people, and communities.
Programme Manager - Species Survival Fund - RSPB
We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, skilled and passionate Programme Manager to lead our Species Survival Fund programme.
Location: Flexible in England
Salary: £38,389.00 - £41,212.00 Per Annum
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week / Contract: Fixed-term to 28th February 2026
Species Coastal and Wetlands: more, better, bigger, joined has secured funding from the Species Survival Fund.
Guided by the Lawton principles of more, bigger, better, more, this programme will deliver transformative landscape-scale restoration across 14 sites for the benefit of species abundance, people, and communities.
Community Engagement Officer - Greater Sedgemoor Landscape Recovery - RSPB
Location: Sedgemoor Grassland Reserves
Salary: £26,379.00 - £28,319.00 Per Annum, Pro Rata
Contract: Fixed Term contract until March 31st 2026 / Hours: Part Time, 30 Hours per week
The role will help develop an innovative landscape-scale 'Landscape Recovery Scheme' across the Southern part of the Somerset Levels and Moors and maximise the project's positive social impact. You will work closely with local communities, building relationships, problem solving, and bringing creative ideas to the table.
Medway Norse have an exciting opportunity for two Park Rangers to join the team on either a permanent or fixed term contract for 12 months.
As Park Ranger, you will be part of a frontline team based at Capstone Farm Country Park but working between the two country parks and a variety of woodlands with in Medway.
Our Park Rangers have a wide a varied job role, maintaining the public areas within the site through grounds work and repairs and installation of site infrastructure, improving and maintaining a variety of habitats, both parks offer a wild variety of habitats and rare species, conducting surveys as well as producing and delivering an annual events programme and leading educational session for local schools both on and off site.
We are looking for a new Wet Grassland Adviser to work with landowners across the Norfolk Broads and Suffolk Coast to deliver habitat design, creation and improvement projects aimed at breeding waders, but with benefits for a range of other wetland wildlife.
Location: Home based/Travel throughout Norfolk Broads and Suffolk Coast
Salary: £32,022.00 - £34,377.00 Per Annum
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week / Contract: Fixed-term until 28 February 2026
Wader populations have declined dramatically across the UK in recent decades. The RSPB and its partners are working to try and reverse these declines in Norfolk and Suffolk.
Commons Coordinator - Central Dartmoor Landscape Recovery - Central Dartmoor Farm Cluster CIC
£31,000 pa, plus a £6,000 car allowance, based on 37hr week plus pension contribution, mileage and expenses.
2 year contract (until May 2026), and subject to funding may be extended.
Would you like to be part of a Landscape Recovery Project on Dartmoor that aims to deliver a huge increase in the resilience and sustainability for farming, nature and people across a large proportion of the National Park? We are looking for a Commons Coordinator to work with participating Commoners to develop management visions and integrated land management plans to help achieve this, working in conjunction with third party advisors and local stakeholders.
£31,000 pa, plus a £6,000 car allowance, based on 37hr week plus pension contribution, mileage and expenses.
2 year contract (until May 2026), and subject to funding may be extended.
Would you like to be part of a Landscape Recovery Project on Dartmoor that aims to deliver a huge increase in the resilience and sustainability for farming, nature and people across a large proportion of the National Park? We are looking for a Farm Conservation Coordinator who will be working with farmers to develop plans to maintain a resilient, profitable farm business via regenerative, low carbon, high nature agricultural management that balances environmental and economic benefits.
Countryside Ranger - Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
Salary: Grade 5 (£27,334 - £30,296 per annum)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Fixed Term until 31st March 2025
Location: Agile Worker (Homeworking & Ebbw Vale Energy Centre)
The post will undertake practical work improving countryside access, local nature reserves and countryside sites within the County of Blaenau Gwent. This will include, amongst other duties, undertaking work on public footpath and bridleways by constructing stiles, gates and managing vegetation; undertaking work specified in management plans on local nature reserves as directed by senior colleagues; carrying out practical work to deliver landscape and environmental projects.
Land Management Officer (East) - Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
Salary range - £24,500 to £28,119 (based on experience)
Full-time Permanent
Robinswood Hill Country Park, Reservoir Road, Gloucester, GL46SX
This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in our land management team in the East of the county of Gloucestershire. Supporting the management of over 30 nature reserves, and working within our wider Nature Recovery Zones. You will be working, as part of a team, to manage a range of habitats and coordinating a team of volunteers and trainees.
Head of Conservation & Engagement (Maternity Cover) - Fife Coast & Countryside Trust
£42,686 to £51,302 (FC9) FTE
Full-time (36 hours per week)
Contract Length: 12-13 months
Location: Glenrothes, Fife
Fife Coast and Countryside Trust (FCCT) are an organisation driven by a passion for Fife’s natural heritage and a commitment to promoting understanding and care for the natural environment through outdoor learning; and believe that our people are our greatest asset and look to employ individuals who bring a positive, energetic, constructive, and committed attitude to the workplace. We are currently seeking a ‘Head of Conservation & Engagement’ to join us on a temporary basis covering a period of maternity leave. Managing multiple demands and prioritizing effectively will be essential in leading and inspiring your team in the development and delivery of the FCCT’s Conservation and Engagement Plan.
Project Development Officer - Fair to Nature Advisory - RSPB
Salary: £32,022.00 - £34,377.00 per annum
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Fixed-term for 12 months
Location: Flexible in Central England
We are looking for a Fair to Nature Advisory and Project Development Officer. This advisory role will play a key contribution to help grow the RSPB’s Fair to Nature programme and improve habitats to protect and restore nature and wildlife on UK farms with one specific major business partner, and with a wide range of other farmers and businesses.
Community Forest Ranger - National Trust
Contract Length: 2 years
As a Community Forest Ranger, you’ll be managing the delivery of a woodland creation project at Buckland Abbey, Devon. You’re a champion of nature conservation and the great outdoors, and you’ll play a crucial role in the delivery of our Land, Outdoors and Nature strategy with real positive changes for nature and people. You will work alongside our Visitor Experience team to create an engagement plan to support community volunteering and events.
Care Farm Education and Wellbeing Officer Day 6 Provision - Wiltshire Wildlife Trust
Salary: £14,385 – 15,000 (depending on experience)
Hours: 22.5 hours per week (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday)
Contract: Permanent Term Time (40 weeks)
Based at: The Willows Care Farm, Broughton Gifford, Melksham
Working alongside the Care Farms’ Manager, Assistant Managers and our experienced staff team, the post holder will be responsible for leading the daily delivery of one-to-one nature-based therapeutic activities for ‘Day 6 Provision’ children and young people with additional needs, mental health, social and communication difficulties, and those in need of emotional support.
Lindow Moss Community Projects Officer - Groundwork Cheshire, Lancashire & Merseyside
Salary: £23,791 – £29,158
Full Time: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent contract
Based: Lindow Moss, Wilmslow, Cheshire with hybrid working from home or Groundwork offices
We are looking for an exceptional Community Projects Officer to help protect and enhance the landscape around Lindow Moss in Cheshire on behalf of the Lindow Moss Partnership.
Path Builder - A.C.T Heritage Ltd.
We are an independent environmental construction company specialising in Upland and Lowland footpath construction, Bridge and Boardwalk infrastructure, machine works and Access Management. Due to continued development we are seeking to expand our capacity by finding the right person to join our experienced team.
We are looking to expand our upland footpath team. Successful applicants will work as part of a highly experienced team with the predominant task of constructing and maintaining hand-built mountain footpaths.
Apprentice Countryside Rangers - Kent Wildlife Trust
We are currently seeking five passionate and motivated individuals to join our team as a Countryside Ranger Apprentice on a fixed term contract of 29 months, starting between June and September 2024. As a countryside ranger assigned to a specific area within Kent, you will have the chance to work in some of the most beautiful and diverse landscapes in the country, playing a pivotal role in conserving wildlife and protecting the environment.
We have partnered with Sparsholt College to deliver this Level 4 Countryside Ranger apprenticeship through a blend of virtual and face-to-face training. This training, complemented by comprehensive on-the-job experience with Kent Wildlife Trust, ensures a full learning experience.
Assistant Ranger - Bradgate Park Trust
Full time, permanent
With around 750,000 visitors a year, Bradgate Park and Swithland Woods is very much about people and wildlife. If you are looking for a hands-on role helping to maintain an amazing landscape whilst also delivering walks, talks and activities for people, look no further! This role is part of a Ranger team who work alongside the Wardens, volunteers and other teams to maintain and improve the park and manage the visitor pressures on it. With 1,200 acres of incredible green space, a Visitor Centre and amazing ruins and monuments, we are looking for a motivated, skilled individual to join the team.
Assistant Grazing Ranger - The Conservators of Ashdown Forest
Salary: £24,294 to £25,979 subject to experience
Hours per week: 37 flexible working.
Would you like to take on an exciting new role working on one of the most important wildlife sites in southern England? The Board of the Conservators of Ashdown Forest have an exciting opportunity to appoint an Assistant Grazing Ranger to support the grazing management on Ashdown Forest, East Sussex. Working under the supervision of the Countryside Manager you will support the Specialist Grazing Rangers with an overarching goal of achieving favourable condition of the SSSI. The role will have oversight and supervision of volunteers and assisting with the delivery of habitat and species monitoring associated with grazing.
Salary: £29,200.00 - £31,347.00 per annum
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week.
Contract: 6 months, fixed-term
Location: Ouse Washes, Cambridgeshire
Do you have a passion to work with beef cattle on the largest area of wetland grassland in the country? We are looking for a stock person to work as part of a 6-person team responsible for the management of 2000 beef cattle on the Ouse Washes on a 6-month contract. The main duties will include daily shepherding, cattle movements, routine veterinary treatments, treating ailments, assisting with record-keeping, and maintaining infrastructure.
Farming in Protected Landscapes Officer - Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
Salary of £30,824 to £36,647 per annum
Full time (37 hours per week)
Fixed term until March 2025
Grassington, near Skipton, with the potential for some home working
Are you an experienced farm adviser looking for an opportunity to work in one of the most beautiful landscapes in Britain? If so, we have a fantastic opportunity to join our Farming in Protected Landscapes team and make a real difference. The role is integral to the successful delivery of the Defra funded programme within the Yorkshire Dales National Park and will include: Helping to develop project ideas with farmers and land managers; Assessing applications; Providing recommendations to the Local Assessment Panels; and Providing monitoring and feedback on the progress of the scheme to Defra.
Modern Apprenticeship - Assistant Countryside Ranger - Falkirk Council
Appointment Type: Fixed Term Position – 18 months
Full Time/Part Time: Full-time
Hours: 37
Salary: £23,088
Falkirk Council are recruiting for an Apprentice Assistant Countryside Ranger to join our team at Muiravonside Country Park, Falkirk. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain a foothold in the conservation sector, gaining experience in a varied Ranger role while completing a Modern Apprenticeship in Rural Skills with SRUC.
Location: North Devon, Arlington Court, Arlington, EX31 4LP
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
Salary: £27,500 per annum
As a countryside property, the National Trust in Arlington is at the forefront of conservation – managing its estate through a small but dedicated team, to the highest international standards for conservation, access, and wider public benefits. As Area Ranger you’ll lead the team in the day-to-day delivery of our land management and operations across Arlington, North Devon.
Location: Stowe Barton, Kilkhampton, Bude, Cornwall, EX23 9JW
Contract Type: Permanent/Full-time (37.5 hours per week)
Salary: £30,966 per annum
Are you a dynamic and experienced countryside professional with a passion and knowledge of nature, it’s conservation and the outdoors? Do you want to make a difference for a stunning stretch of the North Cornwall coast and its people? We are offering a rare and outstanding opportunity to lead on the delivery of our vision for a more nature rich, accessible and resilient coast.
Oxfordshire Reserves Officer - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust
Salary: £26,800 - £27,733 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week. Flexibility in working pattern, in agreement with line manager
Based: The Lodge, Littlemore and Wells Farm, Little Milton. Hybrid working is available.
The Oxfordshire Reserves Officer will help nature recover by directly working towards habitat management objectives across a suite of reserves covering wetland, floodplain meadows, limestone grasslands, woodland habitats of which many are designated SSSI’s.
This will provide an exciting opportunity to work within a close knit, friendly team committed to nature conservation.
Location: Botallack, St Just, TR19 7QQ
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
Salary: £23,868 per annum
As a Ranger, you’re the heart and soul of the National Trust in the landscapes we protect. You’re a champion of nature conservation and the great outdoors, and you’ll play a crucial role in keeping the nation’s beloved countryside and coast in good shape, for wildlife and for people.
You’ll be helping to protect and care for habitats, wildlife, livestock, buildings and machinery.
Location: Branscombe, Seaton, EX12 3DB
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £23,868 per annum
As a Ranger, you’re the heart and soul of the National Trust in the landscapes we protect. You’re a champion of nature conservation and the great outdoors, and you’ll play a crucial role in keeping the nation’s beloved countryside and coast in good shape, for wildlife and for people.
We are looking for an enthusiastic Estate Worker to join our team, helping to deliver our habitat and infrastructure objectives across Dorset from our Arne work centre.
Location: Arne
Salary: £23,401.00 - £25,122.00 Per Annum
This is a Permanent, Full-Time role for 37.5 hours per week.
Your main objectives will be to assist in delivering the habitat management objectives for the various reserves, staying on top of the Health and Safety requirements associated with this work and supporting the team on other works as needed.
Senior Project Manager - Fens Priority Landscape - RSPB
Salary: £38,389.00 - £41,212.00 pro rata
Hours: Part-time, 30 hours per week
Contract: 2 years fixed-term
Location: Fens Area Office, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4QG
Our ambitious Hanson - RSPB Wetland project at Needingworth, creating Ouse Fen reserve, is the largest planned nature conservation restoration scheme following mineral extraction in Europe. When complete, it will include the UK’s largest reedbed, covering 460 hectares (that’s 644 football pitches of land well managed for nature!) Recreating some of the lost wetland habitat that once dominated the entire fenland landscape and creating wildlife successes for species such as bitterns and bearded tits. As the Senior Project Manager for the area, you would be responsible for the effective delivery of projects and ensuring the RSPB delivers on project objectives, outcomes and outputs.
Site Manager - Galloway Reserves - RSPB
Salary: £38,389.00 - £41,212.00 Per Annum
This is a permanent, full-time role for 37.5 hours per week.
Location: Dumfries and Galloway Office
Are you looking to combine your passion for nature with your land management and communication skills? If so, this may be the perfect role for you! We are looking for an organised, dynamic, and passionate Site Manager to lead the team and deliver the work programmes on these varied and exciting nature reserves. Key elements of reserve management include managing the team, budgeting/financial management, H&S, compliance, project management, management planning, reporting and public relations.
Salary: £38,389.00 - £41,212.00 Per Annum
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 Hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Location: Forsinard Flows
The Forsinard Flows National Nature Reserve consists of a huge expanse of designated blanket peatland, which is part of the largest terrestrial Special Area for Conservation in the UK, and part of the tentative World Heritage Site bid. This post will help with the running of the Field Centre, education facilities and a laboratory, in order to help facilitate the continuation and growth of research work in the Flow Country, under the auspices of the Flows Research Hub.
Project Manager (Species Survival Fund) - WWT
£20,643 (FTE £34,405)
Part time 22.5 hours per week
Fixed term until 28th February 2026
Steart Marshes, Somerset
We have an exciting opportunity to oversee the management of a 2 year funded project: Wetter For Waders: Enhancing Somerset’s Coastal Wetlands. You'll be part of our team based at the Steart Marshes and Bridgwater Bay National Nature Reserves. A predominantly capital based project which will include the coordination and management of internal resources, contractors and consultants. You will oversee the management of consultants and contractors, take responsibility for projects and prioritise resources accordingly whilst working alongside the site manager.
Green Farm – Engagement Officer - Worcestershire Wildlife Trust
Salary: £24,960 FTE (0.6 FTE)
Contract type: Fixed term / Working hours: Part time
Location: Lower Smite Farm, Hindlip, Worcester WR3 8SZ with regular travel to Green Farm adjacent to Monkwood Nature Reserve to the north of Worcester.
We're looking for someone who can inspire communities to love and take action for nature in and around our Monkwood nature reserve. This role will enable you to make a real difference to nature’s recovery and to be part of our vision to protect 30% of land and sea by 2030. The project is one year in and we have already achieved a great deal of engagement with the local community, especially in delivering nature improvements such as tree planting on the nature reserve and building links with the local schools. The new officer will continue to lead on the great work that has already been achieved and build on those local connections to strengthen our roots into the community.
Venison Project Manager - RSPB
Location: Lowther, Cumbria
Salary: £32,022.00 - £35,000.00 per annum
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Fixed-term role for 36 months
Cumbria Connect supports its partners in delivering large-scale nature restoration. Deer are part of Cumbria’s natural ecosystem, but their numbers are high and in the absence of natural predators are preventing natural woodland expansion.
We are looking for a pioneering individual to support professional, compassionate and coordinated deer management.
Assistant Reserve Warden (Species Survival Fund) - WWT
Location: Steart Marshes
Salary: £23,402.00
Vacancy Type: Fixed Term
An exciting opportunity to assist with practical reserves management, as part of the Species Survival Fund, a 2 year project: Wetter For Waders: Enhancing Somerset’s Coastal Wetlands. You'll be part of our team based across the Steart Marshes and Bridgwater Bay National Nature Reserves.
£23,903.00
Full time
Permanent
Washington
We are looking for a motivated and engaging Reserve Warden to join our team. The main duties of the post are to assist in the management of the nature reserve, including the development and management of habitats, reserve infrastructure and species monitoring in line with management statements and approved management plans. You will also play an active role in both onsite and online engagement with our site and core conservation messaging.
Three Peaks Ranger - Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
£24,293 to £27,334, pro rata, per annum
Part-time, 30 hours worked over 4 days per week (22.5 hours over 3 days considered)
Permanent
Stainforth near Settle
This is an exciting opportunity to work in the iconic Three Peaks area of the Yorkshire Dales. You will be primarily concerned with the maintenance of the public rights of way network and other access routes and it’s essential you can plan and implement, to a high standard, a variety of practical tasks. You will play a key role in maintaining engineered paths on the Three Peaks challenge route as well as assisting the Area Manager with developing and implementing the Three Peaks Project.
Conservation Manager - Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust
Salary: £31,638 to £36,252
Contract: Full time, permanent.
Location: IoSWT office, Trenoweth, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, TR21 0NS
We are looking for an experienced and talented nature conservationist with leadership experience or potential, who excels at project development and partnership working. Ideally you will also have substantial ecological knowledge. We need an inspirational and collaborative person who will contribute a great deal to the Trust team. We seek someone who is excited by the opportunities – and challenges – of life in Scilly, and who shares our passion for keeping Scilly special.
Contract Manager - North England - Woodland Trust
Full Time, 2 year fixed term contract
The Contracts Manager will join our Operations team to represent the Woodland Trust locally, supporting a diverse portfolio of sites within North England, in line with the Trust’s standards and ensuring the safety of our colleagues, visitors, contractors and volunteers. It shall be the Contracts Manager’s responsibility to support Site Managers’ in the preparation and delivery of grant applications, operational contracts and projects including silvicultural operations.
Site Manager - West - Sussex Wildlife Trust
Location: Woods Mill, Henfield.
Salary: £34,052
Contract Type: Permanent / Hours: Full Time, 35hrs per week
This role will manage our western portfolio, covering over 750ha (1800 acres) you will oversee the management of these dynamic, highly designated nature reserves. Your reserves will include Butcherlands, our pioneering Rewilding project consisting of flower-rich meadows and newly developing wood pasture with scrubland bursting with Nightingales.
Ure Connected Project Intern - Lower Ure Conservation Trust
Paid Position
We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate to assist with the delivery of our two-and-a-half-year National Lottery Heritage Fund project ‘Ure Connected – Engaging People with Nature in the Lower Ure Valley’. The project’s aim is to increase capacity for nature conservation and restoration on undermanaged Priority Habitats in the area while also increasing engagement with the local community.
Based primarily at Nosterfield Nature Reserve, you will carry out a variety of tasks, taking in aspects of both practical conservation and community engagement.
Outreach Ranger - Content Creator (Bird Aware Solent) - Hampshire County Council
Salary range: £25,628 - £28,326 per annum
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Permanent
Work location: River Hamble Rangers Depot, Southampton
Do you care about wildlife, have a flair for public engagement and proven experience in content creation? The focus of this role will be to enhance Bird Aware Solent’s outreach engagement by working alongside our Communications Lead to create relevant content for digital, broadcast and print media for a diverse audience. Platforms include social media channels, online engagement, website content, blogs, broadcast and print media and video creation. As well as creating content you will develop an understanding of which platforms on which we should be focusing our resources on. Additionally, all rangers patrol the coast throughout the winter providing a positive and engaging presence with all user groups, including dog walkers.
Countryside Partnership Officer (PT, Temporary) - Medway Valley Countryside Partnership
The role is 3 days a week currently for 8 months (with possible extension).
Location: Maidstone, Kent
Medway Valley Countryside Partnership (MVCP) are a not-for-profit conservation organisation in Kent. We are looking for an experienced individual who can run our weekly volunteer action group and deliver sympathetic habitat management tasks at a variety of sites in the Maidstone and Tonbridge and Malling boroughs. Tasks are seasonal and varied and may include tree planting and felling, scrub clearance, coppicing and construction such as creating new dipping platforms or woodland steps (for example).
Assistant Warden - North-East Scotland Coastal Reserves - RSPB
Salary: £26,379.00 - £28,319.00 Per Annum, Pro Rata
Contract: 9 months
Hours: Part Time 30 hours per week (4 days)
Location: Loch of Strathbeg based + work at other reserves
An amazing opportunity to work on a fantastic range of reserves on some of the most important areas for wildlife within the North-East of Scotland. The group of five reserves cover lochs, a range of associated wetland habitats, farmland, dunes systems, seabird cliffs and woodlands that are home to a diverse range of wildlife and we need your help to keep them special. We are looking for someone enthusiastic with good practical and communication skills, and who will become a key part of our small, friendly, dedicated team.
'Making Space for Nature for Dorset' Project Vacancies - Dorset Wildlife Trust
Dorset Wildlife Trust is currently looking to fill four exciting job roles to help deliver a major new initiative to increase wildlife abundance in Dorset. The initiative is funded by a grant worth over £1 million from the Government’s Species Survival Fund, and supported by individual givers.
Making Space for Nature in Dorset aims to create thriving wildlife hubs, which will help drive wildlife conservation throughout Dorset. The project will create and revitalise over 500ha of habitats across 18 distinctive nature reserves, as well as help neighbouring landowners to enhance the wildlife habitats on their land.
Croft Woodland Adviser - Western Isles (Lewis & Harris) - Woodland Trust
Part Time (18.75 hours), permanent
The Croft Woodlands Project is a partnership initiative between Woodland Trust Scotland, Point & Sandwick Trust, Scottish Forestry, Scottish Crofting Federation, the Woodland Croft Partnership, Shetland Amenity Trust, Orkney Woodlands Project and Communities Housing Trust. The aim is to engage crofters in woodland creation and management on their holdings to deliver multiple benefits in terms of biodiversity, agricultural diversification, landscape and environment. This role receives generous support from Point & Sandwick Trust.
People Engagement Officer - Natur am Byth - RSPB
Would you be interested in joining a team to help conserve the most endangered species in north-west Wales?
Location: RSPB Cymru – Bangor
Salary: £26,379.00 - £28,319.00 Pro Rata
Hours: Part-time role, 15 hours per week
Contract: Fixed-term contract for 3 years
The Lleyn peninsula and Isle of Anglesey has many special habitats, including wet grassland, lowland heath, soft cliffs, sand dunes and fens, but some of their most important species, such as curlew, chough, spotted rockrose and large mason bee, are declining and at risk of extinction.
Wilder Landscapes Assistant - Dorset Wildlife Trust
Salary: £27,056 p.a.
Contract type: Fixed term / Working hours: Full time
Location: Kingcombe Farm, Kingcombe Farm, Clift Lane
Dorset Wildlife Trust is looking for a hardworking and passionate person to join our Wilder Landscapes team. The postholder will be based in West Dorset and will work alongside the team to help create more space for nature. The work will involve working with farmers, landowners and partner organisations as well as leading volunteer tasks such as meadow restoration and hedge laying.
Assistant Warden (North Dorset) - Dorset Wildlife Trust
Salary: £22,653
Contract type: Permanent / Working hours: Full time
Location: Dorset Wildlife Trust HQ, Brooklands Farm, Forston, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 7AA
Does the idea of spending your time assisting in our work on the DWT reserves of North Dorset appeal to you? If so, this is just the job for you!
Dorset Wildlife Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and hardworking Assistant Warden to work within our Nature Recovery Team.
Senior Conservation Grazing Officer - Essex Wildlife Trust
Salary: £29,150.00 per annum
Contract type: Permanent / Working hours: Full time
Location: Blue House Farm Nature Reserve, Blue House Farm Chase, North Fambridge, Essex, CM3 6GU
We have an opportunity for a suitably qualified grazier and passionate ecologist to join us in this residential role, responsible Trust’s livestock at our Blue House Farm site, and other grazing areas across Essex. The Senior Conservation Grazing Officer is responsible for the day-to-day implementation of the Trust’s county-wide grazing programme across its nature reserves and Nature Discovery Parks. The postholder will assist the Grazing Manager in ensuring the annual completion of each nature reserve’s grazing plan and provide good day-to-day liaison with the Ranger teams and volunteer wardens throughout the grazing season.
Senior Policy Officer – Water - RSPB
Salary: £38,389.00 - £41,212.00 Per Annum
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Location: Flexible in UK
An outstanding opportunity to help turn around the alarming state of England's freshwater habitats. You will work with a diverse range of teams across the RSPB to drive forward our policy and advocacy work on water and coastal policy issues and influence important debates and decisions across the England.
Community Ranger - Groundwork Yorkshire
Salary: £23,088
Duration: Full Time, Permanent
Location: Main base: Fryston Country Trails – Castleford, Wakefield
Working across 3 sites: Fryston Country Trails, Frickley Country Park and Rabbit Ings Country Park.
Groundwork Yorkshire Ranger team manage three country parks on behalf of the Land Trust: Fryston Country Trails, Frickley Country Park and Rabbit Ings Country Park. The rangers are responsible for keeping the sites safe for visitors, maintaining and improving habitats for the local wildlife and running events for schools and communities.
Regional Firearms Officer (North) - BASC
Salary: Circa £30,000
Location: Northern regional office (Lancashire)
We are looking for an individual with excellent knowledge of firearms and ammunition to include practical, legal, and technical experience. The role is to join a team delivering accurate advice to BASC members across a broad spectrum of firearms and ammunition related matters.
Regional Officer South-East (Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Middlesex) - BASC
Salary: Circa £30,000pa plus company vehicle
Location: Home based with travel around designated counties
We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible and highly motivated person to cover territories in South-east England as a regional officer. The role involves day to day service of BASC members, delivering shoot briefings covering all the key and current topics. Training will be given but there is an expectation you will have an in-depth knowledge and experience across shooting and conservation activities, some educational and training activities and a general all-round knowledge of the sector.
Location: Corrimony, Inverness, Highland, IV63 6TW
Salary: £36,577.00 - £39,267.00 pa
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Are you looking to combine your passion for nature with your land management and communication skills? If so this is the prefect role for you! Set in the North West Highlands, RSPB Corrimony reserve is part of the iconic Glen Affric landscape. We are looking for a site manager to be based in the local community and manage our nature reserve.
Coastal Visitor Engagement Rangers - Lulworth Estate
Pay: £12.00/hr
Dates: May to early September
You will be working at one of the most popular locations along the World Heritage Jurassic Coast in Dorset, ensuring visitors to the site have a safe and enjoyable visit, and adhere to the countryside code. Working mainly outdoors, you will have a passion for conservation and people, good communication skills, be level-headed in various situations, have a love for the natural environment, a good level of physical fitness and ideally a good knowledge of the local area including flora, fauna, geology and history.