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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.
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.
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.
Biodiversity Officer - Powys County Council
£29,777 to £31,364 per annum
Llandrindod Wells
37 hours, Fixed term until 31/03/2025
The Biodiversity Officer will play a key part in supporting Powys County Council to progress actions to deliver against its declaration of a Nature Emergency. The postholder will work alongside the Council’s Nature Recovery Officer to engage with and advise Council Services and communities, identifying opportunities to deliver nature recovery and seeking external funds to support the work. Initially to March 2025, with the possibility of extension, subject to funding.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Countryside Development Assistant - East Ayrshire Leisure Trust
Based within the stunning Dean Castle Country Park, the successful applicant will assist in the development and delivery of a wide range of planned Countryside programmes, activities, events, and workshops, provide support to the Volunteer Programme, carry out patrols and undertake minor maintenance and act as an ambassador for East Ayrshire Leisure, working collaboratively across all key partners and stakeholders.
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.
Conservation Officer - Initiative for Nature Conservation Cymru (INCC)
Working Hours - Four days / 28 hours per week
Term - Fixed Term - three years
Salary - £27,000 (Pro-rata)
Role Location – Various locations within the Glamorgan uplands (headwaters of the Afan, Rhondda, and Cynon Valleys). Also working from home and at INCC’s office at the National Botanic Garden of Wales.
Thanks to funding from the Pen-y-Cymoedd Vision Fund, INCC are looking to appoint a Conservation Officer to oversee our three-year upland Water Vole conservation project in the Glamorgan uplands, South Wales.
Education & Engagement Officer - North West Highlands Geopark Ltd
We are hiring! - We are looking for two Education and Engagement Officers.
Do you have a passion for engaging people with the natural and cultural heritage of the North West Highlands? If you do, then the role of Education and Engagement Officer could be perfect for you! This is an opportunity for two hardworking and enthusiastic individuals to join our team to work with the communities of the North West Highlands on the Access Connect and Take Part programme of activities.
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.
Wilder Learning & Communities Officer - Sussex Wildlife Trust
Location: Rye Harbour Discovery Centre, East Sussex
Salary: £30,671.55 per annum
Contract Type: Permanent / Hours: 35 hours per week
We have an exciting opportunity to join the team at Rye Harbour. The Wilder Learning & Communities Officer will enable SWT to deliver effective action for wildlife in Sussex by delivering an inspiring education and community engagement programme at the Rye Harbour Nature Reserve and Discovery Centre, balancing financial viability with reaching our charitable and strategic aims.
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.
Engagement Officer - Pine Martens (Exmoor) - Somerset Wildlife Trust
Salary: £17,100 actual (£28,500 FTE)
Contract type: Fixed term
Working hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Location: Somerset Wildlife Trust, 34 Wellington Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5AW, with opportunities for hybrid working
The Two Moors Partnership, comprised of Devon Wildlife Trust (DWT), Dartmoor National Park Authority (DNPA), Exmoor National Park Authority (ENPA), National Trust (NT), Woodland Trust (WT), Forestry England (FE) and Somerset Wildlife Trust (SWT) was formed with the aim of restoring a viable pine marten population, at a landscape scale, to the wooded landscape across Somerset and Devon.
Head of Wilder Learning - Sussex Wildlife Trust
Location: Woods Mill, with Hybrid working options; travel to locations across Sussex will be required.
Salary: £38,850
Contract Type: Permanent / Hours: 35 hours per week
Reporting to the Director of Communities, this exciting new role will enable Sussex Wildlife Trust to deliver effective action for wildlife in Sussex by leading and overseeing the Wilder Learning programme and managing the Wilder Learning team. This role will take a strategic approach to ensure delivery of an inspiring programme, including Forest School and Wild Beach training and events and courses.
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.
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).
Outdoor Learning Officer - Ribble Rivers Trust
Location: Clitheroe, Lancashire
We are looking to recruit an Outdoor Learning Officer who will be a confident and clear communicator with experience in directly delivering environmental education and engagement activities both in and out of education settings and with community groups. Leading on our work with schools in priority locations in Blackpool and the Fylde Coast, the Outdoor Learning Officer will deliver outdoor learning to meet the aims and objectives of our Coastal Explorers education programme, using feedback and evaluation techniques to ensure we continue to improve and develop what we offer.
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.
Outdoor Learning Officer - LESS (Lancaster District) CIC
Salary: £27,963 for full time (pro-rata £22,370.40 for 30 hours per week for 3 years )
As part of the FoodFutures Where The Wildings Are! project, LESS has an exciting opportunity for someone who is experienced in delivering outdoor learning activities to children and young people, and an interest in permaculture or gardening, to become an Outdoor Learning Officer planning and delivering the PermaWarriors Club. PermaWarriors is a new 3 year program of permaculture, gardening and nature-based after-school clubs and holiday clubs across school communities in the Lancaster and Morecambe area, inspiring children and their families to develop a connection to their local environment.
Centres Assistant - Dorset Wildlife Trust
Salary: £22,653 for FT. PT option available
Contract type: Fixed term / Working hours: Flexible
Location: The Kingcombe Centre, Toller Porcorum, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 0EQ
Do you love connecting people with wildlife? We have an exciting opportunity to join the centres team, based at Kingcombe Visitor Centre sitting within Kingcombe National Nature Reserve. If you enjoy sharing your knowledge, and inspiring others to take action for wildlife, this role may be for you.
Centres Education Officer - Dorset Wildlife Trust
Salary: £27,056 p.a.
Contract type: Permanent / Working hours: Full time
Multiple locations: The Kingcombe Centre, Toller Porcorum, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 0EQ; Fine Foundation Wild Chesil Centre, Portland Beach Road, Portland, DT4 9XE
Dorset Wildlife Trust has a vacancy for someone to join us as a key member of the centres team, in a visitor facing role. Your prime role will be developing and delivering education and learning activities at our visitor centres, mainly the Kingcombe centre and the Wild Seas Chesil centre.
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.
Salary: £29,957 - £31,952 per annum
Location: Home based – South West (Exeter, Tiverton or Taunton)
This post will plan, co-ordinate, train and assess for countryside worker, water environment worker, countryside ranger and related occupations, including contract delivery for the Environment Agency. Your knowledge and experience in the full range of countryside management, including water management, will be shared with apprentices and colleagues and the quality and delivery of the new programmes carefully updated and monitored with the support of the Deputy Head of Apprenticeships – Land Based.
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 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.
Rother Partnership Coordinator - Arun & Rother Rivers Trust
Full time
Contract Length: 2 years
Location: West Sussex
This role will support the establishment, growth and success of the Rother Partnership. The partnership will bring together a diverse range of stakeholders, landowners, farmers, community groups and individuals to collaboratively set aims, objectives, and a costed action plan to bring about positive landscape scale change for the Western Rother. The Coordinator will create an ambitious, strategic case for support, working with core partners to submit a bid or bids to major funding streams.
Ranger (maternity cover) - Northumberland National Park Authority
£26,873 - £29,777 per annum
Full time (37 hours per week)
Temporary contract (maternity cover up to 12 months)
Based at Bardon Mill, Northumberland.
Northumberland National Park is a stunning expanse of natural beauty, rich in cultural heritage and biodiversity. We are seeking a passionate and dedicated individual to join our team as a Ranger. As a Ranger, you will play a crucial role in the conservation and enjoyment of this unique landscape, ensuring that visitors have a memorable experience.
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.
Salary: £41,593.00 - £44,651.00 Per Annum
Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours pwk
Contract: Permanent
Location: Haweswater, Penrith, Cumbria
We are looking for an organised, dynamic, and passionate person to lead the team and work programme delivery on this large and exciting upland partnership reserve. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in driving and overseeing a significant and complex work programme across Haweswater with a wider landscape impact. The successful candidate will have an important external role, building positive relationships with key partners and stakeholders, so that partnerships policies and messages are understood and furthered within relevant partnerships, communities, the media and to a range of stakeholders and decision makers.
Arborist / Tree Surgeon Trainer - Activate Learning
Full or part time
Merrist Wood College, Guildford
Activate Learning is a pioneering education group with a global reach, committed to transforming lives through our approach to learning. Merrist Wood College are looking for an arborist/tree surgeon professional who is keen to pass on their knowledge and give something back by instructing others in their area of expertise. As an Arboriculture Vocational Trainer, you will deliver short course provision and practical modules for full time students. You will work side-by-side with our arboriculture teaching staff and support in delivering purposeful, yet exciting practical and theory lessons. You will be responsible for guiding learners and candidates as they build a wide range of practical skills across vocational pathways in Arboriculture.