Countryside and Conservation Jobs in the English Midlands

Ranger - Rockingham Forest Trust

Full time, permanent position

Salary: £27,000 – £29,000 dependent on relevant experience.

Stanwick Lakes is one of Northamptonshire’s leading countryside attractions, welcoming hundreds of thousands of visitors each year while managing nationally important wildlife habitats and delivering a varied programme of education and community engagement activities. We are seeking a versatile and enthusiastic Ranger to join our team. This is a varied and hands-on role that contributes equally to the conservation of the site, the delivery of engaging educational experiences, and the maintenance of high-quality visitor facilities and infrastructure.

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• Closing Date: 25/10/2026
• Location: Stanwick, Northamptonshire
• Level: Main
• Posted: 09/10/2026

Newt Conservation Partnership Warwickshire Project Officer - Freshwater Habitats Trust

Help deliver great crested newt and wider biodiversity conservation across Warwickshire and the West Midlands.

Permanent, full-time contract

Home-based / Warwickshire or elsewhere in the West Midlands

£28,000 per annum

We are seeking an enthusiastic, experienced Project Officer to deliver habitat creation, restoration and management projects, with a particular focus on ponds and great crested newts.

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• Closing Date: 11/11/2026
• Location: Midlands
• Level: Main
• Posted: 09/10/2026

Countryside Ranger - Derbyshire County Council

Grade 6 £13,423 per annum - £13,665 per annum

Part Time, 18 Hours 30 minutes per week

Permanent

Middleton Top Wardens Cottage, Middleton Top, Middleton, Matlock

Do you thrive outdoors, love practical work, and want to help protect nature? We’re looking for a passionate and proactive Countryside Ranger to join our team here at Middleton Top. This is a hands-on role where you’ll be out in the field - managing habitats, supporting volunteers, and helping visitors connect with nature. You’ll work as part of a friendly and committed team, delivering conservation projects, improving biodiversity, and making sure our sites are safe, welcoming, and inspiring for everyone.

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• Closing Date: 25/10/2026
• Location: Middleton Top Wardens Cottage, Middleton Top, Middleton, Matlock
• Level: Main
• Posted: 08/10/2026

Senior Conservation Officer (Conservation Training) - Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife Trust

Salary: £28,398 - £30,732 per annum

Contract: Permanent, Full-time

Location: Centre of the Earth, Birmingham, with travel across Birmingham and the Black Country

Lead and develop the Trust's conservation training programme, delivering accredited and non-accredited training in practical conservation and wider nature recovery skills. From species identification and habitat management to tool use and volunteer leadership, you'll help build the skills, knowledge and confidence needed to support nature's recovery across the region.

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• Closing Date: 26/10/2026
• Location: Birmingham, West Midlands
• Level: Senior
• Posted: 08/10/2026

Team Leader - Cannock Chase National Landscape Partnership - Staffordshire County Council

£51,928 - £56,293

Staffordshire

Do you want to lead the future of one of England's most treasured protected landscapes? As Team Leader, you will provide strategic leadership for a skilled multidisciplinary team, oversee delivery of the National Landscape Management Plan, manage budgets and programmes, secure new funding opportunities, and represent Cannock Chase at regional and national levels. You will play a pivotal role in shaping policy, supporting sustainable land management, improving visitor experiences, and strengthening connections with local communities and businesses.

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• Closing Date: 08/11/2026
• Location: Staffordshire
• Level: Senior
• Posted: 08/10/2026

Nature Recovery Project Manager - Staffordshire County Council

Salary: £46,579 - £50,908

Location: Staffordshire Place

Are you a natural communicator and relationship builder? Do you have experience of delivering a strategy through cultivating consensus and partnership working, and through project development?

Working with partners including farmers and landowners, local communities, environmental organisations, businesses, local authorities and politicians, you'll be at the centre of efforts to deliver tangible outcomes that really make a difference for nature.

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• Closing Date: 01/11/2026
• Location: Staffordshire Place
• Level: Management
• Posted: 02/10/2026

Natural Environment Officer - Lincolnshire County Council

The role is fixed term for two years with the potential to be extended.

Are you passionate about nature recovery, biodiversity, and engaging communities in caring for the environment? We're looking for a highly motivated Natural Environment Officer to join our Environment Team and play a key role in delivering projects that enhance Lincolnshire's natural environment for both people and wildlife.

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• Closing Date: 21/10/2026
• Location: Lincoln
• Level: Main
• Posted: 29/09/2026

Reserve Officer (West) - Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust

Salary: £27,087

Contract type: Permanent

Working hours: Full time

Location: The Old Mill and other sites across Leicestershire and Rutland, 9 Soar Lane, Leicester, LE3 5DE

To carry out habitat management, species monitoring and recording, nature conservation projects, engagement and safe visitor access.

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• Closing Date: 11/10/2026
• Location: The Old Mill and other sites across Leicestershire and Rutland, 9 Soar Lane, Leicester, LE3 5DE
• Level: Main
• Posted: 23/09/2026

Arboricultural Consultant / Trainee Consultant - AWA Tree Consultants Ltd

Salary: £27,000–£33,000 depending on experience. Full-time, permanent.

AWA Tree Consultants is looking for a new Arboricultural Consultant / Trainee Consultant to join our friendly and growing team in Sheffield.

We’re open-minded about experience. You might already be working in arboricultural consultancy and looking for your next step, have practical tree or surveying experience and want to move into consultancy, or be a graduate/early-career environmental professional looking to build a career working with trees.

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• Closing Date: 02/11/2026
• Location: S3 8EN
• Level: Main
• Posted: 21/09/2026