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Assistant Hedgerow Project Officer (6 months) - CPRE Hampshire

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The renumeration for this post will be £25,594 (pro rata), 37.5 hour week for a fixed 6 month period which is equivalent to £12,792 for the 6 months or £13.12/hr.

Hampshire

To plan and deliver elements of the Hampshire Hedge project - to plan and organise project by communicating with members of the public, partners, landowners. The key project the Assistant Project Officer will be working on is our Hampshire Hedge project. The role will also include some other projects of CPRE Hampshire such as our Countryside Awards scheme and rooftop renewable project.

Ground Maintenance Team Leader - Portsmouth Water

Logo: Portsmouth Water

Salary: Grade 4-5.3 £31,396-£38,876 depending on experience.
Hours: Full-time / 38 hours per week
We’re making a difference: Together, we can ensure that there is enough water for everyone, now and in the future.

Portsmouth Water are thrilled to be looking for a Grounds Maintenance Team Leader to join the Grounds and Biodiversity Team! The successful candidate will ensure seamless maintenance and efficient delivery of targets. In this key role, the successful candidate will oversee grounds maintenance activities and work closely with other leadership teams to maintain the operability of our production assets.

Petersfield Ranger - Petersfield Town Council

Logo: Petersfield Town Council

A Unique Opportunity to Work in the Heart of the South Downs

Salary: £31,537 to £34,434 per annum (NJC SCP 18 – 23) depending on experience, plus Local Government Pension Scheme

Hours: 37 hours per week / Post: Permanent

Petersfield Town Council is excited to offer a new opportunity for an experienced Ranger to join our team and make a meaningful impact on the natural landscape in and around the historic market town of Petersfield, Hampshire.

Ranger Team Leader - Bracknell Forest Council

Logo: Bracknell Forest Council

Salary: £37,092 - £41,506 FTE (inclusive of London Weighting)
37 hours per week, full-time, permanent contract
We have an exciting opportunity for a lead Ranger to join our team on a full-time, permanent basis. This is a superb opportunity for an individual with enthusiasm, practical skills and experience in conservation and green space management to join the team responsible for co-ordinating and implementing the management and maintenance of countryside sites, rights of way and nature reserves. We are looking for an experienced Ranger to lead one of our dedicated Ranger teams. You will provide leadership in practical site and habitat management and provide a quality experience to our visitors.

Volunteer Officer - The Royal Parks

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Full time

6 months fixed term contract

London, W2

As a Volunteering Officer, you will manage and develop the Volunteer Ranger Service in Richmond and Bushy Park. Specifically, you will train and develop new volunteers, ensuring they are well-equipped to engage the public on the parks' history, heritage and wildlife. Alongside this, you will also collaborate with a variety of volunteer groups across the parks, helping to co-ordinate conservation activities, support corporate volunteering sessions and contribute to the development of both new and existing initiatives.

Assistant Ranger - Hampshire County Council

Logo: Hampshire County Council

Contract Type: Permanent (1 x permanent / 1 x fixed term (12 months))
Work Location: Central Sites Team. Location negotiable - Queen Elizabeth Country Park, Horndean; Crab Wood Depot, Winchester; Normandy Farm, Lymington.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Assistant Rangers to join the Countryside Service Central Sites Team at Hampshire County Council. Develop your skills through carrying out a range of practical conservation and maintenance tasks on a wide variety of habitats including tasks such as scrub control, tree felling and mowing. Additional tasks include wildlife survey monitoring, site patrols, livestock management, maintenance of site infrastructure as well as hand and power tools, and contributing to social media content.

Administration Officer - City of London

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Salary: £17,058 - £18,894 (FTE £28,430 - £31,490) per annum inclusive of all allowances
Part Time, Permanent
Working 21 hours a week the successful candidate will be based at the Merlewood Estate Office on Ninehams Road, Caterham CR3 5LN
Are you interested in working with the local community to protect and conserve beautiful and historic landscape on the fringe of Surrey and Kent? This support post is an opportunity to be involved at the forefront of open space management on 275 hectares of public open space that includes a National Nature Reserve, SSSI’s, chalk grassland, ancient woodland, heathland and heritage features.

SEND Outdoor Tutor - Commonwork Trust

Logo: Bore Place / Commonork Trust Salary: £27,000 per year (pro rata)
Hours: 0.8 FTE - 30 hrs per week, over 4 days
Are you passionate about nature, outdoor education, and making learning accessible for all, and have experience supporting children and young people with SEND to thrive in inclusive, experiential settings? Join the Bore Place team - an organic estate, education centre, and beacon of sustainability in the heart of the Kent countryside. We are seeking a dedicated Outdoor Learning Tutor to help us deliver transformative, nature-based programmes for children, young people, and families - particularly those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

Assistant Warden - RSPB

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Salary: £27,123.00 - £28,956.00 Per Annum
Hours: 37.5 per week
Contract: Permanent
Location: Otmoor Reserve, Oxford
This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Otmoor team as Assistant Warden. The reserve is a complex mix of habitats and is a perfect development reserve for people wanting to take that next career step in conservation. This opportunity allows the successful candidate to develop practical skills, lead volunteers through practical work and surveys and become a key member of a passionate and committed team.

Reserves Officer (Hook) - Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust

Logo: Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust

Salary: £26,780 to £31,600 gross per annum depending on skills and experience

Full Time - 35 Hours per Week

Permanent Contract

Location: College Copse Farm, Hook, RG27 9AU

Reporting to the Senior Nature Recovery Manager (North Hampshire) and functioning as a key member of the North Hampshire Area Team, this post is responsible for the habitat management of Hook Commons, Bassetts Mead and North Warnborough Greens. This portfolio of sites includes a diverse mixture of heathland, acid grassland, woodland, woodpasture and wet meadow habitats; all of which are being managed or restored to favourable condition with support from the team and in partnership with organisations such as Natural England, our inhouse grazing team, local landowners and Hook Parish Council.

Ranger - Hampshire County Council

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Salary Range: £26,918 – £29,616 per annum
Hours per week: 37
Hampshire County Council is recruiting a Ranger to the Countryside Service. Joining an Area Access Team, you will undertake practical maintenance and improvements on public rights of way so that they comply with statutory requirements, are easy to use and are accessible to the wider public. To assist with developing other countryside access opportunities as they arise and to promote the use of access routes to the general public.

Conservation Ecologist - Essex Wildlife Trust

Logo: Essex Wildlife Trust

This is a permanent, full time position working 37.5 hours per week. The starting salary is £27,798.88 per annum.

We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate and motivated individual to join us at Essex Wildlife Trust as our Conservation Ecologist.

The Conservation Ecologist makes a significant contribution to Essex Wildlife Trust’s evidence work and is responsible for gathering, analysing, collating and communicating ecological evidence to inform conservation management and biodiversity gain on Essex Wildlife Trust’s nature reserves and across the wider Essex landscape.

Ranger - Forest of Marston Vale Trust

Logo: Forest of Marston Vale

Starting salary £25,000-£27,000 depending on experience;

Permanent, Full-time position (37.5 hrs/wk)

Location: Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, MK43 0PR

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, driven and passionate individual to join our Ranger team. They’ll need to carry out effective site management and enhancement of the Trust’s estate of woodlands, wetlands and grasslands, and actively engage and enthuse visitors, improving the quality of these sites for both people and wildlife. They’ll help to manage the award-winning Millennium Country Park (225ha), our flagship site which receives around 450,000 visits per annum, and the Trust’s wider estate of community woodlands (400ha) within the Forest of Marston Vale area.

Lead Ecologist - Thames Water

Logo: Thames Water

Salary: Competitive salary from £52,620- £58,000 per annum depending on skills and experience

Full/Part-time: Full-time

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Hybrid - Hampton Coal Wharf - TW12 2ES

Are you passionate about ecology and ready to make a real impact in the water and wastewater sector? As a Lead Ecologist within our Capital Delivery team, you'll be pivotal in shaping environmental aspects for projects across Greater London, the Home Counties and beyond. Working closely with our Environmental Assurance Engineers, you'll ensure ecological best practices are embedded in infrastructure projects, driving sustainability and compliance while protecting biodiversity.

Machinery and Habitat Maintenance Teacher - Activate Learning

Logo: Activate Learning

Full-time, permanent

Location: Merrist Wood College, Holly Lane, Worplesdon, Guildford, Surrey, GU3 3PE

Do you want to transform your career and pass on your industry experience to the next generation of students who are looking to follow a career within Countryside Management, Arboriculture, Horticulture or Agriculture? Activate Learning are now looking for a Machinery and Habitat Maintenance Teacher to join our Land-based teaching team at Merrist Wood College. With your excellent subject knowledge and practical skills you will work collaboratively with our existing team of talented and passionate teachers to ensure we plan and deliver purposeful practical and theory lessons on our Level 2 and Level 3 programmes, and participate in the curriculum development to meet the needs of changing industry demands.

Countryside Estates Officer - Elmbridge Borough Council

Logo: Elmbridge Borough Council

Salary: £42,059 – £44,063

Location: Elmbridge Borough Council, Civic Centre, High Street, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9SD

Contract: Permanent, fulltime, 36 hours per week

We are looking for an enthusiastic Countryside Estates Officer for an immediate start. Leading the Countryside Rangers you will work with the Countryside Officer to manage Elmbridge’s diverse and extensive countryside estate, which covers 625 hectares. You will help with all aspects of countryside management including heathland, woodlands and wetland.

Weald Seasonal Field Officer - Amphibian and Reptile Conservation

Logo: Amphibian and Reptile Conservation

Salary £23,810.00 per annum pro rata.

Hours of work are Monday to Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm.

Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (ARC) is looking to recruit two Seasonal Field Officers for our winter reserves management team based in west Surrey. This fixed term contract, until the end of March 2026, involves conservation management work on our nature reserves throughout Surrey, Hampshire, West Sussex and possibly occasionally further afield. Chainsaw qualification is essential as is a willingness to work hard outdoors in all weathers.

Access and Development Manager - City of London

Logo: City of London

Salary: £44,930- £50,540 per annum inclusive of all allowances
Contractual Hours: 35 hours per week
Basis: Full-Time
Workplace category: Hybrid
Are you passionate about public access to the countryside? Have excellent project management experience, with proven success of leading a small team in delivering countryside services? Do you have extensive knowledge and experience of managing a protected landscape for visitors to enjoy? Are you passionate about the protection of natural habitats and historic landscapes? We seek a dedicated individual to help us conserve and protect Epping Forest alongside a growing number of visitors.

Reserves Officer x 2 – Central and West Surrey - Surrey Wildlife Trust

Logo: Surrey Wildlife Trust

Salary £22,500 to £28,000 pa (dependent on experience)
Do you enjoy the challenge of enthusing others about nature and have experience in leading volunteer groups and managing contractors? The work of a Reserves Officer is diverse and varied. Predominantly working outdoors, no two days will be the same. This includes leading volunteers and contractors to ensure required works across our land are undertaken in line with approved management plans and to meet our statutory and contractual obligations. Our Reserves Officers work together across three geographical areas to manage projects and create links with local communities - an ability to adapt and manage a diverse portfolio of work is essential.

Learning Officer - Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust

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Salary: £25,950 - £26,700 FTE (£20,760 - £21,360 pro rata)

Contract: Part-time, fixed term until 31st October 2026

Hours: 28 hours per week. Flexibility in working pattern, in agreement with line manager

Based: Windsor Great Park Environmental Centre.

The Learning Officer will help nature recover by enabling people to connect to, and act for, nature. You’ll be part of an energetic and highly committed team of environmental educators working across a number of sites. Through a varied range of programmes, you will use your skills to raise understanding, awareness and love of wildlife in children and adults.

Conservation / Estates Area Manager - Kent Wildlife Trust

Logo: Kent Wildlife Trust 65 Years

Full time, permanent
Location: Maidstone
Kent Wildlife Trust is the county’s leading conservation charity with more than 31,000 members and over 1000 registered volunteers. We manage and protect over 9000 acres of land across more than 90 different sites and nature reserves, alongside 2 visitor centres. In this role, you will work within our amazing Estates team, managing a small team of Area Wardens to deliver reserve management on nature reserves around the Weald and Blean.

Senior Adviser (Self-Employed) - Coln Restoration Group

Logo: Coln Restoration Group

Location - Home based but within driving distance of the River Coln

Hours - An average of 20 hours a week

Contract - Up to 3 years

Remuneration - to be negotiated. Competitive.

The Coln Restoration Group are seeking a part-time, self-employed Adviser to report to the Chairman and Donors of the group. The post extends and builds on the work undertaken over the last sixteen months by the Upper Coln Restoration Group.

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