People Director - Footprint Ecology

Salary range £45,000 to £50,000 FTE

Full or part time

Permanent

Wareham

We are delighted to be looking for a new Director to be part of the team at Footprint Ecology. They will be responsible for helping us to attract, develop and retain talented staff and foster an inclusive, values-led culture that supports our goals. They will be a senior leader within the company, providing strategic leadership on all people-related matters and nurturing a highly engaged and well-supported team. They will contribute to one of more of our ecological work streams and may develop new ones.

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• Closing Date: 11/10/2026
• Location: Wareham
• Level: Management
• Posted: 02/09/2026

Animal Registrar and Administrator - WWT

£25,985 per annum

Full time, permanent

Slimbridge

We are looking for a professional, experienced and knowledgeable animal registrar who will be responsible for maintaining accurate electronic records of our living collection and for supporting our living collection teams across WWT’s Zoos. Working alongside the living collection and animal health care teams, the successful candidate will bring a clear understanding of the legislation relating to zoo licencing, animal moves, CITES, ZIMs, DEFRA with an ability to ensure compliance across a national organisation.

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• Closing Date: 27/09/2026
• Location: WWT Slimbridge
• Level: Main
• Posted: 10/09/2026

Assistant Warden - RSPB

Location(s): RSPB Hayle Estuary & RSPB Marazion Marsh

Terms: Permanent, Part-Time, 22.5 hours per week

Salary: £28,940.00 - £30,898.00 Per Annum, Pro Rata

We are looking for an Assistant Warden to manage two nature reserves in West Cornwall. Hayle Estuary supports wintering wetland birds and migratory waders, gulls and terns during spring and autumn. Marazion Marsh contains reedbed habitat that supports a range of breeding and migratory birds, including warblers.

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• Closing Date: 07/10/2026
• Location: RSPB Cornwall Reserves office in Penzance, RSPB Hayle Estuary & RSPB Marazion Marsh
• Level: Main
• Posted: 09/09/2026

Senior Ranger - Central - Dorset Council

Location: Dorchester

Salary Details: £39,152 to £45,091

Type: Permanent / Job Working Pattern: Full time

Are you passionate about Dorset’s natural environment and motivated by improving how people access the countryside? Join our Greenspace team as a Senior Countryside Ranger and play a key role in shaping how residents and visitors experience Dorset’s countryside. Whether it’s the South West Coast Path National Trail, a woodland walk, or Dorset’s rich mosaic of open landscapes, your work will support access, improve biodiversity, and have a positive daily impact on people who live, work, and visit Dorset.

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• Closing Date: 27/09/2026
• Location: Dorchester
• Level: Management
• Posted: 04/09/2026

Connecting People and Landscapes Project Manager - Maternity Cover - Bat Conservation Trust

Part-time, fixed-term contract providing maternity cover until February 2028. This role can be carried out substantially from home, with attendance at BCT’s office in Battersea, London as needed. Regular travel will be required to attend meetings and events, and to support project activity in South and East Devon.

Salary £37,866 (pro-rata for 0.8 FTE is £30,292)

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead Connecting People and Landscapes in a Changing Climate, a collaborative conservation project. You will oversee delivery across a multi-partner programme, ensuring activity is well planned, delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with the project’s aims.

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• Closing Date: 05/10/2026
• Location: South West England
• Level: Management
• Posted: 04/09/2026

Care Farm Education & Wellbeing Officer - Wiltshire Wildlife Trust

Salary: £15,261.49 - £15,917.78 (experience-dependent)

Contract: Term time (40 weeks)

Hours: 22.5 hours per week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday)

Based at: Lakeside Care Farm

Working alongside the Head of Care Farms, Care Farm Managers and our experienced and diverse staff team, the post holder will be responsible for leading the daily delivery of one-to-one nature-based therapeutic activities for children, young people and adults with complex and additional needs, mental ill-health, social and communication difficulties, and those in need of emotional support.

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• Closing Date: 22/09/2026
• Location: Lakeside Care Farm
• Level: Main
• Posted: 03/09/2026

Facilities & Sustainability Manager - Devon Wildlife Trust

Salary: £43,171pa plus 7% pension

This is a full-time, permanent post based at Cricklepit Mill, Exeter.

Can you lead the development of safe, sustainable and inspiring workplaces across Devon Wildlife Trust? Do you have the vision to help an ambitious conservation charity achieve its net zero carbon goals? Are you equally comfortable leading property projects, driving organisational change and championing a positive health and safety culture? As Facilities & Sustainability Manager, you will lead Devon Wildlife Trust's facilities, property, ICT and health and safety functions, ensuring our workplaces are safe, sustainable, compliant and fit for the future.

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• Closing Date: 20/09/2026
• Location: Cricklepit Mill, Exeter
• Level: Management
• Posted: 01/09/2026

Life on the Edge Communications Assistant - South Devon National Landscape

12 month fixed term contract

Help tell our story! Life on the Edge project is on the lookout for great communicators who are can passionately tell people about the great nature on their doorstep. If you are a keen storyteller, and able to articulate key messages in fun and eye-catching ways, the Life on the Edge team are keen to hear from you! The Communications Assistant will assist in forging strong relationships with collaborative messaging and partnership working, whilst developing skills in communication experience on a dynamic multi-partner project.

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• Closing Date: 13/09/2026
• Location: Totnes, Devon
• Level: Main
• Posted: 27/08/2026

Conservation Scientist - RSPB

Location: Flexible in England

Terms: 30-month Fixed Term, October 2026 to March 2029, Full-time, 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £40,381.00 - £43,113.00 Per Annum

A fantastic opportunity for a scientist with strong field, analytical and communication skills to lead a programme of research on upland breeding Whinchat, whose populations have declined sharply in recent decades, making the species a high conservation priority and a key focus for the RSPB.

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• Closing Date: 23/09/2026
• Location: England
• Level: Main
• Posted: 27/08/2026

Dartmoor Headwaters Officer (Historic Environment) - Dartmoor National Park Authority

Grade 5: £35,570 - £40,444 per annum (pro rata)

Part-time 0.5 FTE (18.5 hours per week)

Fixed-term contract until October 2029 (subject to project funding, we anticipate the opportunity to extend until 2033)

DNPA have launched a new nature enhancement strategy to restore natural processes at a catchment scale.

The Dartmoor Headwaters Officer (Historic Environment) will work with the Dartmoor Headwaters Officers (NFM) to deliver natural flood management schemes that benefit nature recovery and are compliant with historic environment designations.

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• Closing Date: 13/09/2026
• Location: Newton Abbot
• Level: Main
• Posted: 26/08/2026

Ebdon Farm Site Manager - Avon Wildlife Trust

Could you take a leading role in delivering our most ambitious project yet?

Thanks to a grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Avon Wildlife Trust has secured a new climate-resilient, nature recovery site: Ebdon Farm. As Site Manager, you will be at the heart of this exciting project, overseeing habitat restoration and the creation of a 14.5-hectare wetland.

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• Closing Date: 22/09/2026
• Location: Ebdon Farm Nature Reserve, Weston-super-Mare, BS22 9NZ
• Level: Main
• Posted: 24/08/2026

Assistant Warden (East Dorset) - Dorset Wildlife Trust

Salary: £25,760 plus employer pension contributions

Contract type: Permanent / Working hours: Full time

Location: DWT Urban Wildlife Centre, Beacon Hill Lane, Off Old Wareham Road, Corfe Mullen, Poole, Dorset, BH21 3RX

Dorset Wildlife Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and hardworking Assistant Warden to work within our Nature Recovery Team.

This is a great opportunity to get involved in a range of practical conservation and estate management tasks on some wonderful nature reserves across South and East Dorset, including Upton Heath, Sopley Common and Corfe Mullen Meadows. You will be working in a wide range of habitats, supporting wildlife on heathland, limestone grassland, meadow and woodland.

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• Closing Date: 13/09/2026
• Level: Main
• Posted: 21/08/2026