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Farm & Conservation Manager - The Woodlands Farm Trust

Salary: £36,000–£45,000

This is a permanent, full‑time position working 37.7 hours per week, including occasional weekends and seasonal peaks.

Do you believe that nature‑friendly farming, ecological regeneration and inspiring visitor experiences can work hand in hand? Are you a confident, hands‑on leader who thrives in a practical, people‑centred environment? We’re looking for an experienced and values‑driven Farm & Conservation Manager to take a pivotal leadership role at Woodlands Farm – an 89‑acre working farm and community resource on Shooters Hill in London.

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  • Delete Date: 24/08/2026
  • Location: Shooters Hill, London
  • Level: Management
  • Posted: 13/07/2026

Great North Fen Project Development Manager - Durham Wildlife Trust

Location: Rainton Meadows, DH4 6PU

Salary: £22,056 (equivalent to £36,761 full-time)

Term: Part-time (3 days per week), fixed term for 15 months

The Great North Fen (GNF) is an exciting and ambitious long-term project to restore the Durham Carrs landscape for people and wildlife. As Great North Fen Project Development Manager you will be responsible for the development and delivery of a co-ordinated strategic approach to the GNF, to maximise opportunities, identify all constraints, and facilitate community and stakeholder engagement so that the desired vision for the GNF can be achieved in a cohesive way, underpinned by sustainable management and funding to ensure its future.

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  • Closing Date: 31/07/2026
  • Location: Durham
  • Level: Management
  • Posted: 13/07/2026

Reserves Officer - Durham Wildlife Trust

Location: Rainton Meadows, DH4 6PU

Salary: £30,633

Term: Full time for 24 months, potential for extension subject to funding.

This role is central to us delivering our commitment to nature’s recovery and showcasing the highest standards of site-based management. Working closely with the Reserves Manager and as part of a team, you will be responsible for practical habitat and site infrastructure delivery across our sites. In addition to delivering practical management work, you will play an essential role in making everyone feel valued and welcome, engaging with the public, volunteers and stakeholders on a daily basis, and leading groups to deliver practical works to the highest standard.

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  • Closing Date: 30/07/2026
  • Location: Durham
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 13/07/2026

Project Manager - Central Dartmoor Landscape Recovery - Central Dartmoor Farm Cluster

Salary: £50 - £55k

Would you like to be part of an exciting Landscape Recovery Project on Dartmoor that aims to bring local farmers, landowners, conservationists, local communities, and others with an interest in and love for Dartmoor together to create a landscape that balances ecological health with the long-term goal of sustainable local farming? We are looking for a Project Manager, capable of managing a large, multi-partner project, to lead the CDLR team through the Assurance process and guide an ambitious landscape-scale project to restore habitats and species into implementation.

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  • Closing Date: 24/07/2026
  • Location: Widecombe, Dartmoor, Devon
  • Level: Management
  • Posted: 13/07/2026

Glendun Hill Farm Development Officer - Ulster Wildlife

Salary: £32,794 - £35,290 gross per annum. This will be pro-rated for part-time hours. 

Contract type: Fixed term / Working hours: Part time

Location: Ulster Wildlife Offices, Belfast and Glendun Nature Reserve, Cushendun, Northern Ireland

This is an exciting opportunity to lead the development and delivery of a management plan for Glendun Hill Farm Nature Reserve.

Set within the stunning Antrim Coast & Glens AONB, Glendun Nature Reserve spans 80 hectares of fertile grasslands, acid grassland, mature woodland and blanket bog.

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  • Closing Date: 27/07/2026
  • Location: Ulster Wildlife Offices, Belfast and Glendun Nature Reserve, Cushendun, Northern Ireland
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 10/07/2026

Land Advice Manager Wilder Wealden - Sussex Wildlife Trust

Location: The Keep, Brighton

Salary: £35,795

Contract Type: Fixed term contract - 5 years

Hours: 35 per week

Sussex Wildlife Trust is looking for an experienced, collaborative and inspiring Senior Land Advisor to lead the Wilder Wealden team and help establish a Nature Recovery Network across Wealden District. This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in a major new funded 5 year partnership project focused on restoring habitats, supporting landowners and communities, and helping nature recover at scale across one of Sussex’s most important landscapes.

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  • Closing Date: 09/08/2026
  • Location: The Keep, Brighton
  • Level: Management
  • Posted: 10/07/2026

Wild Sussex Programme Manager - Sussex Wildlife Trust

Salary: £39,596

Hours: 35 per week

Contract Type: Fixed term contract - 2 years

Location: The Keep, Brighton

Wild Sussex is the name given to a portfolio of seven ambitious nature recovery projects that Sussex Wildlife Trust will deliver between now and 2030. The success of these projects depends on collaboration across several Trust directorates, and we are seeking an experienced Programme Manager to help turn inspiring visions for nature recovery into practical, deliverable outcomes. Working with colleagues across nature reserve management, community engagement, fundraising, finance and other specialist teams, you will coordinate the delivery of a high-profile programme of work. You will also manage key external relationships, ensuring consistent standards, governance and reporting across all projects.

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  • Closing Date: 09/08/2026
  • Location: The Keep, Brighton
  • Level: Management
  • Posted: 09/07/2026

Customer Service Officer - Wildlife Discovery Centre - Lee Valley Regional Park Authority

£30,896 - £35,997 (Pro-Rata) per annum, plus flexible benefits

21 hours per week Job Share (Monday – Sunday Shift Rota)

Fixed term Contract 1 Year with the possibility of being made permanent

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic countryside professional to join our Open Spaces Team as a customer service officer based at our fantastic Wildlife Discovery Centre (WDC) located in the River Lea Country Park just North of Waltham Abbey Essex. You will contribute to the effective day to day running of the Wildlife Discovery Centre (WDC) and deliver excellent customer experience to our visitors including providing information on the local area and the wider park as a whole.

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  • Closing Date: 05/08/2026
  • Location: River Lea Country Park, Waltham Abbey, Essex
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 08/07/2026

Radnorshire Rivers Project Manager - Radnorshire Wildlife Trust

Full time

3 years fixed term

Llandrindod Wells

The Radnorshire Rivers project aims to restore and reconnect Radnorshire’s riparian habitats, strengthening their role as vital corridors for wildlife. Working with local farmers and landowners, this project will evidence both the need and the success for a change in land management use, specifically within 3 identified priority zones along key Radnorshire rivers. This will be achieved through practical interventions on identified sites, building strong relationships with local landowners through proven results and outreach, as well as surveying of protected sites.

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  • Closing Date: 20/07/2026
  • Location: Llandrindod Wells
  • Level: Management
  • Posted: 08/07/2026

Nature Recovery Officer - West Oxfordshire District Council

Are you passionate about protecting and restoring nature? West Oxfordshire District Council is looking for an enthusiastic Nature Recovery Officer to help deliver our ambitious Nature Recovery Plan 2024–2030 and fulfil our duties under the Environment Act 2021. Working within our Planning Policy team alongside a dedicated team of ecologists, you'll play a key role in developing, delivering and monitoring projects that enhance biodiversity, support local communities and help shape a greener future for West Oxfordshire.

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  • Closing Date: 22/07/2026
  • Location: Woodgreen
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 08/07/2026

Trainee Ranger - Hart District Council

Salary: £24,412.99 pa

An excellent opportunity has arisen to work for Hart District Council’s multi-award-winning Countryside Department. The Trainee Ranger will support the Ranger Team to provide safe, well managed and welcoming countryside sites.

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  • Closing Date: 31/07/2026
  • Location: Hart District, NE Hampshire
  • Level: Apprentice/Intern
  • Posted: 07/07/2026

Care Farm Education & Wellbeing Officer - Wiltshire Wildlife Trust

Salary: £19,755.98 to £20,605.54 (experience-dependent)

Contract: Permanent Term time (40 weeks)

Hours: 30 hours per week (Monday – Thursday)

Based at: The Willows Care Farm and Cherry Lodge 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: 21/07/2026
  • Location: The Willows Care Farm and Cherry Lodge Care Farm
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 07/07/2026

Ranger Team Manager - Peak District National Park Authority

Bakewell, Derbyshire

£42,839 to £46,142 per annum

We're looking for an inspiring leader to head our Ranger Team. You'll provide strategic leadership, delivering engagement programmes, ranger services and initiatives that help more people connect with, enjoy and care for the Peak District National Park. Working across the organisation and with a wide range of partners and stakeholders, you'll play a key role in delivering the National Park Management Plan, Authority Plan and Diverse Audience Plan.

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  • Closing Date: 19/07/2026
  • Location: Bakewell
  • Level: Management
  • Posted: 06/07/2026

Trainee Community Engagement Ranger - White Cliffs Countryside Partnership

£24,522 per annum

Fixed term 12 months.

Are you passionate about the natural world and keen to inspire people of all ages to discover, enjoy and connect with nature? Do you want to make a real difference to the communities who live within – and those who visit – some of the South East’s most iconic landscapes? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

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  • Closing Date: 29/07/2026
  • Location: Dover
  • Level: Apprentice/Intern
  • Posted: 06/07/2026

Conservation Trainee - Dorset Wildlife Trust

Salary: £19,630 for 4 day (28 hour) week

Contract type: Fixed term / Working hours: Part time

The 10-month traineeship will undertake a programme of practical conservation across our nature reserves. The traineeship will concentrate on our South and East Dorset nature reserves and be based in either our HQ in Forston, near Dorchester or at the Urban Wildlife Centre in Corfe Mullen, dependent on successful candidates’ residence.

Working alongside our experienced Reserves team with designated mentors, the traineeship will offer practical experience working in the conservation sector. This includes a training package including vocational qualifications in use of selected machinery used in land management.

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  • Closing Date: 09/08/2026
  • Location: Dorset Wildlife Trust HQ, Forston, near Dorchester or Urban Wildlife Centre, Corfe Mullen
  • Level: Apprentice/Intern
  • Posted: 06/07/2026

Foraging and Education Officer - Ewhurst Park Limited

This is a full-time, permanent position (40 hours per week), with flexibility required to support educational programmes, estate events and occasional weekend working.

Ewhurst Park is seeking an enthusiastic, knowledgeable and personable Foraging & Education Officer to join our growing team. This unique and varied role combines practical estate knowledge, foraging, herbalism, education and visitor engagement within a dynamic rural estate. The successful candidate will inspire visitors, schools, community groups and estate guests to connect with the landscape, wildlife, food systems and natural heritage of Ewhurst Park.

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  • Delete Date: 17/08/2026
  • Location: Ewhurst Park, Ewhurst Road, Tadley, RG26 5RG
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 06/07/2026

Fix The Fells Partnership Manager - National Trust

Location: Ambleside

Contract Type: Part Time 30 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term until September 2027

Salary: £29,297 per annum (£36,621 full-time equivalent), based on 30 hours per week.

Lead one of the Lake District's most successful conservation partnerships and help shape its future.

As Fix the Fells Partnership Manager, you'll lead the award-winning partnership responsible for protecting and maintaining the Lake District's iconic upland path network. Working with the National Trust, Lake District National Park Authority and other partners, you'll play a key role in caring for this internationally recognised landscape for future generations.

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  • Closing Date: 19/07/2026
  • Location: Ambleside
  • Level: Management
  • Posted: 06/07/2026

Life on the Edge Pollinator Plan Officer - South Hams District Council

In support of the current 5 year Project Delivery Phase until March 2029.

Led by the South Devon National Landscape Team on behalf of the Life on the Edge Project Partnership, employed through South Hams District Council and supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Have you got a passion for enabling and supporting people to take positive action for nature in their local area? We are on the search for skilled and experienced facilitator to energise community conservation across the Life on the Edge project area; co-creating Pollinator Plans, empowering and upskilling groups and individuals in the shared purpose of making a difference for South Devon pollinators.

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  • Closing Date: 19/07/2026
  • Location: Totnes
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 03/07/2026

Estate Worker - National Trust for Scotland

Hours: 40 Hours Per Week

Location: Culzean Castle and Country Park, Maybole, South Ayrshire, KA19 8LE

Salary range: £28,562 per annum

This job exists in order to ensure that the grounds and policies of Culzean Castle are managed and maintained as an internationally recognised landscape of outstanding historical importance and contributes to the property’s overall conservation and development, and its enjoyment by visitors.

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  • Closing Date: 19/07/2026
  • Location: Culzean Castle and Country Park, Maybole, South Ayrshire, KA19 8LE
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 03/07/2026

Terrestrial Restoration Manager - Kilchoan Management Limited

Salary: £34,000 - £39,000 depending on experience

Full time

Location: On-site – Kilchoan Estate, Oban

The Kilchoan Estate is a cultural and educational enterprise in restoration, preservation & sustainability. Across 1500 acres we are restoring habitats, creating gardens and caring for historic breed livestock. We are looking for enthusiastic applicants to join our team as a terrestrial restoration manager. We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join our team in a dynamic role, involving a variety of tasks across the estate.

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  • Closing Date: 14/08/2026
  • Location: Kilchoan Estate, Kilmelford, Oban
  • Level: Management
  • Posted: 02/07/2026

Community Engagement Officer - Tree Aftercare and Planting Service - Oxfordshire County Council

£38,220 - £40,777

Full time, 37 hours per week

Fixed term contract until March 2028

Sutton Lane, Sutton, Witney, OX29 5RD

As our new Community Engagement Officer - Tree Aftercare and Planting Service (TAPS), you'll take the lead in developing and growing the community-facing side of one of Oxfordshire's most exciting environmental programmes. You'll have the opportunity to shape and develop the Tree Guardian programme, build relationships with communities across the county and create innovative ways for people to contribute to how and where we plant trees, caring for them and improving their local environment.

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  • Closing Date: 02/08/2026
  • Location: Sutton Lane, Sutton, Witney, OX29 5RD
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 02/07/2026

Red Squirrel Recovery Network Project Officer - Northumberland Wildlife Trust

This job is being offered as 35 hours per week with a contract that will last until 31st March 2030. The salary starts at £26,981 per annum

We are looking for a confident and enthusiastic RSRN Project Officer to join our Red Squirrel Recovery Network Team. The role will support red squirrel conservation by building strong relationships with volunteers, landowners, woodland owners, partners and stakeholders.

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  • Closing Date: 27/07/2026
  • Location: NE3 3XT
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 02/07/2026

Assistant Rangers - Lee Valley Regional Park Authority

£28,701- £33,320 per annum, plus flexible benefits

Permanent - 35 hours per week (Monday – Sunday Shift Rota)

The Open Spaces Teams Rangers and Assistant Rangers are not only the guardians of the Park on the ground but they are their eyes and ears too. One large team split over two different locations. They look after an array of different habitats from wetland wonders to urban oases covering parts of the Lee Valley SPA and Ramsar Site, four SSSI’s, and numerous locally designated wildlife sites.

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  • Closing Date: 22/07/2026
  • Location: Lee Valley Regional Park
  • Level: Entry/Graduate
  • Posted: 02/07/2026

Fen Futures Project Officer - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT)

Salary: £33,000 (pro rata) per annum (£33,000 FTE)

Contract: Fixed Term (01/09/2026 to 28/02/2029)

Hours: 35 hours per week. Flexibility in working pattern, in agreement with line manager

Based: Chimney Meadows, West Oxfordshire and Bury Knowle House, Headington, with travel to other sites. Hybrid working is available.

The Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust has a vision for “more nature everywhere, for everyone”. The Fen Futures Project Officer will help nature recover by delivering a project focused on conserving endangered invertebrates of lowland alkaline fen habitats, including the Southern Damselfly and three species of soldierflies.

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  • Closing Date: 20/07/2026
  • Location: Chimney Meadows, West Oxfordshire and Bury Knowle House, Headington
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 01/07/2026

Wakefield Team Leader - Open Country

The successful applicant will be responsible for the day-to-day running of our inspirational work in Wakefield - helping disabled people to access and enjoy the countryside. You must be a committed team player bursting with personal creativity and flair. You will manage two members of staff (1.1 FTE) and work alongside adults with disabilities in all weathers, in all manner of countryside settings.

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  • Closing Date: 19/07/2026
  • Location: Wakefield
  • Level: Senior
  • Posted: 30/06/2026

Mousehold Heath Warden - Norwich City Council

Mousehold Heath is a unique mixed woodland and heathland open space, located at the heart of Norwich. We are looking for a second warden to come and join the team. You will be delivering an agreed programme of practical, interpretive, ecological, and administrative works, balancing the needs of recreation and conservation, where both visitors and wildlife are kept in mind.

The role will include engaging with visitors, patrolling, leading guided walks, overseeing contractors and organising and leading volunteers to carrying out a wide range of practical management work as outlined in the management plan.

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  • Closing Date: 27/07/2026
  • Location: Heathgate, Norwich
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 29/06/2026

Outreach Manager – South West - Woodland Trust

Salary: £44,401.50 per annum

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

Location: Homebased

The Woodland Trust is looking for an Outreach Manager to join our South West team. The Outreach Manager leads the Trust’s outreach work in Southwest England, providing expert advice on woodland creation, management and restoration to landowners, organisations and stakeholders across the region, in support if the Woodland Trust’s conservation aims. They lead, inspire and manage the South West Outreach Team, ensuring advice is appropriate, effective and focused for delivering impact and strategic goals.

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  • Closing Date: 26/07/2026
  • Location: Homebased
  • Level: Management
  • Posted: 25/06/2026

Walking Environments Development Officer - Walking Scotland

Full time (35 hours a week) 

Salary: £32059 per year, rising to £35831 per year over 2 years

Location: Blended working between Stirling office, home working, with occasional site visits across the SPT region.

Contract: This post is offered on an open contract however; it should be noted that initial funding is for one year from Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT).

Do you believe in the power of walking? We do. At Walking Scotland, we believe walking and wheeling is for everyone, everywhere, every day. We believe walking and wheeling should be accessible to all, and that more people walking and wheeling is key to creating a greener, healthier Scotland.

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  • Closing Date: 15/07/2026
  • Location: Blended working between Stirling office, home working, with occasional site visits across the SPT region
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 24/06/2026

Team Leader (Stewardship Partnership) - Humber Region (Hull) - Riverlution

Salary: £33,000-£37,500 (plus car allowance)

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours per week, with overtime to reflect operational requirements)

Base: Hull

Do you want a role where you can lead a field team, improve rivers and waterways, and build strong community partnerships—all in one job? We’re looking for a Team Leader (Stewardship Partnership) to lead delivery of the Humber Stewardship Partnership: a funded programme of waterway maintenance, habitat improvement and community engagement across the Humber region.

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  • Closing Date: 15/07/2026 updated
  • Location: Hull
  • Level: Management
  • Posted: 15/06/2026

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