Grey Squirrel Control Contractors - Red Squirrels Trust Wales

3 x self employed Grey Squirrel Control Contractors to undertake grey squirrel control programmes.

One NLHF funded to cover Clocaenog Forest for a period of 6 months.

One DCWW funded to cover adjacent DCWW land, for approx 30 days per year.

One NLHF funded to cover Gwynedd for a period of 6 months.

Max equivalent daily rate of £110. Evidenced travel costs will additionally be paid @ 45p/mile.

Key contract outputs: Use live capture traps to trap grey squirrels and dispatch animals. No shooting. Collect biological samples, when requested and record trapping associated data. Liaise with landowners over access and reporting of squirrel sightings.

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• Closing Date: 13/04/2026
• Location: Clocaenog Forest area
• Level: Main
• Posted: 11/03/2026

Senior Ecologist - Wrexham Council

£41,771 - £45,091 - 37 hours per week

Are you passionate about protecting and enhancing the natural environment—while also helping shape the future of a growing, dynamic place? If so, this is an excellent opportunity to join Wrexham’s friendly and forward‑thinking Planning Policy team as our new Senior Ecologist.

Wrexham is a vibrant place to work right now. As Wales’ newest city, it is an ambitious and well-connected city with a global profile and many significant investment projects, a vibrant culture, rich built heritage, and natural environment including internationally designated sites and areas within the wider Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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• Closing Date: 25/03/2026
• Location: Wrexham
• Level: Senior
• Posted: 11/03/2026

Habitat & Species Restoration Lead - National Trust

Salary: £34,500 per annum

Contract Type: Permanent f/t (37.5 hrs pw)

Location: Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, WA14 4SJ

Join us at Dunham Massey as we embark on one of the National Trust’s most ambitious nature restoration programmes. Over the next decade, we’ll transform 1,200 hectares of woodland, wetland, river and farmland to create a nature rich, resilient landscape that inspires millions. You’ll support major nature recovery projects across the estate, including large scale woodland creation (500,000 trees), peatland and wetland restoration, river restoration and hedgerow reinstatement. You’ll lead habitat and species monitoring, carry out surveys and provide ecological advice, while coordinating contractors, specialists and partners to ensure successful delivery.

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• Closing Date: 22/03/2026
• Location: Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, WA14 4SJ
• Level: Senior
• Posted: 10/03/2026

Ranger - National Trust

Salary: £27,612 per annum

Contract Type: Fixed-term, full time (37.5 hrs pw for 6 mo)

Location: Orford Ness, Orford Quay, Woodbridge, IP12 2NU

You will be based at Orford Ness, delivering a programme of practical work, regular patrols and public engagement around the protection and monitoring for Lesser black-backed gulls, a species amber listed in the UK Birds of Conservation Concern.

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• Closing Date: 22/03/2026
• Location: Orford Ness, Orford Quay, Woodbridge, IP12 2NU
• Level: Main
• Posted: 10/03/2026

Countryside Works Team Leader - EnviroCulture

Salary: £30,000 - £32,000

Hours: Full time, permanent

Location: Site based across Wales and beyond, with travel and occasional overnight stays

EnviroCulture is an environmental land management business based in West Wales, working across Wales and beyond. We deliver high quality, practical environmental work that protects habitats, improves landscapes and creates long term positive outcomes for both nature and people, including improving access to and connection with the natural environment.

As a Countryside Works Team Leader, you will work hands on alongside your team across a wide range of sites and projects.

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• Delete Date: 20/04/2026
• Location: SA44 4XN
• Level: Management
• Posted: 09/03/2026

Sound Rivers Project Manager - Westcountry Rivers Trust

Contract: 1 Year Fixed Term Contract

Hours: 37.5

Location: Westcountry Rivers Trust’s office is in Stoke Climsland and whilst we have adopted hybrid working there is an expectation to work from the office on a regular basis and to travel to sites across the delivery area.

Westcountry Rivers Trust is recruiting Project Manager for the Sound Rivers Discovery Project

The Sound Rivers Discovery Project is an exciting National Lottery Heritage Fund supported initiative exploring the heritage, ecology and restoration potential of the rivers flowing into Plymouth Sound.

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• Closing Date: 10/04/2026
• Location: Stoke Climsland / Hybrid
• Level: Management
• Posted: 09/03/2026

Senior Project Manager - Connecting Caerlaverock Project - WWT

Location: Caerlaverock

Advertising Salary: £42,580 per annum

Vacancy Type: Fixed Term

Caerlaverock is a stunning nature reserve situated on the north Solway coast.

We are looking to recruit a Senior Project Manager to manage a landscape scale development project which aims to link WWT Caerlaverock to other wildlife-rich sites in the surrounding area. The role will manage the delivery of all aspects of the project in line with defined project objectives.

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• Closing Date: 29/03/2026
• Location: Caerlaverock
• Level: Senior
• Posted: 09/03/2026

Consultant or Senior Consultant Ecologist - EP Ecology Ltd

EP Ecology is seeking to employ a consultant or senior consultant grade ecologist to help deliver a growing workload of projects throughout Central Scotland.

Salary: £29,500-35,000 p/a (consultant) | £35,000-42,500 p/a (Senior consultant)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week + TOIL

Based: Based in the EP Ecology Office within East Kilbride with home working and flexible working hours permitted as well as working on sites across Scotland.

Founded in June 2020 as a “one man band”, EP Ecology has continued to grow and we are looking to expand our pool of ecologists to assist with project delivery.

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• Closing Date: 27/03/2026
• Location: East Kilbride
• Level: Management
• Posted: 09/03/2026

Biodiversity Officer - Preston City Council

Permanent, Full Time - 37 hours per week
Grade 10: £39,152 - £40,777 per annum
Preston sits at the heart of Lancashire and is an area rich in wildlife and home to varied habitats and landscapes. Preston City Councils Planning team is looking for a Biodiversity Officer to help the Council in providing specialist ecological advice across a range of functions, particularly development management and forward planning. As the Councils Biodiversity Officer, you will help deliver a high-quality Ecology service in a way that contributes to the achievement of the Councils priority for delivering a growing and vibrant city.

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• Closing Date: 22/03/2026
• Location: Preston
• Level: Main
• Posted: 06/03/2026

Warden - Broads Reserves (Wet Grasslands and Woodlands) - RSPB

Location: Broads Reserves, Norfolk
Contract: Permanent / Hours: Full time role, 37.5 hours a week
Salary: £30,075.00 - £32,108.00 Per Annum
An exciting opportunity for a full time Warden to join our team to manage our Norfolk Broads Reserves with a focus on the wet grasslands and woodlands of the Mid Yare Valley, including at Buckenham and Cantley Marshes and Strumpshaw Fen. Take responsibility for the implementation of the reserve management plan including habitat management, species and habitat survey and monitoring, livestock grazing operations and estate maintenance.

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• Closing Date: 05/04/2026
• Location: Broads Reserves, Norfolk
• Level: Main
• Posted: 06/03/2026

Conservation Detection Dog Handler - RSPB

Location: Orkney Native Wildlife Project Kirkwall Office – Working across the Orkney Islands
Terms: 19 months contract, Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £30,075.00 - £32,108.00

The Orkney Native Wildlife Project aims to safeguard the unique and internationally important native wildlife of Orkney. Stoats threaten the Orkney vole, and many birds including hen harriers, short-eared owls, red-throated divers, waders and seabirds.

Scat detection dogs are an integral part of the project. The detection dog team consists of a close-knit team of eight handlers and ten detection dogs.

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• Closing Date: 05/04/2026
• Location: Orkney Native Wildlife Project Kirkwall Office - Working across the Orkney Islands
• Level: Main
• Posted: 06/03/2026

Working with Rivers Intern - Fisheries Management Scotland in conjunction with Regional Fisheries Trusts

The Working with Rivers intern will support the hosting Fisheries Trusts to protect and restore Scotland’s freshwater species and habitats.

Fisheries Trusts work to promote conservation and evidence-based management of fisheries, undertake a wide range of environmental monitoring and improvement works, and work to raise awareness and educate the public about the aquatic environment.

The 7 Trusts that will be hosting interns are: Tay Foundation; Deveron, Bogie and Isla Rivers Charitable Trust; Spey Foundation; Findhorn, Nairn and Lossie Rivers Trust; Loch Lomond Fisheries Trust; Kyle of Sutherland Fisheries Trust; Wester Ross Fisheries Trust

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• Closing Date: 19/03/2026
• Location: Scotland
• Level: Apprentice/Intern
• Posted: 06/03/2026

Landowner Liaison Manager - 9Trees CIC

Part Time (Living Wage)
Remote | 8–16 hours per week
9Trees CIC is seeking a Landowner Liaison Manager to help identify and develop new woodland creation projects across the UK. This role focuses on building relationships with landowners and farmers interested in creating new native woodlands. You will be involved in the early stages of project development, from identifying potential land to assessing sites and coordinating next steps with the wider team.

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• Closing Date: 05/04/2026
• Location: Remote
• Level: Senior
• Posted: 05/03/2026

Project Assistant (North) - Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

Salary: Within the range £23,750 - £24,768 per annum

Job Type: Full time

Contract Type: Fixed-Term

Location: York Head Office

The role will help deliver our landscape and species recovery projects across the North Yorkshire area safely, on time, within budget and to a high standard. Assisting with all project stages, from opportunity identification and project design, to on the ground delivery you will undertake practical tasks with a range of habitat management and monitoring techniques, with occasional supervision of volunteers and use of hand and power tools. You will also engage with volunteers, stakeholders and contractors and local communities to build and maintain relationships and assist with the future management of projects, whilst promoting the vision of the Trust.

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• Closing Date: 29/03/2026
• Location: York
• Level: Main
• Posted: 04/03/2026

Reserves Assistant – West Norfolk - Norfolk Wildlife Trust

Terms: 2-year fixed term appointment, 37.5 hrs per week
Salary: £25,472 per annum
Location: West Norfolk Reserves
Join our West Norfolk Reserves team, working at some of the UK’s most important wildlife sites, including Roydon Common, Marham Fen, Ringstead Downs, East Winch Common, Syderstone Common and Narborough Railway Line. These reserves include an impressive range of habitats and you would be directly involved in restoration and management of heathlands, fens, woodlands and chalk grasslands. We are seeking an enthusiastic and practical person to carry out all aspects of public engagement, practical habitat management, as well as visitor infrastructure works, livestock management, machinery maintenance and site wardening.

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• Closing Date: 31/03/2026
• Location: West Norfolk Reserves
• Level: Main
• Posted: 03/03/2026

Business Manager (maternity cover) - Worcestershire Wildlife Consultancy - Worcestershire Wildlife Trust

Salary: Up to £21,000 (£35,000 FTE) depending on experience

Contract type: Fixed term / Working hours: Part time

Location: Lower Smite Farm, Smite Hill Hindlip, Worcester & Droitwich, Worcestershire, WR3 8SZ

Are you a confident and motivated business professional who thrives on helping a team deliver high‑quality work with clarity and purpose? We’re looking for someone who brings strong organisational skills, a collaborative leadership style and a genuine commitment to supporting people to do their best work.

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• Closing Date: 15/03/2026
• Location: Lower Smite Farm, Smite Hill Hindlip, Worcester & Droitwich, Worcestershire, WR3 8SZ
• Level: Management
• Posted: 02/03/2026

Dartmoor Project Manager - Duchy of Cornwall

Princetown

£40,000

The Duchy of Cornwall is a dynamic future-focused landed estate dedicated to creating positive impact for people, places and the planet. We are seeking a Dartmoor Project Manager to play a central role in delivering the Duchy’s Landscape Vision and long-term estate strategy across Dartmoor. This is an exciting opportunity to join a small, multi-disciplinary team at a time of strong momentum and investment, helping to turn ambitious plans for nature recovery into tangible outcomes on the ground.

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• Closing Date: 13/03/2026
• Location: Princetown
• Level: Management
• Posted: 27/02/2026

Flagship Peatlands Project Manager - Cumbria Wildlife Trust

Salary: £27,874.40 per annum, based on 28 hours per week (FTE £34,843) plus pension contributions

Contract: Fixed term for 10 months, starting in April 2026

We are looking for an experienced and dynamic Project Manager to join us for an exciting peatland project made possible through the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The flagship Peatlands Project Manager will work closely with a development team, made up of Trust staff and partners, and will be responsible for developing project plans, timelines, and budgets to ensure the delivery of the project objectives, along with coordinating the team to ensure project alignment.

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• Closing Date: 13/03/2026
• Location: Kendal or Carlisle, Cumbria
• Level: Management
• Posted: 27/02/2026

Ecologist (Botany) - Maydencroft

Starting salary of between £30k to £50k per annum dependent upon candidate experience.

Permanent (subject to successful completion of a 6-month probationary period).

Option for the roles to be either full-time or part-time.

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and organised person with strong botanical ID skills (minimum FISC Level 3) to work either part-time or full-time within our busy Ecology and Nature Recovery teams.

The role will have a core focus on undertaking baseline habitat surveys related to BNG habitat banks and development projects, advising on habitat enhancement and creation options, and delivering ongoing monitoring.

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• Closing Date: 23/03/2026
• Location: Windsor or Letchworth
• Level: Main
• Posted: 27/02/2026

Senior Ecologist - Environment Bank

Salary: £35-42K

Tenure: 12m FTC (to cover maternity leave) with opportunity to go permanent after.

Location: Nationwide (except Scotland and Wales)

As a Senior Ecologist, you will lead on securing, creating and monitoring EBs network of sites across England with a particular focus in your defined geographical region. This will involve a wide range of responsibilities supported by EBs team of ecologists, land managers and the wider project delivery team. You will progress and manage all aspects of creating large scale nature recovery projects - Habitat Banks.

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• Closing Date: 26/03/2026
• Location: Nationwide (except Scotland and Wales)
• Level: Senior
• Posted: 26/02/2026

Lead Ecologist - Norfolk County Council

Salary: £43,822 to £48,227 per annum

Contract: Permanent – Full Time

Location: County Hall, Norwich

Do you want a role in protecting some of the best natural environment in the country?

Norfolk County Council’s (NCC) Environment Service have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Lead Ecologist. You will lead on delivering positive action to manage and increase Biodiversity and Natural Capital in Norfolk, providing key advice and support to Norfolk County Council (NCC) and our partners.

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• Closing Date: 19/03/2026
• Location: County Hall, Norwich
• Level: Main
• Posted: 25/02/2026

Nature Recovery Officer (Habitat & Species) - Norfolk County Council

Salary: £34,434 to £36,363 per annum

Contract: Temporary Contract until 31 March 2028 – Full Time

Location: County Hall, Norwich

Are you looking for a role that provides the opportunity to deliver real action to support nature recovery in Norfolk? Do you enjoy working closely with colleagues and in partnership with other organisations and volunteers across the county undertaking practical activities? Are you looking for the opportunity to put your knowledge and experience into action? If so, we would love to hear from you.

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• Closing Date: 19/03/2026
• Location: County Hall, Norwich
• Level: Main
• Posted: 25/02/2026

Ecologist - Norfolk County Council

Salary: £31,537 to £33,699 per annum

Contract: Permanent – Full Time

Location: County Hall, Norwich

The Environment Service has an exciting opportunity for an Ecologist to join our Ecology Team. Working with the Environment Service Specialist Advice group and reporting to our Lead Ecologist, this role will support the delivery of a wide range of strategic and infrastructure projects ensuring that the natural environment of Norfolk is safeguarded and enhanced through the planning system.

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• Closing Date: 19/03/2026
• Location: County Hall, Norwich
• Level: Main
• Posted: 25/02/2026

Senior Ecologist - Norfolk County Council

Salary: £37,280 to £39,152 per annum

Contract: Permanent – Full Time

Location: County Hall, Norwich

Do you want a role in protecting some of the best natural environment in the country? Norfolk County Council’s (NCC) Environment Service have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Ecologist. You will play a key role in delivering positive action to manage and increase Biodiversity and Natural Capital in Norfolk, providing advice and support to Norfolk County Council (NCC) and our partners. Reporting to our Lead Ecologist and in collaboration with wider teams within our Environment Service, you will deliver support for a wide range of infrastructure projects ensuring that the natural environment of Norfolk is safeguarded and enhanced through the planning system.

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• Closing Date: 19/03/2026
• Location: County Hall, Norwich
• Level: Main
• Posted: 25/02/2026

Peatland Programme Manager - Zora Ecosystems

Zora Ecosystems is a leading, tech-enabled developer of high integrity nature restoration projects. We work at the intersection of applied science, land management, and emerging natural capital markets to deliver real, measurable environmental outcomes at scale. With 35 active projects, over 100,000 hectares of contracted landholdings, and a 600,000-hectare UK pipeline, we are scaling rapidly.

This role is central to the scoping, planning, design, delivery, and long term management of peatland restoration projects across Scotland and the UK.

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• Closing Date: 25/03/2026
• Location: Inverness
• Level: Management
• Posted: 25/02/2026

Estate Worker (Norfolk Broads Reserves) - RSPB

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Estate Worker to join our team.

Location: RSPB Norfolk Broads Reserves – Strumpshaw Fen, Sutton Fen & Berney Marshes
Terms: Permanent, Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £24,571.00 - £26,231.00 Per Annum

These reserves offer a complex mix of habitats which are home to an amazing array of wildlife including some of our most iconic and threatened species such as Swallowtail Butterfly, Fen Raft Spider, Fen Orchid, Crane, Bittern, and some of the best surviving populations of breeding wading birds in lowland England.

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• Closing Date: 23/03/2026
• Location: Strumpshaw Fen
• Level: Main
• Posted: 25/02/2026

SISI Seasonal Project Officer x 6 - Scottish Invasive Species Initiative (Various Employers)

The Scottish Invasive Species Initiative is a multi-year project in northern Scotland, which aims to encourage communities to tackle invasive non-native species such as Japanese knotweed, giant hogweed and American mink. It is funded by the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund. We are looking for 6 dynamic and enthusiastic people to join our team as Seasonal Project Officers based in various locations across the project area.

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• Closing Date: 16/03/2026
• Location: Various locations in northern Scotland
• Level: Main
• Posted: 24/02/2026

Graduate Ecologist - E3 Ecology

£26k p.a.

Full time, permanent

Location: North-east England - remote working, though meeting up weekly with the team in a central location.

An excellent opportunity is available for a motivated, organised Graduate Ecologist within a supportive, forward-thinking consultancy practice. The role will be a mix of fieldwork and desk-based responsibilities and will provide valuable experience in key areas of ecological consultancy. Work will include data analysis, supporting other members of the team, drafting of reports, mapping, assisting with and (depending on experience and progression) leading habitat and protected species surveys and BNG assessments.

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• Closing Date: 20/03/2026
• Location: North-east England
• Level: Entry/Graduate
• Posted: 24/02/2026

Habitat Delivery Specialist - Environment Bank

Tenure: Full time, permanent

Location: Nationwide

Salary: £35-45,000 p,a.

At Environment Bank, we’re working together to help restore natural habitats across England. With thousands of acres of new habitat creation already underway, our projects are delivering biodiversity gains and helping vital ecosystems to recover and flourish.

As a Specialist in the Habitat creation team, you will be responsible for delivering habitat creation and enhancement projects safely, on-time and to budget.

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• Closing Date: 23/03/2026
• Location: Nationwide
• Level: Main
• Posted: 23/02/2026

Harold’s Park Wildland Ranger - Nattergal Limited

Part-time

We are looking to recruit a part-time Ranger to help in the ecological restoration of Harold’s Park Wildland, a 206 hectare ex-arable farm and ex-equestrian centre in Essex. This position will report to the Site Manager and will have responsibility for the part time running of a number of key activities.

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• Closing Date: 20/03/2026
• Location: Harold’s Park Wildland, Nazeing, Essex
• Level: Main
• Posted: 23/02/2026

Conservation Manager - Surrey Wildlife Trust

£38,000 - £43,000 per annum dependent on current experience, with scope for role development and salary growth; based at Pond Farm, Wisley Common

Do you want to be part of the nature restoration revolution? We need to act now to enable change and save Surrey’s nature.

We need a Conservation Manager who thinks like we do to lead a team of Reserve Officers, to help deliver nature restoration on over 60 nature reserves (c.5,000ha) across the county, many of which have international conservation designations.

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• Closing Date: 19/03/2026
• Location: Pond Farm, Wisley Common
• Level: Management
• Posted: 23/02/2026

Youth Network Officer (North) - Youngwilders

Salary: £27,000 per year + expenses

Contract type: Full time (4 day week), Fixed Term 2 Years

Location: Remote, based in the North of England, with travel required to sites around the region

Youngwilders are looking for a Youth Network Officer to help us restore nature across the North of England and to involve young people (aged 18-30) in our nature recovery projects across the region, and in the nature recovery movement more broadly.

As the Youth Network Officer, you will lead on bringing together young people at our nature recovery projects in the region, providing young people with educational activities to help them learn more about nature and how to protect it.

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• Closing Date: 15/03/2026
• Location: Remote, based in the North of England
• Level: Main
• Posted: 20/02/2026

Ecology Officer (West) - Youngwilders

Salary: £27,000 per year + expenses

Contract type: Full time (4 day week), Fixed Term 2 Years

Location: Remote, based in the West of England or South Wales, with travel required to sites in these areas.

Youngwilders are looking for an Ecology Officer to help us restore nature across the West of England and South Wales and to involve young people (aged 18-30) in our nature recovery projects across the region, and in the nature recovery movement more broadly.

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• Closing Date: 15/03/2026
• Location: Remote, based in the West of England or South Wales
• Level: Main
• Posted: 20/02/2026

Assistant Warden - Oronsay - RSPB

Location: Oronsay, Inner Hebrides
Terms: 12 Months, Full-Time
Salary: £27,123.00 - £28,956.00 Per Annum

Are you an existing assistant warden looking for livestock experience or a stockperson looking for conservation experience? This position of Assistant Warden on the spectacular and remote island of Oronsay may be for you!

We require a first-class assistant warden with excellent conservation/agricultural land management skills; the success of this site depends on high levels of integrated knowledge and the ability to apply it appropriately in this personally,

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• Closing Date: 13/03/2026
• Location: Isle of Oronsay, Inner Hebrides
• Level: Main
• Posted: 20/02/2026

Warden - Smaull Farm Reserves - RSPB

Location: Loch Gruinart, Isle of Islay PA44
Terms: 12 month contract (secondment cover), Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £30,075.00 - £32,108.00 Per Annum

We are looking for a warden to lead the practical conservation land management on the Smaull reserves on Islay. These reserves sit on the island’s stunning west coast and include cliff and coastal heath, along with low-intensity, high-nature-value farmland. Key species include corncrake, chough, golden eagle, hen harrier, marsh fritillary, and many more.

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• Closing Date: 15/03/2026
• Location: Loch Gruinart, Isle of Islay, PA44
• Level: Main
• Posted: 20/02/2026

Eologist - Worcestershire Wildlife Consultancy - Worcestershire Wildlife Trust

Salary: Up to £30,000 FTE depending on experience

Contract type: Permanent / Working hours: Full time

Location: Lower Smite Farm, Smite Hill Hindlip, Worcester & Droitwich, Worcestershire, WR3 8SZ

As an ecologist, you’ll play a key part in delivering high‑quality ecological work across a diverse range of projects. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to nature’s recovery by providing expert ecological advice, undertaking field surveys and assessments, and helping clients make informed decisions that support wildlife and habitats. You’ll be involved in a variety of ecological surveys and site assessments, working across different habitats and species groups. Your work will include collecting and analysing ecological data, preparing clear and accurate reports, and supporting senior colleagues in delivering projects to agreed timescales and standards. You’ll also liaise with clients, colleagues and stakeholders, helping to ensure that each project runs smoothly and achieves the best possible outcomes for nature.

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• Closing Date: 31/03/2026
• Location: ower Smite Farm, Smite Hill Hindlip, Worcester & Droitwich, Worcestershire, WR3 8SZ
• Level: Main
• Posted: 19/02/2026

Senior Ecologist - Worcestershire Wildlife Consultancy - Worcestershire Wildlife Trust

Salary: Up to £37,500 FTE depending on experience

Contract type: Permanent / Working hours: Full time

Location: Lower Smite Farm, Smite Hill Hindlip, Worcester & Droitwich, Worcestershire, WR3 8SZ

Are you an experienced ecologist looking to take the next step in your consultancy career? We’re looking for someone who brings solid professional experience, a strong understanding of UK legislation and best practice and a genuine commitment to delivering high‑quality ecological work. If you enjoy managing your own projects, producing clear and well‑structured reports and working collaboratively with colleagues and clients, you’ll fit right in. As a Senior Ecologist, you’ll take a leading role in delivering high‑quality ecological consultancy work from the very beginning of a project right through to completion. This is a chance to shape meaningful outcomes for wildlife by managing your own portfolio of ecological projects, providing expert advice and ensuring clients receive clear, accurate and insightful guidance that supports nature’s recovery.

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• Closing Date: 31/03/2026
• Location: Lower Smite Farm, Smite Hill, Hindlip, Worcester & Droitwich, Worcestershire, WR3 8SZ
• Level: Senior
• Posted: 19/02/2026

Graduate Ecologists - CA Ecology

Contract: Full-time (40 hrs/week), 5–7 month contract starting April, with potential for extension or permanent role.
Salary: £25,500 per annum.

CA Ecology is seeking a reliable and motivated Graduate Ecologist to join our friendly consultancy based in Overton, Hampshire. We undertake a wide range of ecological surveys across the South of England and specialise in bat surveys.

This is an excellent opportunity for a recent graduate looking to gain hands-on consultancy experience and develop skills towards protected species licensing.

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• Closing Date: 31/03/2026
• Location: RG25 3DU
• Level: Entry/Graduate
• Posted: 18/02/2026

Wilder Landscapes Manager - Norfolk Wildlife Trust

Salary: £36,682 - £41,249 per annum
Terms: Permanent, Full Time, 35 hours a week
Location: Norwich, NR1
We’re looking for a Wilder Landscapes Manager to join our Nature Recovery team to accelerate nature’s recovery across Norfolk by delivering landscape nature recovery by working with a diverse range of partners and collaborators, inspiring and supporting them to adopt land management practices that recovers nature at scale. This impactful and dynamic role will develop and deliver NWT’s Landscape Nature Recovery Programme, to help scale up our nature recovery work and increase the area of land managed and restored for nature across Norfolk, therefore contributing to the national Wildlife Trusts’ aim of 30% of the UK’s land and sea managed for nature by 2030.

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• Closing Date: 16/03/2026
• Location: Norwich
• Level: Management
• Posted: 17/02/2026

Assistant Ranger - Lee Valley Regional Park Authority

Salary: £28,701- £33,320 per annum, plus flexible benefit

Location: Lee Valley Regional Park

Type of position: Permanent / Permanent - 35 hours per week (Monday – Sunday shift rota)

Join our dedicated Ranger team managing our 10,000 acre park.

Working either as part of a team or individually you will support an established team of Rangers on a daily basis to deliver practical conservation and land management on a range of different sites throughout the park to help deliver and develop the site management plans. Leading our dedicated conservation volunteers on task days and wildlife survey work will also feature along with some direct site management to develop individuals further.

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• Closing Date: 13/03/2026
• Location: Lee Valley Regional Park
• Level: Main
• Posted: 13/02/2026

Ecologist - Northumberland County Council

We require an experienced Ecologist to provide specialist advice to planning officers and developers through all stages of the development management and strategic planning process.

As part of a group of Ecologists in the Environment and Design Team, you will review planning applications and assist with policy development, working with colleagues across the Planning Service to secure the best outcomes for wildlife in contexts ranging from housing schemes and industrial development to the working and restoration of large minerals sites.

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• Closing Date: 15/03/2026
• Location: County Hall, Morpeth
• Level: Main
• Posted: 13/02/2026

Seasonal Cemetery Park Ranger - Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

London E3

8-Month Fixed Term (May to December 2026)
Full Time (salary - £27,306 pro rata)
Are you passionate about urban nature, conservation, and community engagement? Would you like to work in one of London’s most extraordinary green spaces?

The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park (FoTHCP) is an award-winning environmental charity dedicated to protecting and enhancing one of the capital’s most remarkable green spaces. Our 31-acre Local Nature Reserve includes one of the historic ‘Magnificent Seven’ Victorian cemeteries, alongside Scrapyard Meadow and Ackroyd Drive Greenlink.

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• Closing Date: 25/03/2026
• Location: Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, London, E3
• Level: Main
• Posted: 11/02/2026

Solway Coast & Marine Project - Project Officer - Solway Firth Partnership

Hours: 35 hours / week, flexible working (Full-time post, fixed term until 31/03/30 but with likely further 5 years funding through National Lottery Heritage Fund Funding)
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Solway Firth Partnership (SFP) team on the new SCAMP Innovation in Restoration project as a Project Officer.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, positive and self-motivated marine specialist who will be responsible for exploring new techniques in seagrass restoration, native oyster and saltmarsh expansion. You will have experience in project management, restoration techniques, monitoring and evaluation, working with interns and volunteers, and embracing citizen science.

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• Closing Date: 13/03/2026
• Location: Stranraer (with travel)
• Level: Main
• Posted: 09/02/2026

Consultant Ecologist- part time - J Taylor Ecology Consulting

Salary: £30,000 – £35,0000 pro rata

Location: Homebased - Projects across the UK, mainly Hampshire Wiltshire and South of England

Working hours: Part time 3 to 4 days a week. Flexible working (term time/school hours considered)

J Taylor Ecology Consulting is a small but highly focused consultancy based in Hampshire, providing ecological expertise for military and railway infrastructure, solar farm initiatives, and residential developments. We will give you the freedom to manage projects end‑to‑end in a supportive environment. You’ll lead surveys, assessments and reporting.

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• Delete Date: 19/03/2026
• Location: Hampshire/Wiltshire/Home based
• Level: Main
• Posted: 05/02/2026

Administrative Ecologist (Maternity Cover) - EP Ecology Ltd

Salary: £13.00-15.00 per hour depending on experience

Hours: 15 per week (approx. 2 days) with overtime up to 37.5 hours per week and TOIL accrued above that point as required.

This is a fixed term contract for approximately fourteen months (maternity cover).

EP Ecology are seeking an office administrator (maternity cover) to join our team in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, and assist with the day-to-day running of the company. The successful candidate should be interested in wildlife and nature and can, if desired, assist with ecological work above their typical working duties.

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• Closing Date: 15/03/2026
• Location: East Kilbride
• Level: Main
• Posted: 04/02/2026

Shorebird and Engagement Assistant Ranger - Natural England

Contract: Fixed Term 27th April – 4th September

Location: Based at Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve, Northumberland

Hours: 37.5 hours per week on rota and will include weekends and bank holidays

Salary: £23,108 pro rata (subject to pay award)

Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve is one of the most important sites for breeding shorebirds in north-east England covering 65km of coastline. This is an exciting opportunity to help protect this internationally important site through the education of visitors and extensive monitoring and management of nesting shorebirds across the Reserve.

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• Closing Date: 20/03/2026
• Location: Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve, Northumberland
• Level: Main
• Posted: 02/02/2026