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CJS Online: Environmental and Outdoor Education

Environmental and Outdoor Education vacancies: interpretation, field work tutors, public engagement, adventure activities instructors also higher and further education roles.

   

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Operations Manager - The Royal Parks

Type: Contract

Location: London, England

Salary: Up to £41403 per annum

As an Operations Manager, you will lead the operational teams for the water-based leisure services in The Hyde Park Boat House, Serpentine Lido, The Regents Park Boating Lakes and The Greenwich Park Boating Lake. Managing the delivery of an excellent customer journey and experience, you will ensure our activities are safe and efficient delivered in a positive environment that will leave a lasting impression on our visitors and team.

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  • Closing Date: 17/09/2026
  • Location: London
  • Level: Management
  • Posted: 04/09/2026

Conservation Officer - GrubsUp! - North York Moors National Park Authority

Salary of £36,580 per annum

Located in Helmsley.

The North York Moors National Park Authority helps to care for one of the UK’s most distinctive protected landscapes. GrubsUp! is an ecological project that aims to restore, enhance and connect precious habitat for invertebrates, increase the number of insect species and boost environmental resilience in the face of climate change.

We are now looking for a Conservation Officer to join us on a full-time basis, working 37 hours per week, for a two year fixed-term contract, commencing October 2026.

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  • Closing Date: 20/09/2026
  • Location: Helmsley
  • Level: Management
  • Posted: 04/09/2026

Education and Outreach Officer - The River Dee Trust

Location: River Office, Dinnet, with delivery of the River Dee Trust Education Programme in schools across Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire, plus some hybrid working.

Contract: Two-year fixed term with an expectation this will be a permanent role / Hours: 40 hours per week

Salary: £28,000 per annum

We are looking for an Education & Outreach Officer to join our team based in Dinnet, near Aboyne, Aberdeenshire. The successful candidate will be an engaging outdoor learning practitioner with strong communication skills and experience delivering environmental education. Working with schools, community groups and the River Office team, they will support indoor and outdoor learning visits, use multimedia to reach a wide range of audiences, and share their knowledge in an engaging way.

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  • Closing Date: 21/09/2026
  • Location: River Office, Dinnet, working across Aberdeenshire
  • Level: Main
  • 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

Senior Ranger Team Leader - Peak District National Park Authority

Location: Aldern House, Bakewell, Derbyshire

Salary: £40,444 – £43,149 per annum

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Are you an experienced countryside professional with a passion for leading people, protecting landscapes and making a real difference? The Peak District National Park Authority is looking for a Senior Ranger Team Leader to lead dedicated ranger teams.

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  • Closing Date: 26/09/2026
  • Location: Bakewell, Derbyshire
  • Level: Management
  • Posted: 28/08/2026

Green Angels Project Officer - Hassall Green - The Land Trust

Salary: £32,365

Terms: Permanent/full-time

Location: Place of work – Based at Birchwood with hybrid working permitted. There will be regular travel to Hassall Green Nature Reserve, Sandbach, Cheshire CW11 4XX

Green Angels is the Land Trust's trademarked environmental training initiative, which has been running successfully since 2019. The programme demonstrates the value and importance of the Land Trust's charitable objectives by empowering communities through environmental education, practical conservation skills and volunteer engagement.

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  • Closing Date: 21/09/2026
  • Location: Based at Birchwood with hybrid working
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 27/08/2026

Ranger - Historic Environment Scotland

Starting salary: £34,721

Contract type: Full time permanent

Location: Holyrood Park, Edinburgh

As a Ranger with Historic Environment Scotland in Holyrood Park, you will play a pivotal role in engaging with our visitors, communities and groups in the park and at our other sites. You will be a part of the Ranger Service, with a focus on the learning and engagement work at Holyrood Park and Linlithgow Peel.

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  • Closing Date: 09/09/2026
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 26/08/2026

Community and Engagement Officer - Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust

Fixed term: 5th October 2026 - 31st March 2029

Location: Preferably within Wales / Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire Area

Hours of work: 5 days a week (37.5 hours)

Salary: £28,000 - £32,000

The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) is seeking a Community and Engagement Officer to Facilitate GWCT engagement in Wales, be that with members, committees, government, NGO’s, funders and the general public as well as play a pivotal role in the Gwlad y Gylfinir/Land of the Curlew Project.

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  • Closing Date: 11/09/2026
  • Location: Mid Wales (Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire Area)
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 25/08/2026

Lead Environmental Education Officer - Project: WILD C.I.C.

Location: Yorkshire wide, based from our office in Riccall, North Yorkshire (YO19 6PW)

Position Type: Full-time, 6-month contract initially with potential to extend

Salary: £27,500 – £33,000 FTE per annum dependant on experience and qualifications

Project: WILD C.I.C. is seeking an experienced team member to help us achieve our mission: helping people build real, lasting connections with the nature on their doorstep, inspiring wonder, fostering wellbeing, and providing the skills and knowledge to empower individuals and communities to actively care for the natural world.

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  • Closing Date: 20/09/2026
  • Location: Yorkshire wide, based from our office in Riccall, North Yorkshire (YO19 6PW)
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 25/08/2026

Estate Ranger with freshwater ecology expertise - Ewhurst Park Ltd

On-site / Full-time

Salary: Dependent on Experience

An exciting position has arisen for an Estate Ranger with freshwater ecology expertise to support us at Ewhurst Park near Basingstoke in Hampshire. Ewhurst Park is a 925-acre rural estate with the goal of restoring the land for nature whilst growing healthy and ethically produced organic food. We aim to inspire people to reconnect with the land through community outreach, and events held across the estate.

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  • Closing Date: 30/09/2026
  • Location: Near Basingstoke
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 25/08/2026

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

Education and Community Officer (maternity cover) - Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust

Based at Far Ings National Nature Reserve, Barton upon Humber

Circa £24,500 per annum (pro-rata 4 days per week including some Sundays) depending on experience. Fixed Term 12 months.

Do you have a passion for nature, the environment and education? Do you love inspiring people about wildlife and love the idea of working in a visitor centre environment in one of the UK’s best spaces for nature? Then this may be the post for you.

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  • Closing Date: 09/09/2026
  • Location: Far Ings National Nature Reserve, Barton upon Humber
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 17/08/2026

Rothbury Estates Ranger - Northumberland Wildlife Trust

This job is being offered as 35 hours per week and the contract is for two years. The salary starts at £26,981 per annum.

We are looking for a confident and enthusiastic Rothbury Estate Ranger to join our Conservation Team.

The Ranger will support the effective management, maintenance and monitoring of The Rothbury Estate in Northumberland, helping to deliver nature conservation, land management and community engagement objectives.

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  • Closing Date: 08/09/2026
  • Location: Rothbury
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 14/08/2026

Teacher of Horticulture and Project Worker - Family Action

Salary of £25,221 - £27,780 FTE per annum (Pro-rated £15,337 - £16,893)

Swaffham, Norfolk

At Family Action, we transform lives by providing practical, emotional, and financial support to those experiencing poverty, disadvantage, and social isolation. We are now looking for a Teacher of Horticulture and Project Worker to join us on a permanent, part-time basis, working 22.5 hours per week.

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  • Closing Date: 12/09/2026
  • Location: Swaffham, Norfolk
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 14/08/2026

Estates and Community Assistant - The Land Trust

Term: Permanent, Full Time 36 hours p/w

Location: Birchwood Office, Warrington/Hybrid Working

Salary: £26,000

The Land Trust is seeking an Estates and Community Assistant to assist the Estates and Community Officer, with the day-to-day management of the Warrington Portfolio and to take the lead in the delivery of activities to maximise our charitable objectives on Land Trust sites.

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  • Closing Date: 13/09/2026
  • Location: Birchwood Office, Warrington / Hybrid Working
  • Level: Main
  • Posted: 14/08/2026

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