Assistant Warden - RSPB

Location: Woolston Eyes SSSI, WA4

Terms: Fixed-Term, 12 months, Full Time, 37.5 hours per week 

Salary: £27,123.00 - £28,956.00 Per Annum

Would you like to work on a nationally important wetland site managing habitats for breeding black-necked grebe and willow tit? The Dee Estuary team are seeking an experienced dynamic and motivated Assistant Warden to join the team, based at Woolston Eyes Nature Reserve.

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• Closing Date: 29/05/2026
• Location: Woolston, Warrington, WA4 1PD
• Level: Main
• Posted: 13/05/2026

Grey Squirrel Control Officer - Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels - Scottish Wildlife Trust

Salary: £25,095 per annum

Location: Dalbeattie, with anticipated flexible working throughout South West Scotland

Status: Full time (35 hrs/week), Fixed term (until 31st March 2028)

The Grey Squirrel Control Officer will contribute to a programme of targeted grey squirrel control to protect key populations of Scotland’s red squirrels, in accordance with the Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels plan to protect red squirrels in priority landscapes in South West Scotland. This role requires an individual with experience in mammal control work that enjoys working outdoors, who is approachable and enjoys interacting with people.

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• Closing Date: 07/06/2026
• Location: Dalbeattie, with anticipated flexible working throughout South West Scotland
• Level: Main
• Posted: 13/05/2026

Grazing Officer - Sussex Wildlife Trust

Salary: £26,475

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 35 hours a week with weekend working, out of hours call out and emergency cover

Location: Wiston Estate

You will be part of a team that manages the Trusts livestock and delivers grazing on reserves across East and West Sussex. The trust currently runs nearly 300 head of cattle, 1000 head of sheep and a small group of goats and ponies, all of which help deliver conservation objectives across the trust’s nature reserves. The role will include daily livestock checks, bedding up and feeding in the winter, carrying out basic animal husbandry, moving stock out onto reserves and gathering again at the end of the season ready for sale or to come back to the “home” farm.

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• Closing Date: 31/05/2026
• Location: Wiston Estate
• Level: Main
• Posted: 12/05/2026

Nature Recovery Officer Hereford ~ River City - Herefordshire Wildlife Trust

The Hereford River City project aims to restore, reconnect and celebrate Hereford city’s waterways and wetlands. It will explore the history of the city’s green and blue corridors, restore the wildlife habitats and corridors and connect communities to past and present natural history. 

New habitats will be created at key locations on the Yazor, Widemarsh and Newton Brooks. Volunteer groups and citizen science groups will run regular restoration activities. The city’s watercourses will be cleaner and with wildlife thriving within and around them.

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• Closing Date: 19/05/2026
• Location: Queenswood Country Park, HR6 0PY
• Level: Main
• Posted: 08/05/2026

Reserves Officer (Nene Valley) - The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Northamptonshire

Full Time (37.5 hours)

Permanent

Location: Rushden, Northamptonshire

Salary: £28,345 per annum

The Wildlife Trust BCN are recruiting for a reserves officer to assist with the day-to-day running of nature reserves in the Nene Valley, Northamptonshire. The Reserves Officer will report to the Nene Wetlands Senior Ranger and will lead on the day-to-day reserves management of Summer Leys and Titchmarsh Nature Reserves in the Nene Valley, through practical work, volunteer tasks, management planning and monitoring.

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• Closing Date: 08/06/2026
• Location: Rushden, Northamptonshire
• Level: Main
• Posted: 08/05/2026

Conservation Grazing Assistant - RSPB

Salary: £27,579.00 - £29,445.00 Per Annum, Pro Rata
Terms: Permanent, Part-Time, 15 hours per week
Location: Wild Haweswater, Bampton CA10
An exciting opportunity to contribute to the delivery of conservation grazing to help renature this important site. You will assist the Conservation Grazing Manager livestock manager working with cattle and ponies (and possibly pigs). You will be able to apply your strong nature conservation and people skills in a pragmatic and focused way to enable the reserve team to deliver the best possible outcomes for water quality, priority habitats and species.

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• Closing Date: 21/05/2026
• Location: Burn Banks
• Level: Main
• Posted: 06/05/2026

Forestry Supervisor - Longleat Estate

You will be employed on a permanent contract, working 40 hours per week Monday to Friday.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Forestry Supervisor to join the Forestry department on the Longleat Estate. This role involves supporting the Estate Manager and Forestry Consultant, together with the wider Forestry team, to deliver the long-term management plan for the forest. You will be responsible for the day to day supervision of traditional woodland operations, including planting, harvesting and other traditional landed estate husbandry tasks. Contractor coordination is a key aspect of this role, supporting the safe and timely delivery of woodland works as specified.

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• Closing Date: 17/05/2026
• Location: Warminster
• Level: Senior
• Posted: 05/05/2026

Species Recovery Officer - Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust

Work base: The post is based at the Trust’s offices at Grebe House, St Albans, AL3 4SN with extensive travel across Hertfordshire.

Hours 22.5 hours per week (0.6 FTE) / Employment Term Two-years (24 months) fixed term contract, with the possibility of extension

Salary £15,486 p.a. (£25,810 FTE)

The Species Recovery Officer will coordinate the work of the Trust to control/eradicate invasive nonnative species in Hertfordshire and Middlesex, enabling native species to thrive and thereby contributing to nature’s recovery. The Trust has an ambition for Water Voles to be thriving on all its rivers by 2030.

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• Closing Date: 20/05/2026
• Location: Grebe House, St Albans, AL3 4SN with extensive travel across Hertfordshire.
• Level: Main
• Posted: 29/04/2026

Senior Specialist - Natural Grazing and Herbivory - Forestry England

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week 

Salary: £40,388 - £43,482

Location: National

Forestry England’s Biodiversity Plan sets out a bold ambition of nature recovery in the nation’s forests. Working across five principal focus areas, Forestry England aims to restore resilient biodiversity in the nation’s forests, delivering our vision to ensure that these forests provide the most valuable places for wildlife to thrive and expand in England. As a Senior Specialist you will play a key role in the national Forest Wilding Programme Team, bringing your deep knowledge and experience to bear as we support the implementation of species recovery and wild area projects across England.

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• Closing Date: 31/05/2026
• Location: National
• Level: Management
• Posted: 29/04/2026

Trappers x3 - Orkney Native Wildlife Project - RSPB

Location: Orkney field based + Kirkwall Office 

Terms: Full time, 37.5 hours per week, Fixed Term until 31 December 2027 

Salary: £29,200.00 - £31,347.00 Per Annum

We are looking for experienced mammal trappers with excellent organisation and communication skills. The Orkney Native Wildlife Project (ONWP) aims to protect Orkney’s unique and globally important wildlife from an invasive non-native predator: the stoat. Stoats pose a serious threat to the Orkney vole, a species found nowhere else in the world, and many birds including hen harriers, short-eared owls, red-throated divers, waders, and seabirds.

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• Closing Date: 17/05/2026
• Location: Orkney field based + ONWP Kirkwall Office
• Level: Main
• Posted: 27/04/2026