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JOB: Biodiversity Action Projects Volunteer Officer
BE4: Ongoing
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LOC: Alloa, Glasgow, Lochshore (Kilbirnie) and Edinburgh
PAY: Training in First Aid, Risk Assessment, and other relevant skills. Branded clothing, PPE, and all tools and materials provided. Reasonable travel expenses covered.
FOR: The Conservation Volunteers
Volunteer Officers (VOs) take on roles with real responsibility leading projects and supporting groups of volunteers who work to improve green spaces and create opportunities for people of all ages to connect with nature. A chance to build practical skills, ecological knowledge, and leadership experience, all while enhancing your employability. Across the region, TCV delivers a wide variety of biodiversity enhancement projects, including: Wildflower meadow creation to support pollinators and increase plant diversity. Tree and hedgerow planting for canopy, habitat connectivity and carbon capture. Wetland and pond restoration. Woodland management to improve habitat structure and resilience. Species monitoring and citizen science activities to track biodiversity. You’ll play a key role in planning and delivering these projects with volunteers from diverse backgrounds. You’ll also help create a positive, inclusive environment where volunteers feel valued and inspired. Throughout your time as a VO, you’ll be supported by a nominated Senior Project Officer who will oversee your training and development. While you’ll primarily work on their project, you’ll also have opportunities to shadow and assist other staff, giving you a broad range of experience across different habitats and conservation techniques. No previous experience is required just enthusiasm for biodiversity and a willingness to learn. Time: 1 to 2 days a week. More information and to apply Key Volunteers | The Conservation Volunteers
JOB: Voluntary Reserves Team Assistant
BE4: 18-09-2026 23.59
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LOC: Doddiscombsleigh, nr Exeter, Devon
PAY: Accommodation provided. Formal training courses for use of chainsaw, use of brushcutters, outdoor first aid.
FOR: Devon Wildlife Trust
Devon Wildlife Trust aims to restore nature on a large scale across land and sea, creating connected habitats where wildlife can thrive and people can experience and protect the natural world. Its nature reserves play a vital role by safeguarding rare species and habitats, supporting wildlife connectivity across landscapes, and demonstrating best practice in habitat restoration. As a volunteer on a DWT nature reserve, you will help deliver this vision while living in comfortable accommodation surrounded by nature! Volunteers typically commit to one year, contributing 4 or 5 days a week. For more information and to apply, please visit: Voluntary Reserves Team Assistant, Accommodation Provided | Devon Wildlife Trust Volunteering
JOB: Practical Reserve Volunteer
BE4: 06-09-2026
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LOC: WWT Slimbridge
PAY:
FOR: WWT Slimbridge
WWT Slimbridge consists of over 325 acres of stunning habitat providing refuge for a huge diversity of animals and plants. Managing a large wetland nature reserve requires a lot of practical, hands-on, physical tasks. With training and guidance, you will become part of our friendly and hard-working reserves volunteer team. Your role will be to provide regular support for all practical reserves management, including maintaining and restoring various habitats to attract migratory birds and help improve species biodiversity on site. You will ensure that our reserve grounds are maintained to the highest standard for wildlife and that they look their best for visitors. This is a fantastic opportunity to get involved in practical nature conservation, meet new like-minded people, and make a difference by helping to maintain our important wetlands. Please apply for this volunteering role via the WWT website: Practical Reserve Volunteer in Slimbridge - WWT
JOB: Volunteer Toddler Activities Assistant (Term Time)
BE4: 07-12-2026
IV: --
LOC: WWT Martin Mere
PAY:
FOR: WWT Martin Mere
At WWT, we believe that the best way for people to understand and connect to wetlands is to experience them first hand, so we bring awe-inspiring nature up close. We create unforgettable experiences for young people through our warm welcome, positive interactions, and fun engaging activities. We are looking for keen and enthusiastic volunteers to help run our weekly Wednesday term-time toddler group called ‘The Gosling Gang’! You will be working with other volunteers and staff to ensure families and young children visiting our centre feel part of something amazing. Volunteers are an essential part of the WWT team, and we wouldn’t be able to maintain our internationally important wetland sites without their help. Please apply for this volunteering role via the WWT website: Volunteer Toddler Activities Assistant (Term Time) in Martin Mere - WWT
Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve
6-month placement
Want to gain experience at one of the UK’s finest National Nature Reserves? We are looking for individuals who are enthusiastic about natural history and are looking to start a career in nature conservation.
As wildfires become an increasingly common threat across the UK, the Woodland Trust has launched an exciting new volunteer opportunity for young people aged 14–25 to help raise awareness of this growing environmental challenge.
Volunteers welcome on our Bird Ringing Camps at the wild Polish Baltic Coast in October 2026. You have an opportunity to support one of the oldest bird ringing schemes of the World - Operation Baltic. You will help to handle captured birds, identify and ring them as well as with measuring, weighting and data entry tasks. You will get to know and distinguish every caught species by direct contact!
Operation Baltic is a world-renowned bird research project going on for more than half a century. Nearly two million birds of 208 species have been ringed so far.
9 months, 21 hours per week traineeship
Voluntary
Are you 18-25 and looking to pursue a career in UK wildlife conservation? If so, we might have the perfect opportunity for you!
Here at Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, we are looking for our next Wild Trainee to be part of our Evidence and Connected Landscapes team.
Where: Gibraltar Point NNR, near Skegness
When: October 2026 – September 2027
Commitment: 11-month commitment
An exciting opportunity to join and assist the Gibraltar Point NNR team in managing Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s flagship nature reserve (established in 1948). The reserve also hosts the only Bird Observatory in Lincolnshire (established 1949). This placement is suitable for anyone with an interest in natural history and nature reserve management looking to start a career in the conservation sector.
In Depth Features. An index of articles about volunteering from CJS Focus editions dating back to 2005. Articles cover both participant and co-ordinator points of view. The adverts will most likely have closed for applications but the contact organisations can proof be useful.
Please remember to contact only the organisation or person mentioned in the advert and please mention that you saw the advert with CJS. Explanation of the headings here.
CJS Focus on Volunteering in association with Chester Zoo published in February 2024
8 articles and 96 voluntary roles along with lots of volunteering opportunities across the UK so have a look through the regions for something you can get involved in.
