Wildlife Jobs
RiverCare & BeachCare Programme Officer (East of England)
Salary: £29,840 p.a.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Home-based with regular travel in the East of England, and occasional travel nationwide.
We also offer 27 days of annual leave (pro-rated for hours worked) plus bank holidays and a birthday day off; Extra days leave for travelling using alternatives to flying; The opportunity to join the UK’s first net carbon pension scheme with 8% employer pension contributions; A core hours system of working and enhanced family friendly policies.
Keep Britain Tidy is one of the UK’s leading environmental charities. At a time when we are living in a world facing huge environmental challenges, the work we do has never been more important or more urgent. This is a fantastic opportunity for a talented and enthusiastic Programme Officer to join our RiverCare & BeachCare programme, run by Keep Britain Tidy in partnership with programme funder Anglian Water.
The successful candidate will be joining a long-established programme which works with a large network of community-led volunteer groups throughout the region. Groups take practical action to protect and enhance their local watercourses and coastlines. The programme aims to inspire people to gain a sense of community ownership of local blue spaces through training and support to become empowered, self-organising volunteer groups.
The successful applicant will be joining the team at an exciting time of programme development, as we look to increase learning and advocacy for environmental stewardship and sustainability. You will have experience of volunteering or volunteer coordination, working with communities and a wide variety of partner organisations, and hold a good knowledge of ecological challenges, ideally in the water and marine environment.
You will be an effective communicator, organised and able to manage your own time. You will be knowledgeable in matters of volunteer health and safety, data protection and safeguarding, with strong skills in using IT to support with the administration required for successful programme delivery.
You will be working as part of a regional and national team. Some travel within the region will be required, as will occasional weekend and evening work.
If you are interested in this job and want to help us make a difference, please review a copy of the full job description. After reading the application information, if you would love to work with us, please continue to apply.
As part of the application process you will need to answer 3 questions and submit your CV - these will be reviewed based on the criteria found in the person specification. We also ask that you complete equal opportunities monitoring information as we want to try to make sure that our workforce is representative of the population and not excluding any community. Please note that this information will be held separately and securely.
The deadline for applications is 9am on Monday 10th March 2025. Keep Britain Tidy reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we ask that you please submit your application as early as possible.
For successful candidates, interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams on Thursday 20th and Friday 21st March 2025.
Environmental change is affecting us all and we know that a diverse workforce yields best results. We want people from all backgrounds to be part of the solution. It is for this reason that Keep Britain Tidy has flexible and supportive policies for all staff and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. If you need any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, you just need to let us know.
We have signed the pledge to always #ShowTheSalary for the roles that we advertise.
We are proud winners of the Working Families’ Best Small Employer Award 2021.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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RiverCare & BeachCare Programme Officer (30 hours)
Salary: £23,872 p.a. pro-rata (£29,840p.a. FTE)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 30 hours per week
Location: Home-based with regular travel in the East of England, and occasional travel nationwide.
We also offer 27 days of annual leave (pro-rated for hours worked) plus bank holidays and a birthday day off; Extra days leave for travelling using alternatives to flying; The opportunity to join the UK’s first net carbon pension scheme with 8% employer pension contributions; A core hours system of working and enhanced family friendly policies.
Keep Britain Tidy is one of the UK’s leading environmental charities. At a time when we are living in a world facing huge environmental challenges, the work we do has never been more important or more urgent. This is a fantastic opportunity for a talented and enthusiastic Programme Officer to join our RiverCare & BeachCare programme, run by Keep Britain Tidy in partnership with programme funder Anglian Water.
The successful candidate will be joining a long-established programme which works with a large network of community-led volunteer groups throughout the region. Groups take practical action to protect and enhance their local watercourses and coastlines. The programme aims to inspire people to gain a sense of community ownership of local blue spaces through training and support to become empowered, self-organising volunteer groups.
The successful applicant will be joining the team at an exciting time of programme development, as we look to increase learning and advocacy for environmental stewardship and sustainability. You will have experience of volunteering or volunteer coordination, working with communities and a wide variety of partner organisations, and hold a good knowledge of ecological challenges, ideally in the water and marine environment.
You will be an effective communicator, organised and able to manage your own time. You will be knowledgeable in matters of volunteer health and safety, data protection and safeguarding, with strong skills in using IT to support with the administration required for successful programme delivery.
You will be working as part of a regional and national team. Some travel within the region will be required, as will occasional weekend and evening work.
If you are interested in this job and want to help us make a difference, please review a copy of the full job description. After reading the application information, if you would love to work with us, please continue to apply.
As part of the application process you will need to answer 3 questions and submit your CV - these will be reviewed based on the criteria found in the person specification. We also ask that you complete equal opportunities monitoring information as we want to try to make sure that our workforce is representative of the population and not excluding any community. Please note that this information will be held separately and securely.
The deadline for applications is 9am on Monday 10th March 2025. Keep Britain Tidy reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we ask that you please submit your application as early as possible.
For successful candidates, interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams on Thursday 20th and Friday 21st March 2025.
Environmental change is affecting us all and we know that a diverse workforce yields best results. We want people from all backgrounds to be part of the solution. It is for this reason that Keep Britain Tidy has flexible and supportive policies for all staff and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. If you need any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, you just need to let us know.
We have signed the pledge to always #ShowTheSalary for the roles that we advertise.
We are proud winners of the Working Families’ Best Small Employer Award 2021.
No agencies please.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
We are seeking to appoint an experienced Director of Income Generation to join our Senior Leadership Team on a fixed term contract to cover maternity leave. We are looking for candidates across England, Wales and Northern Ireland and this role will be based in our offices or at home but with some travel within England, Wales and Northern Ireland as required.
As a core member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will play a strategic role in the overall leadership and management of Friends of the Earth. This role has the responsibility of ensuring implementation of an ambitious but achievable income generation strategy. You’ll also be responsible for managing multiple income streams, all contributing to a robust and resilient portfolio of income that enables maximum organisational impact.
We are looking for an empathetic, inspiring and approachable leader with a strong track record of successful, sustainable income generation. You will have experience of strategic thinking and planning and the ability to build collective commitment to a vision. You will also have the ability to analyse the external environment and navigate clear paths for Friends of the Earth using mixture of new ideas and best practice, together with a solid understanding of the wider NGO context with regards to income generation and supporter engagement
This is an excellent opportunity to join the Friends of the Earth Senior Leadership Team and be a key part in delivering our ambitious income generation strategy to support a great campaigning organisation.
For further information please refer to the Candidate Information Pack.
Closing date: Wednesday 19th March 2025 (23:59)
Hours: Full time (30 hours over 4 days)
Location: Flexible across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with regular travel to London once a fortnight.
(London salary applicable to candidates who are based in the London office a minimum of two days a week)
Please note we only accept applications via the Friends of the Earth Application System.
We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance including a 4-day working week with no loss of pay, excellent learning and development opportunities and a vibrant organisational culture.
Our staff body is currently under-representative of People of Colour, LGBTQIA+ people and people with long term conditions or impairments. We are committed to eroding these historic barriers, so as to create a movement in which people from all walks of life see themselves in, and so we particularly encourage you to apply if you belong to one of these groups or sit at multiple intersections of disadvantage. We are committed to the Disability Confident standard and will guarantee an interview to any candidates who declare a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the role.
Friends of the Earth staff who publicly represent Friends of the Earth (including all campaigners) are not allowed to also represent a political party. This is to ensure that there can be no confusion in the minds of the public about Friends of the Earth's party-political independence. Affected staff should also seek permission from the Senior Management Team if they wish to hold a non-public facing official role in a political party. If this is an issue, please do raise this with us as soon as possible.
Friends of the Earth is an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it. We lead campaigns, provide resources and information, and drive real solutions to the environmental problems facing us all.
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We are part of an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it.
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Assistant Reserves Officer (Itchen Valley)
Salary: £24,000 gross per annum
Location Twyford, Hampshire
Full Time, 35 Hours per Week
Fixed-Term Contract for 12 Months
Closing date: 12 March 2025
Interviews: 20 March 2025
Our client is a grassroots movement working for nature’s recovery and to bring people closer to nature.
‘Thier vision for a wilder future is beautiful and vital!’
Their future has to be wilder!
Our client is seeking an Assistant Reserves Officer (Itchen Valley) to join their cause.
As part of the Central Hampshire team, the post is crucial to the successful delivery of our client. Working within a small team, the post holder is responsible for delivering practical management on their nature reserves in the River Itchen floodplain and across the South Downs chalk landscape. The post holder will also assist the Grazing team with some aspects of livestock management as required on reserves.
Work will be distributed across a suite of nature reserves, including some of the finest floodplain and chalk stream locations in Hampshire. These include Winnall Moors & the famous Abbotts Barton fishery, Abbotts Worthy Fishery, Hockley & Barton Meadows. This is a challenging role that requires a high degree of practical competency, initiative and enthusiasm. The post holder will assist the teams Reserve Officers and core staff with day-to-day habitat/estate/fishery management work and livestock husbandry.
The post holder will be responsible for the management of volunteers and coordination of a varied practical volunteering work programme.
The post is physically demanding and requires flexible working and occasional on-call duties (circa one weekend in five). Experience in habitat/countryside management (including vegetation clearance) & power tools are essential. Knowledge of flyfishing and riparian management for fisheries is highly desirable. Experience working with livestock for conservation grazing is desirable. A full driving licence is required.
A practical, pragmatic and self-motivated approach to core duties is essential. While daily working locations will vary based on requirements, the key location of work most days will be Winchester and the surrounding area.
Wild About Inclusion!
As an inclusive employer our client recognise that their workforce needs to better reflect the communities in which they live and work. They encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly those underrepresented within their sector, including people from black, Asian, minority Ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities. They are committed to creating a Movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.
They offer a wide range of benefits including a competitive salary, generous annual leave allowance, a contributory pension scheme, life assurance, learning and development support, 24-hour access to their employee assistance programme and more.
To apply for the role, please click on the 'Apply Now' button at the top of the page. In the ‘supporting information’ section, you’ll need to demonstrate, with detailed examples, how you meet the job requirements using the Job Description and Recruitment Pack below.
Please do not use artificial intelligence tools to assist you to complete the application form. They may not accept applications that have been completed utilising AI tools. If you would usually use tools such as these to assist you in filling in a form, please contact them to discuss this further and understand other options.
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An exciting opportunity to play a crucial role securing the funding needed to help young people thrive. At an exciting time of growth for our charity, we are looking for an experienced, driven and enthusiastic Senior Fundraising Manager to join our team. You will take the lead in managing and growing an existing portfolio of trusts and foundations, developing strong relationships and securing vital funding that enables us to continue to deliver our mission.
What is Jamie’s Farm? Jamie’s Farm is a charity that supports young people by combining therapeutic work, farming, and purposeful activities to help them thrive. Through residential visits to our working farms, we provide a nurturing environment where young people can reflect, build confidence, and develop the resilience they need to overcome personal challenges. As part of the dynamic HQ team we offer a beautiful and unique supportive working environment, a competitive salary, and the opportunity to be part of a team that is passionate about making a real difference.
More about the role: As Senior Fundraising Manager you will write compelling grant applications and reports that clearly communicate the impact of our work, ensuring we maintain and increase funding in line with agreed targets. You will use your excellent interpersonal skills to cultivate lasting partnerships with funders. Taking a proactive approach, you will identify and secure new funding opportunities, expanding the network of trusts and foundations that support Jamie’s Farm.
About you: We are looking for someone with proven experience securing funding from trusts and foundations, with a strong track record of writing successful applications for significant grants (£200k+). You will be a confident and persuasive writer, able to communicate our impact concisely and compellingly, while building strong and long-lasting funder relationships.
Proactive and tenacious, you excel at identifying and pursuing new funding opportunities. Highly organised, with keen attention to detail, you can manage multiple applications and deadlines effectively. You are also eager to embrace new ways of working, using AI and digital tools to enhance efficiency.
Please see the full job description, desired experience and employee benefits by exploring our recruitment pack below. Don’t meet every single requirement? We’d still love to hear from you – your unique skills and experience could be just what we’re looking for.
How to Apply: Please apply via the Jamie’s Farm website by clicking on the “Apply” button below. Read through the full recruitment pack and return both a completed application and equal opportunities form to the email address provided. We look forward to hearing from you!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.