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Programme Manager - Species Survival Fund - RSPB

Logo: RSPB

We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, skilled and passionate Programme Manager to lead our Species Survival Fund programme.

Location: Flexible in England
Salary: £38,389.00 - £41,212.00 Per Annum
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week / Contract: Fixed-term to 28th February 2026

Species Coastal and Wetlands: more, better, bigger, joined has secured funding from the Species Survival Fund.

Guided by the Lawton principles of more, bigger, better, more, this programme will deliver transformative landscape-scale restoration across 14 sites for the benefit of species abundance, people, and communities.

Project Manager - Species Survival Fund - RSPB

Logo: RSPB

We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, skilled and passionate Project Manager to play a leading role in our Species Survival Fund programme.

Project Manager - Species Survival Fund - Fixed Term
Location: Flexible in England
Salary: £32,022.00 - £34,377.00 pa
Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours pwk / Contract: Fixed-Term until 28/02/2026

Species Coastal and Wetlands: more, better, bigger, joined has secured funding from the Species Survival Fund. Guided by the Lawton principles of more, bigger, better, joined, this programme will deliver transformative landscape-scale restoration across 14 sites for the benefit of species abundance, people, and communities.

Countryside Manager - Cheshire East Council

Location: Macclesfield

Salary: £39186 - £45291

An exciting opportunity has become available in the Green Infrastructure Team to manage, develop, and provide countryside services across a range of sites in the north of the borough and including the Bollin Valley Partnership area. The position is 37 hours per week.

You will manage and develop countryside services, facilities, and staff to deliver a countryside management service ensuring that a professional countryside service is provided across an operational area for the benefit of visitors and the natural environment.

Lindow Moss Community Projects Officer - Groundwork Cheshire, Lancashire & Merseyside

Logo: Groundwork

Salary: £23,791 – £29,158
Full Time: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent contract
Based: Lindow Moss, Wilmslow, Cheshire with hybrid working from home or Groundwork offices
We are looking for an exceptional Community Projects Officer to help protect and enhance the landscape around Lindow Moss in Cheshire on behalf of the Lindow Moss Partnership.

Professional Work Placement (PWP) Wellbeing and Communities - Royal Horticultural Society

Logo: Royal Horticultural Society

Location: RHS Bridgewater

Salary: £20,319 per annum

Duration: One year (fixed-term)

The RHS School of Horticulture (SoH) has been at the forefront of horticultural training for over 100 years. It’s one year Professional Work Placement (PWP) programme will enable you to learn about the science, art and practice of horticulture in the setting of RHS Garden Bridgewater in the specialist area of Wellbeing and Communities. The Wellbeing and Communities Professional Work Placement (PWP) candidate will be involved in all aspects of therapeutic and community gardening practiced at RHS Bridgewater.

Professional Work Placement (PWP) Edibles and Productive Horticulture - Royal Horticultural Society

Logo: Royal Horticultural Society

Location: RHS Garden Bridgewater

Duration: One year fixed term

Salary: Circa £20,319

Are you enthusiastic about edibles and productive horticulture? Do you have an existing Level 2 qualification and at least three months’ work experience in horticulture? Are you interested in specialising? The RHS School of Horticulture (SoH) has been at the forefront of horticultural training for over 100 years. Its one year Professional Work Placement (PWP) programme will enable you to learn about the science, art and practice of horticulture in the specialist area of Edibles and Productive Horticulture at RHS Garden Bridgewater.

Landscape Lead - Grosvenor Estate

Logo: Grosvenor Estate

We are looking for an experienced Landscape Lead to join our Grosvenor Forestry and Conservation Team. This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in a team responsible for the maintenance of landscape across a truly beautiful rural estate.

Grosvenor Rural Estates is responsible for the long-term stewardship of three rural estates in the United Kingdom. This role will be based at our Eaton Estate, just outside Chester city centre.   Working to protect, enhance, and restore sensitive environmental habitats within these unique locations and improving local property and places, our aim is to be a leading example of sustainability within the rural economy - contributing to the economic, social, and environmental wellbeing of the communities we are part of. 

Lead Forester - Grosvenor Estate

Logo: Grosvenor Estate

This role will be based at our Eaton Estate, just outside Chester city centre.

We are looking for an experienced Lead Forester to join our Grosvenor Forestry and Conservation Team. This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in a broader team with increasing and renewed focus on woodland management, arboriculture, conservation and timber processing. Reporting to the Head of Forestry, the main purpose of the role is to lead a forestry team and to organise, supervise and implement day-to-day forestry tasks such as harvesting, planting and maintenance. The Lead Forester will deal with operational health and safety which includes risk assessment, maintenance of machinery and supervision of staff and contractors.

Venison Project Manager - RSPB

Logo: RSPB

Location: Lowther, Cumbria
Salary: £32,022.00 - £35,000.00 per annum
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Fixed-term role for 36 months

Cumbria Connect supports its partners in delivering large-scale nature restoration. Deer are part of Cumbria’s natural ecosystem, but their numbers are high and in the absence of natural predators are preventing natural woodland expansion.

We are looking for a pioneering individual to support professional, compassionate and coordinated deer management.

Ecologist - Whitcher Wildlife Ltd

Logo: Whitcher Wildlife Ltd

Salary between £26,000 & £45,000 dependent on experience.

Full or part-time (full time preferred).

Permanent role

Barnsley / Hybrid

Whitcher Wildlife Ltd are looking for a number of ecologists at various stages of their career to join our small but growing business. Having been operating for over 25 years, currently with twelve staff, we are looking to increase our workforce to meet the ever growing demand for ecological services.

Contract Manager - North England - Woodland Trust

Logo: Woodland Trust

Full Time, 2 year fixed term contract

The Contracts Manager will join our Operations team to represent the Woodland Trust locally, supporting a diverse portfolio of sites within North England, in line with the Trust’s standards and ensuring the safety of our colleagues, visitors, contractors and volunteers. It shall be the Contracts Manager’s responsibility to support Site Managers’ in the preparation and delivery of grant applications, operational contracts and projects including silvicultural operations.

Outdoor Learning Officer - Ribble Rivers Trust

Logo: Ribble Rivers Trust

Location: Clitheroe, Lancashire

We are looking to recruit an Outdoor Learning Officer who will be a confident and clear communicator with experience in directly delivering environmental education and engagement activities both in and out of education settings and with community groups. Leading on our work with schools in priority locations in Blackpool and the Fylde Coast, the Outdoor Learning Officer will deliver outdoor learning to meet the aims and objectives of our Coastal Explorers education programme, using feedback and evaluation techniques to ensure we continue to improve and develop what we offer.

Outdoor Learning Officer - LESS (Lancaster District) CIC

Logo: Less

Salary: £27,963 for full time (pro-rata £22,370.40 for 30 hours per week for 3 years )

As part of the FoodFutures Where The Wildings Are! project, LESS has an exciting opportunity for someone who is experienced in delivering outdoor learning activities to children and young people, and an interest in permaculture or gardening, to become an Outdoor Learning Officer planning and delivering the PermaWarriors Club. PermaWarriors is a new 3 year program of permaculture, gardening and nature-based after-school clubs and holiday clubs across school communities in the Lancaster and Morecambe area, inspiring children and their families to develop a connection to their local environment.

Bat Survey Assistants (Casual) - Angela Graham Bat Consultancy Service Ltd

Logo: Angela Graham Bat Consultancy Service

I'm looking for assistants to help on a casual basis with dusk-emergence and dawn return-to-roost surveys, mainly in and around Manchester/Lancashire, from May to September inclusive.

Senior Policy Officer – Water - RSPB

Logo: RSPB

Salary: £38,389.00 - £41,212.00 Per Annum
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Location: Flexible in UK
An outstanding opportunity to help turn around the alarming state of England's freshwater habitats. You will work with a diverse range of teams across the RSPB to drive forward our policy and advocacy work on water and coastal policy issues and influence important debates and decisions across the England.

Regional Firearms Officer (North) - BASC

Salary: Circa £30,000

Location: Northern regional office (Lancashire)

We are looking for an individual with excellent knowledge of firearms and ammunition to include practical, legal, and technical experience. The role is to join a team delivering accurate advice to BASC members across a broad spectrum of firearms and ammunition related matters.

Senior Site Manager - RSPB

Logo: RSPB

Salary: £41,593.00 - £44,651.00 Per Annum
Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours pwk
Contract: Permanent
Location: Haweswater, Penrith, Cumbria
We are looking for an organised, dynamic, and passionate person to lead the team and work programme delivery on this large and exciting upland partnership reserve. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in driving and overseeing a significant and complex work programme across Haweswater with a wider landscape impact. The successful candidate will have an important external role, building positive relationships with key partners and stakeholders, so that partnerships policies and messages are understood and furthered within relevant partnerships, communities, the media and to a range of stakeholders and decision makers.

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