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Nature Reserves Officer

Company: Gwent Wildlife Trust

Location: Across Gwent, with HQ at Mamhilad nr Pontypool

Salary: £27,268 - £29,050

Closing Date: 27 September 2026

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If you love working outside with nature both on your own and as part of a friendly team then this could be the role for you. You would be managing a portfolio of nature reserves in Gwent that are freely open for visitors to enjoy.

You will oversee practical action for wildlife, and activities for volunteers as well as work with contractors, graziers, neighbours and partners to ensure nature is in recovery and habitats are in good condition.

Working in a small Nature Recovery Team, reporting to the Nature Recovery Manager, you will play a key part in looking after the ‘Jewels in the Crown’ of Gwent Wildlife Trust’s landholdings. We are looking for a passionate, hard worker with knowledge and practical skills in habitat management for wildlife. You will need good inter-personal skills to deal with a range of people from the public, to neighbours, volunteers and statutory bodies. Familiar with working safely, and prepared to work outside in all weathers, this is a challenging but very rewarding opportunity.

Interviews scheduled for Monday 12th October in person.

For more information about this role, please contact: Thomas Campbell, Nature Recovery Manager, 07891 044007,tcampbell@gwentwildlife.org

Job reference: Nature Reserves Officer

We particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented within our sector, including people from minority backgrounds and people with disabilities. We are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities

As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to offering an interview to anyone with a disability that meets all the essential criteria for the post. Please let us know if you require any adjustments to make our recruitment process more accessible.

Rydym yn annog ceisiadau yn arbennig gan bobl sydd wedi eu tan-gynrychioli yn ein sector, gan gynnwys pobl o gefndiroedd lleiafrifol a phobl â anableddau. Rydym yn ymrwymedig i greu symudiad sy’n cydnabod ac yn gwerthfawrogi gwirioneddol wahaniaethau a hunaniaethau unigol.

Fel cyflogwr Sy’n Hyderus yn y Cyflwr Anabledd, rydym yn ymrwymedig i gynnig cyfweliad i unrhyw un â anabledd sy’n bodloni’r holl feini prawf hanfodol ar gyfer y swydd. Rhowch wybod i ni os ydych angen unrhyw addasiadau i wneud ein proses recriwtio yn fwy hygyrch.

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