The Wildlife Trusts

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The Wildlife Trusts
Oct 08, 2025
Full time
Business Engagement Officer (Maternity Cover) Salary: £24,565 pro rata (based on existing 4 days per week salary of £19,652) Location: Hybrid working with regular travel to other places of work Part-Time: Ideally 28 hours, 4 days per week or would consider less hours with minimum of 14 hours per week. Temporary contract to cover maternity leave for approximately 7 months Closing date for applications: 22nd October 2025 First interview: 29th October 2025 Second interview: 4th / 5th November 2025 About Us The Wildlife Trusts are a grassroots movement of people from a wide range of backgrounds and all walks of life, who believe that we need nature and nature needs us. We have more than 944,000 members, over 38,000 volunteers, 3,600 staff and 600 trustees. There are 46 individual Wildlife Trusts, each of which is a place-based independent charity with its own legal identity, formed by groups of people getting together and working with others to make a positive difference to wildlife and future generations, starting where they live and work. Every Wildlife Trust is part of The Wildlife Trusts federation and a corporate member of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, a registered charity in its own right founded in 1912 and one of the founding members of IUCN the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Taken together this federation of 47 charities is known as The Wildlife Trusts. The next few years will be critical in determining what kind of world we all live in. We need to urgently reverse the loss of wildlife and put nature into recovery at scale if we are to prevent climate and ecological disaster. We recognise that this will require big, bold changes in the way The Wildlife Trusts work, not least in how we mobilise others and support them to organise within their own communities. About You As the new Business Engagement Officer, you will work with businesses to drive positive change for, and investment in, nature and climate. This will include engaging with companies within a range of sectors, including food and farming, infrastructure, finance and technology. You will be a credible, motivated self-starter who is able to take the lead in enthusing business contacts and colleagues across the wider Wildlife Trusts family. You will be an expert communicator, experienced in the planning and delivery of commercial activities and deepening mutually beneficial relationships with businesses. You will ideally have a proven track record in successfully developing and nurturing sustainable business relationships, and in driving income growth (desirable). The Wildlife Trusts value passion, respect, trust, integrity, pragmatic activism and strength in diversity. Whilst we are passionate in promoting our aims, we are not judgmental and are inclusive. 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. The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts takes our safeguarding responsibilities extremely seriously. Please click here to read our commitment statement. RSWT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For applicable roles, applicants must be willing to undergo checks with past employers and Disclosure and Barring Service checks at the eligible level. 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. RSWT are committed to increasing the diversity of its staff through its Levelling the Field recruitment pledge and will put any ethnic minority applicants that meet all the essential criteria for the post through to the next stage of recruitment. Please be aware we may not accept applications if we have reason to believe they have been wholly produced using generative AI tools.
The Wildlife Trusts Bangor, Gwynedd
Oct 06, 2025
Full time
Chief Executive Officer Salary: Circa £75,000 + Relocation Package & Bonus North Wales (Bangor or Aberduna office locations) hybrid Full time, Permanent Closing Date: 30th September 2025 Are you a visionary leader? Would you be able to enhance a compelling future for the North Wales Wildlife Trust? These are exciting times, and we re looking for a new CEO to join us! We're keen to hear from those who can provide strategic and operational leadership that ensures the Trust fulfils its charitable objectives and delivers its mission effectively and sustainably while continuing to grow. This includes shaping and implementing the strategic plan, managing people and resources, maintaining financial health, and building strong relationships with its membership, other stakeholders, funders, and the wider community. You'll be ultimately responsible for the governance, fundraising, public trust and social impact of North Wales Wildlife Trust. An important part of this role is to ensure we play our part as an active member of the federation of Wildlife Trusts to help secure wins for wildlife beyond our border. The role will be hybrid (after settling in period) and ideally you will be based in North Wales as we have office facilities available in Bangor or Aberduna. There will be regular travel to off-site meetings. Who we are looking for An experienced senior manager with degree (or degree-equivalent qualification). Experience of organisational leadership within a financially accountable organisation, whether in the charitable, public, or private sector. Proven commercial strategy / business experience, with the ability to generate and manage diverse income streams, including through partnerships, grants, trading, or other business related activities. Experience with a wide range of stakeholders and partners and working with them to achieve programme aims. Strong data and IT abilities Good public speaker with strong presentational skills Excellent Project Management experience A strong understanding of environmental issues, with a broad overview of key aspects of ecology, conservation, agriculture, fishing, climate change and other environmental pressures. Welsh language skills are not essential for this role but are highly desirable. We expect the successful candidate, if not already fluent, to be committed to learning Welsh and to demonstrate a strong understanding of and support for Welsh culture, which is integral to our work in land management and nature recovery. We are proud to offer a wide range of benefits including: Discretionary relocation package up to £10k reimbursement against receipts for moving expenses. Discretionary bonus scheme of up to 10% of salary per annum, based on achieving agreed long-term performance targets. 32 days of holiday per year, including statutory Bank Holidays, which increase by one day for each fully completed year of service up to a maximum of 38 days. Salary Exchange Pension (6% ER contributions 6% EE contributions) Life Assurance (2x salary) Learn Welsh on us Who we are: North Wales Wildlife Trust is an independent charity and one of 46 Wildlife Trusts working across the UK to protect wildlife for the future. We are always looking for passionate, dedicated and resourceful people to join us. If you have an interest in nature conservation issues and a passion for the values of The Wildlife Trusts, we would love to hear from you! With the support of our members and volunteers, and our funders and partners, we work to restore nature, to empower people to take action for nature, and to create a society where nature matters. We do this by managing natural landscapes in North Wales, including over 750 hectares of land, both on and beyond our 35 nature reserves. We also work to raise awareness of and protect the important coastal waters of North Wales. We value the connection of natural habitats, wildlife and people, and work with landholders, businesses, organisations and individuals to create, improve and connect habitats in North Wales. We also provide planning and other professional services to local authorities, businesses and individuals.