Now is a crucial time in Durham Wildlife Trust’s development. Our vision is to see nature restored from Tees to Tyne and the Head of Nature Recovery will play a leading part, not just within the Trust, but across the sector.

This is a multi-faceted role that will use both traditional and innovative new approaches to deliver nature’s recovery. Traditional includes overseeing the management of the charity’s existing nature reserves, which include sites of national significance; innovative might be developing new approaches to significantly increase the area of land managed for wildlife across the Durham Wildlife Trust area, whether by the Trust or others.

The key purposes of this post are:

• To provide leadership across the Trust’s nature recovery activity.
• To oversee and steer existing nature recovery activity, including land management, influencing management by others and project work.
• To develop new projects and initiatives that deliver nature’s recovery.
• To encourage active public participation in the Trust’s work.

Full details about the role can be found in the job pack below.

More about the role:

This is a permanent, full-time role. The usual place of work will be Rainton Meadows Nature Reserve. Durham Wildlife Trust currently operates hybrid working arrangements, with a mix of office based working and working from home as set out in a rota. For full details please see the job pack below.

How to apply:

Please complete the application form below and also provide a personal statement setting out your suitability for the role. The statement must be a maximum of two sides of A4. The form and statement should be submitted to Jim Cokill using the email given above. The closing date for applications is 5pm on 30^th April 2025.

Initial online interviews for shortlisted candidates are likely to be held week commencing 5th May via Teams. For those selected, formal face to face interviews are expected to be held week commencing 12^th May at Durham Wildlife Trust’s Rainton Meadows HQ (DH4 6PU).