Management Accountant (Maternity Cover)

Reports to:        Director of Finance and Operations (DFO)

Salary:                 £45,423 per annum

Contract:            Maternity Cover, 16 months from mid-June 2026

Hours:                 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday

Based at:            Elm Tree Court, Devizes with home working on Fridays

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust requires an approachable and self-motivated Management Accountant to lead the charity’s finance function and small finance team. This extended maternity cover contract provides a long handover period at the beginning and end to ensure continuity for this key role. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate with staff at all levels, trustees and Directors in a clear and confident manner.

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is fully committed to safeguarding the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk. All WWT staff will receive safeguarding training and must ensure that they comply with WWT’s safeguarding policy.

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse organisation, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need talented people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side.  Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is an exemplary employer with high staff satisfaction and multiple benefits for employees. These benefits include: 

• Employer pension contribution up to 7.5%  - Salary Exchange Pension Scheme
• Group death in service and income protection insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 27 days annual leave increasing to 30 days in your fifth year of service plus public holidays (pro-rata)
• Staff discount at Dragonfly Cafe
• Free tea and coffee
• Head office in town centre with parking
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Two staff wellbeing days per annum
• Dog friendly office

A full job description and application pack is available to download below.

Closing Date: 9am on 13^th April 2026

PLEASE NOTE: if interest is significant we reserve the option to close the vacancy early and conduct interviews on an as required basis. Should the vacancy remain open until the stated deadline then interviews will be held on the afternoon of 21^st April 2026 at Elm Tree Court, Devizes.

Please submit your application to recruitment@wiltshirewildlife.org

Please note we are only able to accept applications via our application form and when completing the form please ensure you use the ‘supporting statement’ section to evidence how you believe you meet the essential and desirable criteria detailed in the Job Description. This information will be used in our short-listing process.

As a charity Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Ltd is committed to saving costs.  Therefore, if you have not received an invitation to attend an interview within three weeks of the closing date, you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.