Conservation Traineeship - Nature Recovery

• Bursary:  £1,250 each month
• Contract Type: Fixed Term 12 months
• Working Hours: Full Time 37.5 hours per week
• Closing Date: 9am on Monday 8 September 2025
• Interview Date: Friday 19 September 2025

One of the Trust's goals is to see nature in recovery across Wiltshire and Swindon, with habitats, species and natural processes being restored at scale. This Traineeship offers a unique opportunity to develop skills and experience across our Nature Recovery Directorate, including our Water, Ecology, and Farmland Bird teams, gaining an insight into how these disciplines work together to deliver landscape‑scale nature recovery. 

Areas of focus include but are not limited to:

• Practical expereince with wetland creation and management
• Understanding of hydrology in farmed landscapes
• Experience on active farm sites, including Great Chalfield – a flagship case study for nature‑friendly farming
• Supporting Project Peewit and lapwing/curlew recovery across Wiltshire
• Developing an understanding of Biodiversity Net Gain and Environmental Land Management Schemes
• Species and habitat survey and monitoring techniques

In addition, you will develop a range of practical land management skills and be involved with community engagement, amongst other things. You will also gain a number of practical qualifications.

No formal educational qualifications or previous training are required but applicants will be expected to demonstrate enthusiasm for the role, show a desire to learn new skills and demonstrate an ability to work as part of a team. Learning will be through a hands-on approach, with a mixture of formal training, shadowing staff and independent tasks. 

The majority of the experience will take place outdoors on our nature reserves, with some office work. 

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

Please submit your application to recruitment@wiltshirewildlife.org.

Please note we are only able to accept applications via our Application Form. When completing the form please ensure you use the ‘Motivation’ 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.