Youth Education and Wellbeing Team Administrator

Reports to:        Head of Youth Education and Wellbeing Team (YEW Team)

Salary:                 £8,790.83 per annum (£12.58 per hour increasing to £12.71 in April 2026)

Contract:            Permanent Term Time (40 weeks)

Hours:                 15 hours per week (Monday to Wednesday 09.30am – 2.30pm)

Based at:            Elm Tree Court, Devizes with the possibility of some occasional home working

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is a leading conservation charity in the UK and has an excellent reputation for the development of ‘green prescriptions’, working to improve people’s wellbeing through engagement with the natural environment. This work is the basis of our alternative education provision and has proved successful and popular with a wide range of referrers, students and their carers. In addition, we also deliver a wide range of activities for schools and work with partner organisations to build a love of nature in children and young people across Wiltshire and Swindon. This has been so successful we are now looking for an administrator to support this work and help ensure both the teams and our referrers and partners have all they need to make the work a success.

You will be based in the Wildlife Trust’s HQ in Devizes and will work closely with the Head of Youth Education and Wellbeing and team leaders. You will play a vital role in keeping records up to date, supporting the paperwork and processes that enable us to work with a wide range of children and young people throughout Wiltshire. You will a key part of the team and your work will help all of our delivery.

You will need to have excellent attention to detail and be confident with Word, Excel and Outlook. You will also be a first point of contact for queries, so you will need to enjoy chatting to people about our work and passing on information as needed. Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is a national leader in this area of work and you will be a vital part of that.

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%
• Group risk insurance – death in service and income protection
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 25 days annual leave 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

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

Closing Date: 9am on 22^nd January 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 Wednesday 28^th January 2026.

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.