Water Team Project Officer (Maternity Cover)

Reports to:    Freshwater Delivery Manager

Salary:            27,000-28,840 (dependent on experience)

Contract:       Fixed Term - 18 months Maternity Cover with possibility of extension subject to funding

Hours:            37.5 hours per week (Mon–Fri) with a requirement for occasional weekend and evening work.

Based at:       Elm Tree Court, Devizes, with some home working available

The Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join our successful and ambitious Water Team, to play a key role in preparing, managing and delivering our prestigious river and wetland restoration projects. You will be joining a dynamic team within a charity committed to nature’s recovery across Wiltshire, with over 40 nature reserves and 23,000 members. WWT delivers high profile, nationally important work. 

Within the Water Team you will be working on a portfolio of projects, notably the Natural England District Level Licensing Scheme to deliver compensation ponds for great crested newts. With 25 ponds to deliver by March 2027 you will have the opportunity to deliver meaningful improvements to the GCN population in Wiltshire. You will also have the opportunity to be involved a diverse range of smaller projects, for example, woody debris river habitat improvements with volunteers and wetland creation; taking the lead through the design, permitting and delivery phases. In addition, you will help with the design and delivery of larger scale river restoration projects such as river re-meandering. 

You will have the opportunity to work with range of stakeholders, from farmers and angling clubs to other NGOs, corporates and statutory bodies. 

We would love to hear from you if you have knowledge and experience of working with freshwater ecosystems, and we would also welcome applications from those with knowledge and experience of hydromorphology and geomorphology, and environmental project management and design. 

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: 

• Company pension & Salary exchange scheme
• Group risk insurance – death in service and income protection
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 27 days annual leave increasing to 30 days in your fifth year of service plus public holidays
• Staff discount at Dragonfly Cafe
• 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 from our website below.

Closing Date: 9am on Tuesday 2^nd June 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 Thursday 11^th June 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.