Reserve Manager - Holme Dunes
Norfolk Wildlife Trust
Reserve Manager
Salary: £32,222 per annum
Contract type: Permanent
Working hours: Full time
Location: Holme Dunes, Holme Dunes Visitor Centre, Broadwater Road, Hunstanton, PE36 6LQ
We are looking for a Reserve Manager for Holme Dunes, who will play a key role in safeguarding and managing one of the region’s most ecologically important coastal landscapes.
Norfolk Wildlife Trust is the county’s largest environmental charity, committed to the protection and enhancement of Norfolk’s wildlife and wild places.
NWT cares for the magnificent Holme Dunes National Nature Reserve and the incredible mosaic of habitats specialist species it supports. The site attracts a broad spectrum of visitors from across the UK and beyond; specialist naturalists, serious and casual bird watchers to tourists, day trippers and those simply wanting to enjoy the breath-taking scenery and wildlife to be found in North Norfolk.
This exciting permanent position of Holme Dunes Reserve Manager will play a key role in safeguarding and managing one of the region’s most ecologically important coastal landscapes. With responsibilities spanning habitat management and monitoring, visitor engagement, staff and volunteer management and wildlife protection, this role is ideal for a dedicated conservation professional with a passion for coastal ecology and public interaction. The Reserve Manager of Holme Dunes will ensure the reserve’s delicate dune, grassland, and wetland habitats are protected, nurtured, and accessible for wildlife and people alike.
The successful candidate will have a developed knowledge of wildlife conservation and habitat management techniques as well as effective communication skills, both with colleagues and members of the public. The post will work within a close-knit highly motivated team and an ability to lead colleagues and volunteers is vital. The successful candidate will also have at least 2 years’ experience working on a nature reserve or similar.
Working hours are 37.5 hours per week (5 days/week), including weekends and bank holidays and the role comes with the option of subsidised on-site accommodation and a competitive benefits package.
Closing date: Tuesday 8 July 2025
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About Norfolk Wildlife Trust
Norfolk Wildlife Trust is the oldest Wildlife Trust in the country. The purchase of 400 acres of marsh at Cley on the north Norfolk coast in 1926 to be held ‘in perpetuity as a bird breeding sanctuary’ provided a blueprint for nature conservation which has now been replicated across the UK.
Our vision for Norfolk: where the future of wildlife is protected and enhanced through sympathetic management and people are connected with and inspired by Norfolk’s wildlife and wild spaces.
Norfolk Wildlife Trust is the oldest Wildlife Trust in the country. The purchase of 400 acres of marsh at Cley on the north Norfolk coast in 1926 to be held ‘in perpetuity as a bird breeding sanctuary’ provided a blueprint for nature conservation which has now been replicated across the UK. Our vision for Norfolk: where the future of wildlife is protected and enhanced through sympathetic management and people are connected with and inspired by Norfolk’s wildlife and wild spaces.
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