Senior River Restoration Officer
Gwent Wildlife Trust
Senior River Restoration Officer
- Responsible to: Head of Nature Based Solutions
- Responsible for: Volunteers
- Closing date: 5pm Sunday 17th August 2025
- Salary: £30,091
- Contract type: fixed term until 30th September 2028
- Working hours: Full Time. Some evening/weekend work will be required (flexible hours, according to the needs of the communities)
- Location: Working across Gwent. Working from home and any GWT Office. Headquarters at Mamhilad Park Estate.
This post has received funding through the Swire Charitable Trust.
As Gwent Wildlife Trust’s Senior River Restoration Officer, you will empower and inspire people from diverse communities across Gwent to take positive action to protect, manage and restore freshwater ecosystems across Gwent. To achieve this, you will work alongside partners and stakeholders to coordinate and promote citizen science and to implement nature-based solutions within the river catchments.
Working with the Head of Nature Based Solutions, the postholder will help continue to be instrumental in setting the direction for the future growth and development of our Freshwater NBS work at Gwent Wildlife Trust. Supported by colleagues across the Nature Based Solutions and Nature Recovery Teams, the Senior River Restoration Officer will join a high performing and passionate team.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly organised and knowledgeable communicator, passionate about enabling communities to take action to improve river catchments and to reverse the nature and climate emergencies.
To be successful in this role, you will be knowledgeable about river ecology, hydrology, monitoring and restoration, and enjoy engaging with and inspiring a wide range of people.
Contact details:
Please complete the application form by 5pm Sunday 17th August 2025. Interviews scheduled for Wednesday 27th August 2025.
Interviews will be conducted in English however please discuss with us, should you be invited, if you would like to be interviewed in Welsh. The post holder is not expected to be a fluent Welsh speaker but our recruitment process is as bilingual as possible.
For more information about this role, please contact: Natalie Waller, Head of Nature-Based Solutions, [email protected]
About Gwent Wildlife Trust
Gwent Wildlife Trust is a charity dedicated to nurturing and restoring our wildlife, part of a
network of Wildlife Trusts across the UK. For almost 60 years, we have been the leading
conservation charity in Gwent, protecting wildlife and our natural environment, working to
educate and empower people to understand and care about the natural world wherever they live,
and influencing governments and others to make our corner of Wales a better place, richer in
wildlife and more enjoyable for all.
Gwent Wildlife Trust is a charity dedicated to nurturing and restoring our wildlife, part of a network of Wildlife Trusts across the UK. For almost 60 years, we have been the leading conservation charity in Gwent, protecting wildlife and our natural environment, working to educate and empower people to understand and care about the natural world wherever they live, and influencing governments and others to make our corner of Wales a better place, richer in wildlife and more enjoyable for all.
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