Swindon Project Volunteer and Community Engagement Officer

Reports to: Conservation Lead Swindon
Hours: Full Time 37.5 per week Monday – Sunday with some occasional weekend work required
Based at: Blakehill Nature Reserve with some home working available

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Swindon Forest Meadows project to deliver the front facing, community and volunteering aspects of the project. The project delivers across five Wiltshire Wildlife Trust reserves and a host of other sites within Swindon Borough.

You will promote and support community action and implement a volunteer wildlife conservation taskforce in the project area, adapting to the needs of, a diverse range of audiences including minority and underrepresented groups, corporate volunteers and community action groups. You will be responsible for the promotion of the project and the benefits of community and volunteering action for wildlife conservation. Tree planting and the development of a Swindon Tree warden scheme will be the responsibility of the post holder.

This is a position, as part of Swindon Forest Meadows Project, funded, in part by the Trees for Climate project, aimed at delivering nature’s recovery in the face of a loss of habitat as Swindon has grown. The world is in the midst of an ecological crisis, and climate crisis and highlighted the importance of nature to our health and wellbeing. In the face of the ecological and climate crisis we need to find better ways to engage the Swindon Community, both in the developed areas, and in the surrounding countryside, to ensure nature is valued, plant trees and deliver meaningful action. This role will be at the heart of inspiring and empowering the local community to deliver a legacy for nature in Swindon.

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
• 27 days annual leave increasing to 30 days in your fifth year of service plus public holidays (pro-rata)
• Staff discount at Dragonfly Cafe
• On-site 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.

If after reading the job description you would like to discuss this opportunity informally, please contact Neil Pullen (Conservation Lead Swindon) on 07818045198 or email [email protected].

Closing Date: 9am on Wednesday 12th November 2025

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 19th November 2025.

(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.