Conservation Manager Wales
Butterfly Conservation
Responsible To: Director of Nature Recovery in the interim
Location: Home based, with frequent travel required around Wales, and occasionally the wider UK
Salary: £33,653 - £38,166 plus 8% employer pension contribution
Hours: 37 Hours Per Week (1 FTE)
Contract: Established post
Job Purpose
- To co-deliver Butterfly Conservation’s strategic objectives across Wales, driving effective action to meet our strategic conservation goals and maintain and enhance populations of butterflies and moths.
- To initiate, engage and form effective partnerships with government, statutory agencies, voluntary and private sector organisations, landowners, and the Society’s branches and volunteers.
- To contribute to and oversee the management of our nature reserves in Wales.
Main Responsibilities
- Drive delivery of our strategic goals within Wales in collaboration with BC colleagues, Branches, volunteers, land managers, partner organisations and statutory bodies.
- Deliver species recovery programmes for threatened species within Wales.
- Develop, deliver and manage landscape-scale projects to conserve our most threatened butterflies and moths across Wales.
- Line manage project staff as required.
- Oversee the management of our Wales nature reserves alongside colleagues, supported by the Land Use team, and to support Branch volunteers and partners in site management.
- Support BC’s Species Research programme through close collaboration with the Evidence team and partner institutions.
- Support BC’s Species Monitoring programme to assess habitat and species responses to management intervention and measure the impact of our work.
- Promote sustainable land management for Lepidoptera through direct advice to landowners and site managers and through the production of evidence-based best practice guidance.
- Implement BC’s national strategies and policies across Wales and raise awareness of activities in location through events and publicity.
- Work closely with, and help build capacity amongst, BC’s Branches and volunteers in Wales, so that they can play a greater part in the conservation of butterflies and moths.
- Provide relevant training (e.g., identification, survey, monitoring and land management) to volunteers, landowners, site managers, conservation partners, and farming/forestry advisers.
- Promote the impact of BC’s work across Wales to a wide audience, including through presentations to relevant meetings and working with the media.
General
- Promote BC’s values (Excellence, Passionate, Inspiring, Collaborative) ensuring they are adopted in all aspects of the role.
- Undertake any other reasonable duties as required and commensurate with the grade of post.
- Undertake all duties and responsibilities in compliance with the rules and regulations encompassing equal opportunities to help foster a diverse workforce.Work in accordance with BC’s policies, procedures, and codes of conduct
- Actively participate in on-going professional development activities.
Candidates must have the right to work and be resident in the UK.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early before the advertised closing date and time.
Closing date: 20 April, 12pm
Interviews will be held on 28 & 29 April 2026
REF-227 425
About Butterfly Conservation
Butterfly Conservation is a vibrant, inspiring place to work and we're passionate about connecting people to nature. We're looking to recruit passionate ‘can-do’ people who can help us to create a world where butterflies and moths thrive and can be enjoyed by everyone, forever.
- Butterfly Conservation is a charity dedicated to saving butterflies, moths, and our natural environment. We are a leading authority on the conservation of these beautiful creatures – key indicators of a healthy ecosystem – and we have achieved numerous successes for them locally and nationally.
- Our people are at the heart of what we do. Our work is only possible thanks to the commitment and dedication of our supporters, volunteers, and staff.
- We employ world-class conservation scientists, making us the world’s largest research institute for butterflies and moths. Our data is used by government and policymakers to make a long-term difference for the environment.
- We are actively involved in hands-on conservation throughout the UK, at every level from individual households to landscape-scale habitats, working tirelessly to make a difference for butterflies, moths, and our environment – and to benefit all wildlife and the ecosystems upon which life depends.
- We run projects to protect threatened species, and we are involved in conserving hundreds of other sites across the UK.
Butterfly Conservation is a vibrant, inspiring place to work and we're passionate about connecting people to nature. We're looking to recruit passionate ‘can-do’ people who can help us to create a world where butterflies and moths thrive and can be enjoyed by everyone, forever. Butterfly Conservation is a charity dedicated to saving butterflies, moths, and our natural environment. We are a leading authority on the conservation of these beautiful creatures – key indicators of a healthy ecosystem – and we have achieved numerous successes for them locally and nationally. Our people are at the heart of what we do. Our work is only possible thanks to the commitment and dedication of our supporters, volunteers, and staff. We employ world-class conservation scientists, making us the world’s largest research institute for butterflies and moths. Our data is used by government and policymakers to make a long-term difference for the environment. We are actively involved in hands-on conservation throughout the UK, at every level from individual households to landscape-scale habitats, working tirelessly to make a difference for butterflies, moths, and our environment – and to benefit all wildlife and the ecosystems upon which life depends. We run projects to protect threatened species, and we are involved in conserving hundreds of other sites across the UK.
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