Volunteering, Learning & Development Officer

Beechcroft House, Vicarage Lane, Curdridge, Hampshire, S032 2DP (with hybrid working available)
Permanent, Full Time – 35 hours per week

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust is shaping a wilder future for our counties – protecting special places, restoring habitats and inspiring people to act for nature. As part of the UK’s fastest-growing movement for nature’s recovery, we lead with passion, integrity and bold thinking. Join a team where your work has purpose, your ideas matter, and you can help create lasting change for wildlife and people.

We are seeking a Volunteering, Learning & Development Officer to join our cause!

You will play a key role in shaping and delivering our volunteer strategy influencing how volunteering is developed and supported across the Trust.

You will play a central role in the implementation of our new volunteer management system (Assemble), working with volunteer line managers to ensure the system is fully embedded and used effectively.

You’ll lead volunteer recruitment and onboarding.

Alongside this, you’ll coordinate staff and volunteer learning, supporting the development and implementation of our new learning and development framework and ensuring our new learning management system (Wildlearn) runs efficiently and adds value.

You will champion volunteering as a vital part of our culture and help colleagues reach their full potential.

About you:

You will have good experience in volunteer development, including contributing to or leading volunteer strategy and implementation. You’ll be confident engaging stakeholders and driving change. Experience in learning and development is desirable.

Wild About Inclusion!

As an inclusive employer we recognise that our workforce needs to better reflect the communities in which we live and work. We encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly those underrepresented within our sector, including people from black, Asian, minority Ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities. We are committed to creating a Movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.

Disability Confident.

We are proudly a Disability Confident Committed employer. The scheme is helping us recruit and retain great people to meet our workforce needs. As a member of the scheme, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview.

To be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme you must:

• Identify as being disabled which under the Equality Act 2010 means a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial*, long term** adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day to day activities; or a long-term health condition; and;

(*Substantial is more than minor or trivial **Long-term means 12 months or more)

• Set out how you meet all the minimum qualifying criteria set out in the person specification for the post at the application and testing stages. This is a requirement for all candidates, not just those applying under the scheme.

We are happy to discuss the possibilities of hybrid and flexible working

This role will be based at our office in Curdridge, however, we are happy to accommodate a hybrid working routine and discuss a pattern of work which mutually suits the candidate and the Trust. Traditionally, office hours are Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm with an hour lunch break. We value spending time working in-person to develop strong connections with each other and with our mission, so although we offer hybrid working, we do not offer full home working within our roles.

We offer a wide range of benefits including a competitive salary, generous annual leave allowance, a contributory pension scheme, life assurance, learning and development support, 24-hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme, discounted staff travel with our corporate partners Wightlink (subject to T&Cs), free parking at our sites and more.

Closing date: 04 May 2026
Interviews: Week commencing 11th May 2026

To apply for the role, please click on the button below. In the ‘supporting information’ section, you’ll need to demonstrate, with detailed examples, how you meet the job requirements using the Job Description and Person Specification. Please note that we may occasionally close vacancies early when we have received enough applications that meet the required criteria.