Peatland Officer

Northumberland Wildlife Trust

Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne
£26,981 pa
Full Time • Fixed Term
Closing on Tue, 5th May 2026

Conservation & WildlifeEcology


We are looking for a confident and enthusiastic Peatland Officer to work with the Peatland Team. The Officer will involve work across multiple projects to take responsibility for overseeing the day-to-day delivery of the Northumberland Peat Action Plan. Individual work programmes are agreed to enable officers to use their existing competencies while developing new skills and areas of knowledge.

NPP staff work as a team to deliver a range of grants and contracts while also contributing to the wider work of NWT and partners.

The Northumberland Peat Partnership (NPP) is a collaborative initiative, that brings together a wide range of stakeholders to protect, survey and restore Northumberland’s peatlands. Our mission is to reverse historic damage by returning degraded bogs into healthy, peat-forming condition that benefits both nature and people.

This job is being offered full time on a 12 month contract. This salary starts at £26,981 per annum.

The deadline for applications is 9.00 on 5 May. An application form and job pack can be found on our website. Please note CV’s cannot be accepted.

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About Northumberland Wildlife Trust

Northumberland Wildlife Trust is a charity dedicated to saving wildlife and wild places and helping people to get closer to nature. We are one of 46 Wildlife Trusts, a grassroots movement working across the UK to make life better – for wildlife, for people and for future generations. We aim to inspire people to value nature through our visitor centres, events, education programmes, volunteering and campaigns.

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