Project Manager - Wilder Hickling

This is an exciting time for Norfolk’s largest conservation charity as it celebrates its centenary year and continues to expand its vital work for Norfolk’s wildlife. Norfolk Wildlife Trust is seeking a highly motivated and experienced project manager to undertake the development phase of a project to deliver an inspiring future vision for Hickling Broad and Marshes.

Project Manager – Wilder Hickling
Salary: £37,783 per annum, pro-rata
Hours: Part-time 3/5
Contract: Fixed Term, until 31 March 2028 (With potential to extend and increase in hours dependent on securing funding for the project delivery stage.)
Location: Norfolk Wildlife Trust, Bewick House 22 Thorpe Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 1RY

About Us

Norfolk Wildlife Trust is the county’s largest environmental charity, committed to the protection and enhancement of Norfolk’s wildlife and wild places.

Norfolk Wildlife Trust is a registered charity and the oldest Wildlife Trust in the country. Established in 1926, we now manage over 60 nature reserves and other protected sites in Norfolk including ten kilometres of coastline, nine Norfolk broads, nine National Nature Reserves and five ancient woodlands.

About the Role

The largest of the Broads, Hickling is a year-round haven for wildlife situated at the heart of a thriving local community and attracting a wide range of visitors. Bringing together workstreams in ecological management, estate management, visitor experience and engagement, this project is based on a shared vision and aims to deliver ecological, social and economic wellbeing outcomes for the nature reserve and the surrounding area.

The successful candidate will initially manage and co-ordinate the development phase of the project to include the detailed planning and deliverables to successfully obtain permissions and funding for the delivery phase.

The post offers an excellent opportunity for a project manager with a proven track record of successfully delivering large scale, multidisciplinary strategic projects in cooperation with colleagues, partners and the local community. You will be supported by a Senior Projects Officer and a project team from across the Trust.

Excellent co-ordination and collaboration skills and the ability to drive delivery are essential to allow you to support and enable the organisation to bring our vision for a Wilder Hickling to life and to make an even greater impact for wildlife in Norfolk.

There is the potential for this role to be extended into the delivery phase of the project subject to the successful outcomes of the development phase.

If you are an experienced project manager, passionate about making a positive impact for Norfolk’s wildlife, we’d love to hear from you.

The initial closing date for applications is 9.00am on Tuesday 5th May 2026.
Interviews are expected week commencing 25th May, but applicants will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

We value respect, integrity, trust and responsibility. We want our people to be as diverse as nature itself and so we particularly encourage applications from those currently under-represented within our sector, including people from minority ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities. We welcome people of all backgrounds and levels of experience with nature, and continually strive to improve our culture and practices. We are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities. Please let us know if you require any adjustment processes to make our recruitment process more accessible.

No agencies please.