Assistant Estates & Grazing Officer

Reports to: Estates Officer South
Salary: £26,000
Contract: Permanent Full Time
Hours: 37.5 hours, Monday – Sunday (some weekend work required and occasional out of hours work may be required with a Time off in Lieu system operated).
Based at: Riverside, Langford Lakes Nature Reserve with daily travel to sites within central and southern Wiltshire and occasional travel to sites in north Wiltshire.

About the Role

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust manages some of the most important sites for wildlife in the country, helping to deliver nature recovery across Wiltshire through practical conservation management. Our nature reserves provide vital habitats for wildlife and inspiring places where people can connect with nature.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and practical Assistant Estates & Grazing Officer to join our Conservation and Land Management Team. Working alongside the Estate Officer South and Grazing Officer, you will play a key role in maintaining and enhancing our nature reserves, supporting conservation grazing operations and ensuring our land, infrastructure and equipment are managed to the highest standards.

This is a varied, hands-on role that combines livestock husbandry, with estate management and habitat restoration. You will help deliver annual work programmes across our reserves, undertake practical countryside management tasks, support cattle grazing operations, maintain tools, machinery and infrastructure, and contribute to ensuring our sites remain safe, welcoming and accessible for visitors.

The role also includes working with volunteers, supporting livestock movements and daily husbandry, carrying out estate maintenance, and helping to deliver projects that contribute directly to wildlife recovery across Wiltshire. No two days are the same, and the successful candidate will enjoy working outdoors, tackling practical challenges and making a tangible difference for nature.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with experience in conservation, countryside management or agriculture who has a passion for wildlife, practical land management and conservation grazing.

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.

As an employee of Wiltshire Wildlife Trust you will have access to a huge range of benefits and support, including but not limited to:

• Company pension and salary exchange scheme
• Group risk insurance – death in service and income protection
• Employee Assistance Programme (available 24/7, 365 days a year)
• 27 days annual leave increasing to 30 days in your fifth year of service plus public holidays
• Staff discount at Dragonfly Cafe
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Training and development opportunities
• 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 Andy Dunn on 07887758385 or [email protected].

Closing Date: 9am Monday 6th July 2026

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 Tuesday 14th July 2026 at Langford Lakes Nature Reserve.

Please submit your application to [email protected]

(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 one week of the closing date, you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.