Nature Reserves Assistant

The role is full time (37 hours per week) and two year fixed term to end of September 2026 

If you are passionate about working in partnership for nature, we’d love to hear from you!

Avon Wildlife Trust wants to see nature restored on a grand scale across the region and we have big plans between now and 2030 to see this happen. Do you have a passion to protect wildlife and inspire people? We are looking for an enthusiastic, hard-working Nature Reserves Assistant to join AWT’s Nature Reserves & Land Management team in an exciting role.

You will be supporting the management nature reserves to maintain and enhance their wildlife value and contributing towards natures recovery in Avon.

We are looking for someone with a track record of practical land management for conservation and inspiring a range of volunteers. You will have a good understanding of habitat restoration, resource protection and the UK conservation framework.  

Avon Wildlife Trust is one of 46 Wildlife Trusts working across the UK. With the invaluable support of our volunteers, members and corporate supporters we manage over 30 nature reserves- from ancient woodland to nationally important wetlands, peatlands and wildflower meadows. We also work with other organisations and landowners to protect and connect wildlife sites across the region and inspire local communities and people of all ages to care for wildlife where they live.

We are an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse organisation where everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of seeing nature restored on a grand scale across the Avon region, we need talented and more diverse people on nature’s side. . We also have robust safeguarding policies, and this role requires two work references and an enhanced DBS check.