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Career role: Project Officer

10 Currently available roles across 10 organisations

Visitor Engagement Project Officer

Norfolk County Council

New job

Role summary

Develop and deliver a coordinated visitor communications and engagement programme across the Norfolk coast, helping reduce recreation pressures on wildlife, habitats and landscapes. You will create accessible, evidence-based campaigns, build consistent messaging with conservation, tourism and public-sector partners, and lead the Visitor Pressures Working Group. The work includes developing monitoring and evaluation to assess whether campaigns influence visitor behaviour, analysing visitor data, managing suppliers, and sharing learning to inform future investment. You’ll need experience delivering campaigns or engagement projects, excellent communication skills and an understanding of environmental issues and sustainable tourism.

  • Location: Holt, GB
  • Salary: £38,510 – £40,444 per year
  • Workplace: Hybrid
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Posted 4 hours ago

Ips typographus Project Officer x2

Forestry Commission

New job

Role summary

Coordinate surveillance and outbreak response to protect spruce trees from Ips typographus across south-east England. You’ll organise survey teams, prioritise sites, respond to pheromone-trap detections, and oversee felling and timber-movement authorisations and statutory notices. The role also involves managing staff and contractors, maintaining accurate operational records, analysing field data, monitoring resources, and producing reports. You’ll work with landowners, forestry partners and government agencies, deliver training and support trials of new detection methods. Relevant forestry, plant health or field-operations experience is required.

  • Location: Based at any Forestry Commission approved office, GB
  • Salary: £39,039 – £41,050 per year
  • Workplace: Hybrid
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Posted 1 day ago

Project Officer - Northamptonshire Nature Fund

Nene Rivers Trust CIO

New job

Role summary

Promote and develop the Northamptonshire Nature Fund by building relationships with local businesses and risk management agencies, understanding their environmental priorities and encouraging contributions to the fund. You will represent the initiative at business gatherings, help establish a business group within the Nene Valley Catchment Partnership, maintain engagement records and support volunteers on project activities. Some communications and website or social media support are also included. The role requires confident relationship-building, organisation and communication, plus the ability to work independently and coordinate with partners.

  • Location: Remote, GB
  • Salary: £26,709 – £31,090 per year
  • Workplace: Remote
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Posted 5 days ago

Fen Restoration Project Officer

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust

New job

Role summary

Coordinate a partnership project to restore Greywell Fen SSSI and identify opportunities to improve the wider River Whitewater catchment. You’ll help shape and deliver the project plan, leading practical habitat restoration, non-native species control, infrastructure improvements and habitat enhancement. The role also involves working with water-sector partners, agencies and neighbouring landowners, coordinating multiple workstreams and maintaining effective relationships. Strong ecological knowledge of groundwater-dependent wetlands and chalk rivers, alongside project management experience, is important.

  • Location: Hook, GB
  • Salary: £22,628 per year
  • Workplace: Hybrid
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Posted 6 days ago

Restoration Partnership Project Officer - Glen Coe & Loch Leven

University of Leeds

Role summary

Develop and facilitate a landscape partnership working to restore connected rainforest habitats around Glen Coe and Loch Leven. You’ll coordinate partners and initially help plan and prioritise control of invasive Rhododendron ponticum, developing a strategic control plan with those involved. A further key responsibility is creating a monitoring strategy to assess nature-recovery progress and supporting knowledge exchange between projects. The post requires in-depth experience of landscape-scale ecological restoration, strong project management and organisation, and the ability to work independently with a range of partners.

  • Location: Glen Coe, GB
  • Salary: £33,951 – £39,906 per year
  • Workplace: On-site
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Posted 7 days ago

River Restoration Project Officer / Senior Project Officer

Norfolk Rivers Trust

Role summary

Develop and deliver river-restoration and habitat-improvement projects that benefit rivers and chalk streams, biodiversity and local communities. You’ll work with landowners, contractors, regulators and partners, contributing to project planning, procurement, funding, delivery and reporting. Depending on experience, you may lead complex programmes, manage budgets and contractors, provide technical advice, and mentor colleagues. Applicants should bring relevant knowledge of river restoration, freshwater ecology or catchment management, project-delivery experience, stakeholder skills and familiarity with mapping software.

  • Location: Holt, GB
  • Salary: £28,383 per year
  • Workplace: Hybrid
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Posted 8 days ago

Environment Project Officer

Trent Rivers Trust

Role summary

Support environmental projects spanning catchment recovery, land and water management, river restoration and community engagement. Work can range from mapping catchments in GIS and scoping projects with landowners to supervising capital works. Projects address biodiversity, water quality, natural flood management, habitat creation and connectivity, river restoration and pollution reduction. You will need to organise work across multiple projects, manage your priorities and communicate effectively with colleagues. The role offers involvement across project development and practical delivery, with the chance to contribute to catchment restoration.

  • Location: Derby, GB
  • Salary: £27,579 per year
  • Workplace: On-site
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Posted 12 days ago

Marsh Mallow Moth Project Officer

Butterfly Conservation

Closing soon

Role summary

Lead habitat creation for the Marsh Mallow Moth Species Recovery Programme around Romney Marsh and Rye. You’ll coordinate propagation and planting of marshmallow plants with volunteers, nurseries and community groups, working with farmers, landowners and contractors to identify suitable sites, prepare them and plan ongoing habitat management. The role also includes project reporting, budget oversight, raising awareness of the moth and its habitat, and coordinating specialist and partner input. Experience delivering habitat projects and engaging landowners, contractors or volunteers would be valuable.

  • Location: Remote, GB
  • Salary: £30,000 – £34,000 per year
  • Workplace: Remote
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Posted 22 days ago

Project Officer

Changeworks

Closing soon

Role summary

Coordinate delivery of domestic retrofit and decarbonisation projects for local authorities and housing associations across Scotland. Acting as a central point between clients, contractors and householders, you will manage project activity, chair progress meetings and maintain effective stakeholder relationships. The projects aim to improve home energy efficiency, cut carbon emissions and help address fuel poverty. Strong organisation, communication and stakeholder-management skills are important; training and coaching are provided.

  • Location: Edinburgh (hybrid of home and office working), GB
  • Salary: £33,302 – £36,872 per year
  • Workplace: Hybrid
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Posted 25 days ago

Newt Conservation Partnership Warwickshire Project Officer

Freshwater Habitats Trust

Role summary

Deliver habitat creation and management projects for great crested newts and wider biodiversity across Warwickshire, with a particular focus on ponds and associated terrestrial habitats. You’ll work with landowners and contractors to identify suitable sites and create or restore ponds, hedgerows, woodland and meadowland, helping secure long-term management for wildlife. Amphibian survey skills are desirable, and training and expert support are available. The role suits someone with practical habitat project experience, knowledge of habitat creation or restoration, and the ability to build effective working relationships with landowners and delivery partners.

  • Location: Warwickshire or West Midlands, GB
  • Salary: £28,000 per year
  • Workplace: On-site
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Posted 25 days ago