Reserve Manager
| Posting date: | 24 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £29,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 August 2025 |
| Location: | Westhay, Glastonbury |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Countryside Jobs Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Somerset Wildlife Trust
The Reserve Manager will work within the Reserves and Land Management team to deliver practical conservation work.
The post will be responsible for managing volunteer groups and contractors, visitor management, and safety on reserves, as well as delivering, monitoring, and reporting on a number of agri-environment agreements and externally funded projects.
Responsible for all aspects of management for a number of nature reserves, to maximise their role in implementing the wider Trust strategy. Working with contractors and volunteers to deliver practical land management for habitats and species.
Responsibility 1:
• Deliver work plans on reserves according to management plan objectives, agri-environment or green finance agreement obligations and any funded projects by:
• Creating budgeted annual (seasonal) work programme for reserves or projects under your management
• Delivering programme of annual H&S checks
• Delivering work/prescriptions detailed in HLS/CS agreements or green finance plans for each year and collect any required monitoring/reporting information/evidence
• Delivering management needs according to management plans on reserves outside of agri-environment schemes, or any project or funded work
• Planning and delivery of contractor works
• Management planning
• Visitor and access management including interpretation and communications
• Representing Reserves Team on relevant internal and external groups and meetings and contribute to Trust internal policy, processes and strategic discussions
Responsibility 2:
Funding for reserve management by:
• Countryside Stewardship and funding for reserves management - Oversee new agreement applications, agreement renewals and any emerging agri-environment options to optimise revenue
• Contributing to search for potential other funding sources through green finance – BNG etc, that meet our strategic objectives
• Being responsible for developing and delivering externally funded projects
• Project development for external project funding and utilising local funding pots relevant in each geographical area
Responsibility 3:
Volunteer management and responsibility and management of workshop, tools and equipment maintenance and reporting/recording through:
• Risk assessments, LOLER, First aid kits, maintenance records for equipment, vehicles and power tools
• Overseeing volunteer management across reserves (groups, wardens, assistants, H&S recording) and line manage or mentor trainee placements as required
Responsibility 4:
Responsible for a suite of reserves including budgeting, work programming, grazing contracts and returns, contractors and delivery of management by:
• Overseeing the administration and coordination of budgets, work planning and agreement contracts.
The Reserve Manager will work within the Reserves and Land Management team to deliver practical conservation work.
The post will be responsible for managing volunteer groups and contractors, visitor management, and safety on reserves, as well as delivering, monitoring, and reporting on a number of agri-environment agreements and externally funded projects.
Responsible for all aspects of management for a number of nature reserves, to maximise their role in implementing the wider Trust strategy. Working with contractors and volunteers to deliver practical land management for habitats and species.
Responsibility 1:
• Deliver work plans on reserves according to management plan objectives, agri-environment or green finance agreement obligations and any funded projects by:
• Creating budgeted annual (seasonal) work programme for reserves or projects under your management
• Delivering programme of annual H&S checks
• Delivering work/prescriptions detailed in HLS/CS agreements or green finance plans for each year and collect any required monitoring/reporting information/evidence
• Delivering management needs according to management plans on reserves outside of agri-environment schemes, or any project or funded work
• Planning and delivery of contractor works
• Management planning
• Visitor and access management including interpretation and communications
• Representing Reserves Team on relevant internal and external groups and meetings and contribute to Trust internal policy, processes and strategic discussions
Responsibility 2:
Funding for reserve management by:
• Countryside Stewardship and funding for reserves management - Oversee new agreement applications, agreement renewals and any emerging agri-environment options to optimise revenue
• Contributing to search for potential other funding sources through green finance – BNG etc, that meet our strategic objectives
• Being responsible for developing and delivering externally funded projects
• Project development for external project funding and utilising local funding pots relevant in each geographical area
Responsibility 3:
Volunteer management and responsibility and management of workshop, tools and equipment maintenance and reporting/recording through:
• Risk assessments, LOLER, First aid kits, maintenance records for equipment, vehicles and power tools
• Overseeing volunteer management across reserves (groups, wardens, assistants, H&S recording) and line manage or mentor trainee placements as required
Responsibility 4:
Responsible for a suite of reserves including budgeting, work programming, grazing contracts and returns, contractors and delivery of management by:
• Overseeing the administration and coordination of budgets, work planning and agreement contracts.