Water Team Project Officer - Maternity Cover
| Posting date: | 19 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £27,000 to £28,840 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 June 2026 |
| Location: | Devizes, Wiltshire |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Ltd |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | WWT_Water_PO |
Summary
The Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join our successful and ambitious Water Team, to play a key role in preparing, managing and delivering our prestigious river and wetland restoration projects. You will be joining a dynamic team within a charity committed to nature’s recovery across Wiltshire, with over 40 nature reserves and 23,000 members. WWT delivers high profile, nationally important work.
Within the Water Team you will be working on a portfolio of projects, notably the Natural England District Level Licensing Scheme to deliver compensation ponds for great crested newts. With 25 ponds to deliver by March 2027 you will have the opportunity to deliver meaningful improvements to the GCN population in Wiltshire. You will also have the opportunity to be involved a diverse range of smaller projects, for example, woody debris river habitat improvements with volunteers and wetland creation; taking the lead through the design, permitting and delivery phases. In addition, you will help with the design and delivery of larger scale river restoration projects such as river re-meandering.
You will have the opportunity to work with range of stakeholders, from farmers and angling clubs to other NGOs, corporates and statutory bodies.
We would love to hear from you if you have knowledge and experience of working with freshwater ecosystems, and we would also welcome applications from those with knowledge and experience of hydromorphology and geomorphology, and environmental project management and design.
Successfully shortlisted applicants will be invited to a in person interview on Thursday 11th June at Elm Tree Court, Devizes.
If you would like to apply please click on 'Apply for this Job'.
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.
Within the Water Team you will be working on a portfolio of projects, notably the Natural England District Level Licensing Scheme to deliver compensation ponds for great crested newts. With 25 ponds to deliver by March 2027 you will have the opportunity to deliver meaningful improvements to the GCN population in Wiltshire. You will also have the opportunity to be involved a diverse range of smaller projects, for example, woody debris river habitat improvements with volunteers and wetland creation; taking the lead through the design, permitting and delivery phases. In addition, you will help with the design and delivery of larger scale river restoration projects such as river re-meandering.
You will have the opportunity to work with range of stakeholders, from farmers and angling clubs to other NGOs, corporates and statutory bodies.
We would love to hear from you if you have knowledge and experience of working with freshwater ecosystems, and we would also welcome applications from those with knowledge and experience of hydromorphology and geomorphology, and environmental project management and design.
Successfully shortlisted applicants will be invited to a in person interview on Thursday 11th June at Elm Tree Court, Devizes.
If you would like to apply please click on 'Apply for this Job'.
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.