| Closing Date: | Wednesday 2nd December 2026 |
Accountable to: | Team Wilder Director |
Location: | Based at Brandon Marsh Nature Centre, CV3 3GW with agile working. |
Salary: | Grade 3b (£38,483 - £46,730 FTE) |
Benefits: | Employers’ pension contribution up to 7% (with 4.5% from employee) 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, rising after 2 years’ service Access to Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme Employee Assistance Programme Death in service benefit equivalent to 3x salary |
Liaison with: | Warwickshire Wildlife Trust staff, volunteers, external partners, including funders and the general public |
Responsible for: | Wilder Communities Advisor, Nature Connection Officers, Wilder Communities Officer |
Hours: | Part Time, 25 hours per week |
Job Purpose:
To lead and coordinate the Wilder Communities Team, supporting community-led action for nature across Warwickshire, Coventry, and Solihull. To ensure the Trust delivers high-quality engagement activities, advice, training and mentoring tailored to local needs. The role builds community capacity, nurtures emerging leaders, and strengthens our collective impact.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Community engagement and empowerment
1.1 Develop and deliver a programme of Nature Connection activities, in areas aligned with the Community Organising team in order to support wider community leadership development.
1.2 Support the Trust to engage underrepresented communities, including people and communities who experience poverty, disadvantage and discrimination, through nature connection activities.
1.3 Support communities to develop local nature recovery projects by overseeing the Trust’s community advice service and the delivery of nature improvements in communities.
1.4 Actively listen to communities to identify areas of need.
1.5 Develop a thriving movement of volunteer advisors, citizen scientists, mentors, and nature connectors who can actively engage their own communities.
1.6 Collaborate closely with the Volunteering, Marketing, and Wilder Organising team to develop impactful cross cutting initiatives.
1.7 Ensure that Equity, Diversity and Inclusion are fully considered in all of the team’s work.
1.8 Champion inclusion, community leadership, and peer-to-peer learning across the Trust.
2. #TeamWilder Academy
2.1 Work across teams to establish the #TeamWilder Academy and develop it to be a trusted hub for community training and leadership development.
2.2 Ensure training delivery is high quality, inclusive, and accessible.
2.3 Develop training resources to support community skills development.
2.4 Use the learning from the Wilder Communities team and the Community organising team to develop training that responds to the training needs identified by communities.
3. Communications and Resources
3.1 Work with colleagues within WWT and across the Wildlife Trust movement to develop resources which support communities to take action.
3.2 Work with the Marketing and Communications team to develop communications underpinned by the pathways to Nature Connectedness to encourage behaviour change and support action for nature.
3.3 Work with the Digital Marketing Officer to explore new ways to engage 1 in 4 people through online platforms and help foster a strong digital community that supports Team Wilder.
4. Monitoring, Learning, and Impact
4.1 Support team members to gather evidence, feedback, and learning to inform improvements and showcase success
4.2 Utilise the CAN app to record qualitative feedback and data to feed into Trust wide data and national Wildlife Trust data.
4.3 Gather stories, case studies, and data for movement-building and evaluation
4.4 Contribute to wider Monitoring & Evaluation frameworks and impact reporting
4.5 Complete all grant funding reporting requirements.
5. Management responsibilities
5.1 Line manage a team of staff who are directly engaging with communities and providing advice, support and training to individuals and groups wanting to act for nature.
5.2 Manage grant funded projects to ensure they are delivered on time and within budget.
5.3 Manage annual budgets, work programmes and reporting requirements for the area of work.
5.4 Build strong relationships with funders and actively seek funding to deliver the team’s work.
6. General Responsibilities
6.1 Promote the work, mission and vision of the Trust at all times.
6.2 Use every opportunity, commensurate with other duties to contribute to the Trust’s membership recruitment, fundraising and engagement of people.
6.3 Work across teams to develop and implement activity plans across the 2030 strategy business plan.
6.4 Ensure a high level of customer service in all dealings with the public.
6.5 Ensure continuous development of skills and knowledge required for the post, undergoing training and performance review as required by the Trust.
6.6 Work within all the policies and procedures of the Trust, ensuring own compliance with the Trust’s health and safety policies and procedures and that of any resources for whom you are responsible.
6.7 Work at all times within the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy and to promote equal opportunities.
6.8 Comply with all legal and contractual obligations concerning the responsibilities of your post.
6.9 Carry out any other reasonable duties commensurate with the level of responsibility of the post, as requested by the Chief Executive.
For more information please refer to the job description which is available to download below.
