Jobs

£32,000 per annum part-time (0.6 FTE) • permanent contract • hybrid

We are seeking a skilled Finance Officer to work collaboratively with our Operations Team to ensure that our financial processes are efficient, effective and fit for purpose.

A new opportunity has arisen to join the Newt Conservation Partnership as Finance Officer. This exciting role will work closely with our Operations Manager and COO supporting the development and refinement of our financial systems. It is ideally suited to someone with strong bookkeeping experience who will enjoy working for a small but dynamic organisation and is motivated by helping to build robust, efficient and effective financial processes.

The successful applicant will be employed by Freshwater Habitats Trust, seconded full-time to the Newt Conservation Partnership.

Newt Conservation Partnership (NCP) is a community-benefit society whose main purpose is creating and managing high-quality habitat for great crested newts, at the same time providing new habitats for many other wetland plants and animals. We work closely with our funder, NatureSpace Partnership, and the charities Amphibian and Reptile Conservation and Freshwater Habitats Trust whose evidence-based best practice guidance we follow for the conservation of amphibians and ponds. www.newtpartnership.org.uk

Freshwater Habitats Trust is a friendly, nationally well-respected conservation charity that works to protect freshwater wildlife through practical, evidence-based and effective nature conservation projects. This job is an exciting opportunity to join a dedicated team of botanists, invertebrate biologists, herpetologists and freshwater conservation experts who are making a difference.

No CVs or agencies please.

Interviews: Friday 22 May 2026 (at our Oxford office)

£30,500 per annum Permanent contract • remote or hybrid working

We are seeking a skilled Project Officer with expertise in BNG to work collaboratively on the design and delivery of habitat enhancement.

A new opportunity has arisen to join the Newt Conservation Partnership as BNG Project Officer. This is an exciting new role which will work collaboratively with regional Project Officers to deliver biodiversity units, helping to further our conservation objectives.

The BNG Project Officer will work alongside our BNG Team Lead and regional Project Officers, using their ecological knowledge, attention to detail and BNG skill set to design and deliver habitat banks, prepare site budgets and draft reports.

The successful applicant will be employed by Freshwater Habitats Trust, seconded full-time to the Newt Conservation Partnership.

Newt Conservation Partnership (NCP) is a community-benefit society established to create and manage high-quality habitat for the NatureSpace Partnership great crested newt licensing schemes. We are currently undergoing an exciting period of expansion to include BNG. NCP is a designated responsible body and is securing off-site biodiversity units via conservation covenant. We identify, design, deliver and monitor multi-functional habitat banks which provide additional and stacked units. We work closely with our partners Amphibian and Reptile Conservation and Freshwater Habitats Trust. www.newtpartnership.org.uk.

Freshwater Habitats Trust is a friendly, nationally well-respected conservation charity that works to protect freshwater wildlife through practical, evidence-based and effective nature conservation projects. This job is an exciting opportunity to join a dedicated team of botanists, invertebrate biologists, herpetologists and freshwater conservation experts who are making a difference.

No CVs or agencies please.

Interviews: Friday 15^th May 2026 in Oxford