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Permanent contract • home working • based in Warwickshire or West Midlands• £28,000 per annum

Can you deliver great crested newt and wider biodiversity conservation in Warwickshire?

We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced, multi-skilled Project Officer who can deliver habitat creation and management projects, with a focus on ponds and great crested newt.

You will be able to engage and liaise with a variety of landowners and contractors and will have knowledge of pond and terrestrial habitat creation and restoration. Amphibian surveying skills are desirable. Training and expert support will be given to the right candidate.

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

The Newt Conservation Partnership is a community benefit society whose sole purpose is creating and managing high quality habitat for great crested newts. We source good quality habitat sites and work together with landowners so that ponds and terrestrial features, such as hedgerows, woodland and meadowland, can be securely managed into the future to provide long-term landscape scale refuges for sustainable newt populations.

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.

Freshwater Habitats Trust is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences

No CVs or agencies, please.

Closing date: Wednesday 11^th November 2026 (12 pm)

Interviews: Tuesday, 24^th November 2026, in Oxford

Permanent • Full time • Oxford office, hybrid and/or homeworking • Salary £52,500 per annum

Could you lead our communications and strengthen the voice of freshwater conservation?

Freshwater Habitats Trust is the UK’s leading charity for all freshwaters. We are an evidence-based conservation organisation working to protect UK and European freshwater wildlife through practical conservation projects, innovative applied research and policy development.

As Freshwater Habitats Trust continues to grow its influence and impact, we are seeking a Communications Director to lead and develop our communications function and ensure communications play a central role in delivering our strategic goals.

As a member of the Senior Management Team, the post-holder will help lead the organisation and work across the following areas:

• Communications strategy and organisational leadership
• Media and public relations
• Stakeholder communications and engagement
• Digital communications and brand management
• Team leadership and communications capacity-building
• Fundraising and organisational support
• Internal communications

We are looking for an accomplished senior communications professional with significant experience in communications, media, public affairs or external affairs, a strong track record of developing organisation-wide strategies and generating positive media coverage, and significant leadership and line management experience.

You will be a strategic thinker, credible communicator and collaborative leader, able to communicate complex information clearly, advise senior colleagues and build productive relationships with government, legislators, policy makers, funders, media and partners.

Experience in the environmental, conservation, charitable or public sectors is desirable, alongside a commitment to the aims and values of Freshwater Habitats Trust.

Freshwater Habitats Trust is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences.

No agencies, please.

Closing date: 17:00 on Friday, 20 November 2026

First interviews on Microsoft Teams: week commencing 30 November 2026

Second interviews in person in Oxford: week commencing 7 December 2026

Please send your completed Application form, CV and Covering letter to [email protected].