Project Development Officer - A Network for Nature

Project Development Officer - A Network for Nature

Salary: £30,000 per annum

Closing date: Wednesday 17 December 2025

Location

Lower Smite Farm,
Smite Hill
Hindlip, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR3 8SZ

About the Role

Do you want to play a key role in our most ambitious project yet?

Does the idea of delivering landscape scale nature's recovery excite you? Are you a good communicator who is comfortable dealing with a range of audiences? Are you an accomplished project manager?

We're looking for someone to work on the development phase of our large landscape scale project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, who is equally at home talking to landowners about farming with nature in mind and creating contiguous landscapes as they inspire local communities and schools. A motivated self starter who from day one will be working with all teams at the Trust and tapping into the wealth of in house experience and expertise to support the project development. Previous experience of working with the Heritage Fund through a development phase would be advantageous for this exciting and demanding role.

Qualifications

• Accomplished project manager
• Good communicator, comfortable with a range of audiences
• Experience with landscape scale projects and the National Lottery Heritage Fund (advantageous)

We're Wild About Inclusion

To us, this means inspiring, empowering and engaging people from all backgrounds, cultures, identities and abilities, to change the natural world for the better. It also means cultivating inclusive workspaces that are free from discrimination, where differences are valued, everyone can be themselves and flourish, just like nature!

Benefits

• 6.6 weeks annual leave
• Salary Sacrifice pension scheme with generous employer contribution
• Enhanced parental leave/pay
• Health cash plan
• Life assurance policy (3 x annual salary)

Important Dates

Deadline: 9am 17th December 2025
Interviews: 6th and 7th January 2026