Project Officer - Beaver Reintroduction

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust invites applications for a Project Officer - Beaver Reintroduction to help deliver landscape-scale nature recovery across Yorkshire. You will support beaver reintroduction, ecological monitoring, and community engagement, working with landowners, farmers, volunteers and partner organisations to secure practical conservation outcomes.

The role involves site assessments, surveys, data collection, public engagement events and reporting to ensure project delivery and funding

Qualifications

• Experience delivering conservation or nature recovery projects.
• Understanding of wetland restoration and catchment management.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience in public engagement events and ecological surveys.

Responsibilities

• Support planning and delivery of beaver reintroduction projects.
• Engage stakeholders, assess sites, conduct surveys and monitoring.
• Provide guidance to volunteers and community groups.
• Assist with project reporting, evaluation and funding requirements.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Ecological monitoring

Beaver reintroduction

Public engagement

Data management

Job description

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is one of the UK’s fastest growing nature conservation organisations and seeks to appoint a Project Officer - Beaver Reintroduction.

The Project Officer - Beaver Reintroduction will support the delivery of landscape and catchment-scale nature recovery through beaver reintroduction across Yorkshire. You will work closely with landowners, farmers, local communities, partner organisations and volunteers to support beaver reintroduction through ecological monitoring, beaver management approaches and community engagement. Working closely with the Beaver Project Manager you will help to help build understanding and support for beaver reintroduction while ensuring effective project delivery, stakeholder collaboration and practical conservation outcomes.

You will be responsible for supporting the planning and delivery of beaver reintroduction projects, including stakeholder engagement, site assessments, surveys, monitoring and practical management activities. This includes providing advice, support and mitigation where beaver impacts create conflict, organising and supporting volunteers and community groups, delivering public engagement events, collecting and managing ecological data, undertaking technical fieldwork, and assisting with project reporting, evaluation and funding requirements. You’ll also promote the benefits of nature recovery and beaver reintroduction through consultation, training and awareness-raising activities.

The ideal candidate will need experience delivering practical conservation, environmental or nature recovery projects and have a good understanding of wetland habitat restoration, nature recovery and catchment management. You will be able to build effective relationships with landowners, farmers, communities and partner organisations and bring strong stakeholder engagement, communication and presentation skills. You will demonstrate experience in undertaking public engagement events and awareness raising activities as well as experience in ecological surveys, monitoring and field-based conservation work. You will need to take an adaptable approach to problem-solving and have a strong commitment to conservation, collaborative working and safe working practices.

Interview date: Monday 14 December 2026

Please note that applications received after the closing deadline may not be considered. The Trust regrets that it is unable to give feedback on unsuccessful applications.

We want our people to flourish, just like nature, and so we are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities. We value diversity and creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.

We are also a member of the Disability Confident Scheme. This means we are committed to offering an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the post. Where a post is oversubscribed (i.e. there are more candidates meeting the minimum criteria than we can offer interviews to), we will carefully balance inviting a mix of the highest scoring disabled and non-disabled applicants.

Within the range £28,804.88 - £32,043.44 per annum

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is registered in England no. 409650 and is a registered charity no. 210807. Registered Office: 1 St George’s Place, York, YO24 1GN