Voluntary Reserves Team Assistant

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre; Exeter; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An engaging opportunity for those passionate about conservation to volunteer as a Reserves Team Assistant with the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. This role offers valuable training, accommodation on a nature reserve, and hands-on experience in environmental conservation efforts.

Benefits

Accommodation provided

Formal training courses

Informal training

Qualifications

• No formal education required, just a passion for conservation.
• Willingness to learn and engage with nature.
• Ability to lead a volunteer work party.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing nature reserves to a high standard.
• Participate in leading volunteer work parties.
• Engage with the public and visitors at the reserves.

Skills

Conservation skills

Working with the public

Team leadership

Job description

Are you passionate about conservation, but can’t find the opportunity to help? Do you want to make a difference but feel you lack some of the key skills to get involved? This could be your chance to gain the skills and experience you need to start working in the conservation sector, whilst helping to maintain our wonderful reserves.

Our reserves are havens for wildlife; protecting some of our most precious habitats and rarest species. They provide a reservoir of wildlife that can move around the reconnected landscape. Landowners can learn from best practice trialled on reserves to restore other damaged habitats. And Nature Reserves are for people too – they are a place where visitors can experience nature and hopefully, as a result, support our aims.

As a volunteer on a nature reserve, you will be helping to make this happen. It's a great opportunity to live in a comfortable flat on a DWT reserve, surrounded by nature! This is a fantastic opportunity to develop conservation skills, as you will receive accommodation and training to help manage DWT’s nature reserves to a high standard. Training includes formal training course such as a chainsaw licence, and informal training in things like leading a volunteer work party and working with the public.

Full details and how to apply are on the website:Voluntary Reserves Team Assistant, Accommodation Provided | Devon Wildlife Trust Volunteering