Wilder Communities Officer - Urban (Maternity Cover)

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is seeking a Wilder Communities Officer – Urban on a fixed term basis (12 months maternity cover) to ignite community-led nature restoration in Doncaster and Hull. You will use movement-building and community organising to connect diverse residents, listen deeply, and help people act together for wildlife in urban neighbourhoods.

Interview date: Monday 7 December 2026. A driving licence and willingness to travel within Yorkshire are required; we value inclusivity and

Job description

Wilder Communities Officer - Urban (Maternity Cover)

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is one of the UK’s fastest growing nature conservation organisations and seeks to appoint a Wilder Communities Officer – Urbanon a fixed term contract for 12 months (maternity cover).

As the Trust seeks to inspire more people to act for nature in their neighbourhoods, this a rare opportunity for an experienced and motivated community organiser with a background in movement building to take on a role to ignite people’s passion for Yorkshire’s wildlife and facilitate community led nature restoration in the heart of Doncaster and Hull.

Using your knowledge and understanding of community organising and engagement, you will connect with, listen to, and collaborate with a wide range of people, to build reciprocal trusted relationships at a local level to support individuals, communities, and stakeholders to develop their collective power to act together.

By facilitating community led change, you will co-create nature-rich places that reflect local priorities, needs, and vision for urban communities that are designed with wildlife in mind, inspiring more people to join nature’s side by acting together to help deliver Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s ambition for a wilder Yorkshire.

If you are a collaborative team player and an exceptional listener with a passion for nature and a strong commitment to mobilising communities to bring about the change they want to see, hold a driving licence and are willing to drive as required within Yorkshire, then this is an incredibly rewarding place to bring your career.

Interview date: Monday 7 th December 2026

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.

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