Overview
Reserves Officer (Oxon)
Closing date: Sunday 23 November 2025
Salary: £15972 - £16972 (pro rata) per annum (FTE £26,620 - £28,288)
Contract type: Permanent
Working hours: Part time
Location: Chimney Meadows incl. Duxford Old River, 9 miles west of Abingdon, Bampton, Oxfordshire, OX18 2EH
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The Oxon Reserves Officer will help nature recover by delivering practical work aimed at optimising habitats on our Oxon reserves and beyond. You’ll be joining a friendly and highly skilled team, where your contribution will be recognised and achievements are celebrated.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 21 hours (3 days) per week. Flexibility in working pattern, in agreement with line manager
Based: Chimney Meadows, Bampton, Oxon. Hybrid working available.
The Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust has a vision for “more nature everywhere, for everyone”. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. This includes you being comfortable bringing your whole self to work, and us co-working with the diverse communities we serve to ensure we are meeting everyone’s needs.
The Oxon Reserves Officer will help nature recover by delivering practical work aimed at optimising habitats on our Oxon reserves and beyond. You’ll be joining a friendly and highly skilled team, where your contribution will be recognised and achievements are celebrated.
What you’ll be doing
* Managing Duxford Old River land on Chimney Meadows and delivering the Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) project
* Carrying out reserve management using contractors, graziers and volunteers
* Running annual programme of guided walks on Oxon reserves
* Assisting with management of other Oxon reserves and livestock tasks
What we’re looking for
* Excellent project management skills including managing contractors and graziers
* In-depth knowledge of nature conservation management
* High level of skill in a range of practical conservation techniques
* Ability to appropriately utilise volunteers to deliver work, ensuring their and BBOWT’s needs are met
This post will be DBS checked at basic level. A criminal conviction will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining the position. BBOWT will not unfairly discriminate on the basis of criminal convictions. BBOWT’s policy regarding this matter and the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice are available on request.
Rewards and benefits
For all your hard work you can expect a great rewards package in return. In addition to being part of a friendly, skilled and knowledgeable team, passionate about making a difference, when you work for us, you’ll also receive:
* Generous annual leave entitlement with paid birthday leave, balance days, urgent personal business leave and generous occupational sick pay
* Enhanced maternity, paternity, and family-friendly policies
* Flexible working to achieve work-life balance
* Salary exchange pension with generous employer contribution
* Wellbeing initiatives including qualified Mental Health First Aiders, YuLife benefit package - access to immediate and confidential help for any work, health, or life matters; 3x life assurance, online GP access, discounts and trade YuCoin points for gift cards
* Salary sacrifice Cycle scheme & Electric Vehicle scheme
* Membership to BBOWT’s, and The Wildlife Trusts’, Staff Network Groups for social interaction, peer support, mentoring and personal development
How to apply
For full details, please read the job description and T&Cs below. To apply, please follow the application link.
The closing time and date for applications is 11.59pm on 23 November 2025. Interviews will take place Tuesday 2 December 2025 at Chimney Meadows.
BBOWT values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We want every candidate to have the best chance of success as part of this process. If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, contact recruitment@bbowt.org.uk.
When applying for the role you can expect to answer a few questions online relating to the skills required and what you would be doing in the role. Your responses will be anonymised, randomised, and scored by a panel of reviewers. We do not use an application form or CVs; your answers to situational questions will be scored against a review guide to decide who goes through to the interview stage. See here to find out why we do this.
You’ll also be asked for information about your background. Anything you feel comfortable sharing will be anonymised and will not be shared as part of the selection process; it will only be used to help us understand how we are performing against equal opportunities metrics. All candidates will receive feedback on their application.
We want our people to be as diverse as nature, so we particularly encourage applications from people who are underserved within the communities in which we operate, including people from visible ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities (including those who are neurodivergent), the LGBTQ+ community, those from lower socio-economic backgrounds, and younger people. We are committed to creating an organisation that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust, The Lodge, 1 Armstrong Road, Littlemore, Oxford Oxon OX4 4XT
Job description, Benefits summary and T&Cs
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