Wilder Landscapes Manager
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 35 hours a week
Salary: £36,682 - £41,249 per annum
Location: Norfolk Wildlife Trust, Bewick House, 22 Thorpe Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 1RY.
About Us
Norfolk Wildlife Trust is the county’s largest environmental charity, committed to the protection and enhancement of Norfolk’s wildlife and wild places.
About You and the Role
We’re looking for a Wilder Landscapes Manager to join our Nature Recovery team to accelerate nature’s recovery across Norfolk by delivering landscape nature recovery by working with a diverse range of partners and collaborators, inspiring and supporting them to adopt land management practices that recovers nature at scale.
This impactful and dynamic role will develop and deliver NWT’s Landscape Nature Recovery Programme, to help scale up our nature recovery work and increase the area of land managed and restored for nature across Norfolk, therefore contributing to the national Wildlife Trusts’ aim of 30% of the UK’s land and sea managed for nature by 2030.
The successful candidate will have a degree (or equivalent) in an ecological, environmental or land management discipline or habitat management, restoration and creation experience and an excellent understanding and technical knowledge of landscape-scale nature recovery and challenges as they apply to Norfolk’s wildlife habitats, particularly those outside nature reserves and designated sites. The role will require experience of development, management and delivery of large, multi-partner, complex programmes on time and within budget and an excellent understanding of funding mechanisms for landscape-scale nature recovery programmes including nature economy markets, green finance, ELMS and other relevant schemes and funding sources.
This is an exciting time to join Norfolk Wildlife Trust in this role that will have significant impact in helping to tackle the nature and climate crisis we face today.
In return, we offer a competitive benefits package.
The closing date for applications is Monday 16th March 2026.
Interviews will take place at Norfolk Wildlife Trust, Bewick House, 22 Thorpe Road, Norwich, NR1 1RY the w/c 30th March 2026.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We value respect, integrity, trust and responsibility. We want our people to be as diverse as nature itself and so we particularly encourage applications from those currently under-represented within our sector, including people from minority ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities. We welcome people of all backgrounds and levels of experience with nature, and continually strive to improve our culture and practices. We are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities. Please let us know if you require any adjustment processes to make our recruitment process more accessible.
No agencies please