New Forest Assistant Reserves Officer


Company:	Countryside Jobs Service
Salary:	£25,390
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Curdridge, SO32 2DP
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	13 Jul 2026
Closing date:	5 Aug 2026

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Summary

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust

Permanent Contract

Location: New Forest area, with work primarily taking place at Roydon or Blashford Lakes

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust is shaping a wilder future for our counties – protecting special places, restoring habitats and inspiring people to act for nature. As part of the UK’s fastest-growing movement for nature’s recovery, we lead with passion, integrity and bold thinking. Join a team where your work has purpose, your ideas matter, and you can help create lasting change for wildlife and people.

We are seeking a New Forest Assistant Reserves Officer to join our cause.

The New Forest Assistant Reserves Officer will be assisting in practical management and biological surveying of a suite of nature reserves across the Trust’s New Forest land holding. These sites hold significant wildlife value and cover a broad range of habitat types, priority species and management requirements.

This post is aimed at individuals who wish to pursue a career in the environmental sector with a focus on habitat and nature reserve management. In-house and external training will be provided to develop the successful candidate.

What you’ll be doing:

You will support Estates colleagues across a range of activities including habitat management, livestock management, operating and maintaining machinery and power tools, leading volunteer groups, contractor management and biological surveying.

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