Assistant Reserves Officer (East Berks) - Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust

Salary: £25,213 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35 hours per week

Based: Woolley Firs near Maidenhead

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 Assistant Reserves Officer will help nature recover by managing a number of important nature reserves in East Berkshire. They will work with roving and site-based volunteer teams and contractors to implement a range of practical works.

What you’ll be doing:

• Practical conservation and estate management work on 16 reserves
• Organising and leading the Mid-Week volunteer team
• Managing a key volunteer/work party leader
• Handling livestock and assisting with livestock management and transport
• Managing the workshop facility, and ensuring all tools and equipment are maintained and safe to use

What we’re looking for:

• Practical conservation management experience using hand tools, power tools and machinery
• An ability to work with a minimum of supervision and show high levels of initiative
• Supervisory skills and experience
• Experience and competence working with livestock

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.

The closing time and date for applications is 11.59pm on Sunday 1st November 2026.

Speed interviews will be held online on Monday 9th November 2026. Following successful speed interview there will be an in person interviews held at Hasker House, Woolley Firs, Maidenhead on Thursday 12th November 2026.

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. In order to do this, we know that some candidates will need reasonable adjustments.

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust, The Lodge, 1 Armstrong Road, Littlemore, Oxford Oxon OX4 4XT

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