Chief Executive Officer

Salary: Circa £75,000 + Relocation Package & Bonus
North Wales (Bangor or Aberduna office locations) – hybrid
Full time, Permanent
Closing Date: 30th September 2025

Are you a visionary leader? Would you be able to enhance a compelling future for the North Wales Wildlife Trust?

These are exciting times, and we’re
looking for a new CEO to join us!

We’re keen to hear from those who can provide strategic and
operational leadership that ensures the Trust fulfils its charitable objectives and delivers its
mission effectively and sustainably while continuing to grow.

This includes shaping and
implementing the strategic plan, managing people and resources, maintaining financial health, and
building strong relationships with its membership, other stakeholders, funders, and the wider
community.

You’ll be ultimately responsible for the governance, fundraising, public trust and
social impact of the North Wales Wildlife Trust. An important part of this role is to ensure we
play our part as an active member of the federation of Wildlife Trusts to help secure wins for
wildlife beyond our border.

The role will be hybrid (after settling in period) and ideally you will
be based in North Wales as we office facilities available in Bangor or Aberduna. There will be
regular travel to off-site meetings.

Who we are looking for

• An experienced senior manager with degree (or degree-equivalent qualification).
• Experience of organisational leadership within a financially accountable organisation,
  whether in the charitable, public, or private sector.
• Proven commercial strategy / business experience, with the ability to generate and manage
  diverse income streams, including through partnerships, grants, trading, or other business
  related activities.
• Experience with a wide range of stakeholders and partners and working with them to achieve
  programme aims.
• Strong data and IT abilities 
• Good public speaker with strong presentational skills
• Excellent Project Management experience
• A strong understanding of environmental issues, with a broad overview of key aspects of
  ecology, conservation, agriculture, fishing, climate change and other environmental pressures.

Welsh language skills are not essential for this role but are highly desirable. We expect the successful candidate, if not already fluent, to be committed to learning Welsh and to demonstrate a strong understanding of and support for Welsh culture, which is integral to our work in land management and nature recovery.

We are proud to offer a wide range of benefits including: 

• Discretionary relocation package up to £10k reimbursement against receipts for moving
  expenses. 
• Discretionary bonus scheme of up to 10% of salary per annum, based on achieving agreed
  long-term performance targets. 
• 32 days of holiday per year, including statutory Bank Holidays, which increase by one day
  for each fully completed year of service up to a maximum of 38 days. 
• Salary Exchange Pension (6% ER contributions – 6% EE contributions) 
• Life Assurance (2x salary) 
• Learn Welsh on us

Who we are:

North Wales Wildlife Trust is an independent charity and one of 46 Wildlife Trusts working across the UK to protect wildlife for the future. We are always looking for passionate, dedicated and resourceful people to join us. If you have an interest in nature conservation issues and a passion for the values of The Wildlife Trusts, we would love to hear from you!

With the support of our members and volunteers, and our funders and partners, we work to restore nature, to empower people to take action for nature, and to create a society where nature matters.

We do this by managing natural landscapes in North Wales, including over 750 hectares of land, both on and beyond our 35 nature reserves. We also work to raise awareness of and protect the important coastal waters of North Wales.

We value the connection of natural habitats, wildlife and people, and work with landholders, businesses, organisations and individuals to create, improve and connect habitats in North Wales. We also provide planning and other professional services to local authorities, businesses and individuals.