Nature Jobs Development Manager

Groundwork is working with partners to develop an ambitious new national programme.

Nature Jobs Development Manager
Salary: £45,623 per annum, pro rata (£27,744 per annum for 22.5 hours per week)
Contract: Contract – 18 Months Fixed Term
Hours: Part Time, 22.5 hours per week (working pattern to be agreed)
Location: Birmingham B5 Office, Hybrid

About us

Groundwork UK is the national body of the Groundwork federation, supporting, championing and representing the work of Groundwork Trusts across the country.

This includes building national relationships with funders and policymakers, securing resources to support local delivery and acting as a managing agent for programmes and contracts delivered by Groundwork Trusts and other partners.

Groundwork takes practical action to create a fair and green future in which people, places, and nature thrive.

We support local communities and businesses to build capacity and resilience as this is vital if we are to tackle hardship, achieve a just transition to net-zero and help nature recover in a way that reduces inequality and leads to better work and healthier, happier lives.

About the role

Groundwork is looking for a Nature Jobs Development Manager to help design and develop an ambitious new national programme that aims to create hundreds of paid entry-level opportunities in the nature sector for young people from underrepresented groups.

Groundwork is working with partners to develop an ambitious new national programme designed to create hundreds of paid, entry-level work placements in the nature sector for young people from underrepresented groups. The programme will help address barriers to nature careers while enabling employers to build a more diverse and inclusive workforce, helping to build the workforce needed to reverse nature decline.

The project will bring together young people, nature sector employers, funders and government bodies to design a programme that is evidence-based, deliverable and capable of operating at scale. It will explore the support young people need to access and progress in nature careers, the role employers can play in providing high-quality opportunities, and the partnerships and investment needed to sustain the programme.

We are recruiting a Nature Jobs Development Manager to lead this development project. Working closely with a range of partners and stakeholders, the postholder will coordinate the different strands of development activity and bring the resulting evidence, ideas and recommendations together into a coherent programme model.

Closing date: Midday, Monday 26th October 2026
Interview Details: Week commencing 2nd November – Birmingham office.

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.

We’re particularly interested in receiving applications from people who are from ethnically diverse backgrounds, disabled people, or people from low-income backgrounds.

We value diversity and flexibility in our workforce as we think it gives us access to a wider range of skills. We therefore strive to be an equal opportunities employer.

Where appropriate, we ask our workers to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (Criminal Records Bureau) check.

No agencies please.