Youth and Volunteer Conservation Lead

Overview

With a focus on young people, adults and conservation management, this role is both diverse and
dynamic as it crosses over many of our delivery projects onsite. As an adaptable individual who
has a passion and love for nature at your core, you will be responsible for planning and
delivering not just practical projects onsite, but also for engaging our community with a love
for our planet and natural landscape.

Key objectives:

• Take a lead on the site Conservation Plan to develop and deliver plans which support both
  nature and the farm enterprise to thrive as a partnership.
• Plan, deliver and complete conservation tasks onsite whilst leading and training
  volunteers, young people or other youth groups as appropriate.
• To provide opportunities for visiting members of the public to engage with nature and
  wildlife onsite, encouraging them to better understand its importance through fun and engaging
  activities led by you and others within the team.
• To support young, vulnerable people at risk from being excluded from school through our
  Youth Project, to re-engage with education, and support them into the workplace/further
  education by inspiring them and building their self-belief using the natural environment at
  Fordhall Farm.

Expected hours: 32 per week (currently Tuesday – Friday), plus 6 pre-booked weekends per year.

Deadline: Midnight Sunday 5th October 2025