Salary: £18,656.25 pro-rata (£31,093.75 FTE)
Hours: 22.5 hours (3 days) per week
Contract type: Fixed term until 31st March 2026
Location: Pirbright with occasional travel around the county
Would you like to help Surrey’s bees and other pollinators? Can you inspire others to help make a difference for wildlife? Do you enjoy sharing your knowledge with others, and working with local communities?
Join our passionate and committed team to deliver nature recovery at scale, and provide opportunities for everyone to connect with the natural world.
Our conservation team take pride in inspiring, influencing and working with others to support nature’s recovery, and to be a voice for invertebrates. They work in partnership with other organisations and communities to deliver nature restoration and species recovery projects around
the UK.
Space4Nature is a project developing new technologies to plan and monitor nature restoration at scale. The project, which is now in its third year, utilises the newly emerging field of Earth Observation – combining satellite technology and artificial intelligence and enlists the help of the
public. Space4Nature is a partnership of Surrey Wildlife Trust, the University of Surrey, Buglife and Painshill Park Trust.
The Conservation Officer will work with Surrey Wildlife Trust to train citizen scientists in surveying plants and invertebrates and the habitats upon which they rely. The Conservation Officer will also be responsible for restoring and enhancing wildflower-rich grasslands and heathland within the B-Lines network in Surrey, building and maintaining partnerships with land managers and land owners, managing contractors, undertaking site surveys and assessments, training others, providing land management advice for the conservation of species and habitats within the B-lines network in Surrey and beyond , and providing technical support to project partners on the development of new technologies developed via Space4Nature.
The role sits within our England Team, but also within the Space4Nature team, and will involve close working with our project partners at Surrey Wildlife Trust, the University of Surrey, and Painshill Park Trust. The location is in Surrey, based at the Surrey Wildlife Trust office in Pirbright. The post holder will be expected to travel around the county, and travel further afield on occasion.
This is an exciting time to join Buglife, with a new ambitious strategy and a growing portfolio of conservation delivery projects across the UK. Buglife play a lead role within the conservation sector working with, and influencing, others to help the small things that run the planet.
About Us
Buglife is dedicated to halting the extinction of invertebrate species and achieving sustainable populations of these vital creatures.
We are working hard to achieve this through:
- Promoting the environmental importance of invertebrates and raising awareness about the challenges to their survival;
- Assisting in the development of legislation and policy that will ensure the conservation of invertebrates;
- Developing and disseminating knowledge about how to conserve invertebrates;
- Encouraging and supporting invertebrate conservation initiatives by other organisations in the UK, Europe and worldwide;
- Undertaking practical conservation projects that will contribute to achieving our aim.
Buglife offers a comprehensive benefits package including an Enhanced Pension, Flexible Working arrangements, and 23 days of annual leave (rising to 28 after 3 years of service), in addition to a business closure between Christmas and New Year.
How to apply
A full job description is available to view or download here.
Apply by sending us your CV and a covering letter explaining why you are the best person for this role to via the form below.
Closing date for applications: Sunday 1 June
Interviews will be held on online (Teams): Tuesday 10 June
Due to the volume of applications, we receive, we may close our vacancies early. It is therefore advisable to apply as early as possible if you would like to be considered for this role.