Volunteer Ecology Wildlife Trainee 2025
Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust
Are you looking for your first role in ecology or the environmental sector and need to gain some experience?
If so, our Volunteer Ecology Wildlife Trainee positions with the Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust may be just what you need. Over 80% of our previous Volunteer Wildlife Trainees now have jobs in the environmental sector.
As a Volunteer Ecology Wildlife Trainee, you will gain valuable practical experience with the Ecology Team and the Mammal Team surveying and monitoring the wildlife and habitats on the Trust’s nature reserves and in the wider countryside.
You will assist with the Trust’s Water Vole Recovery Project by carrying out Water Vole surveys and monitoring mink activity. There will also be an opportunity to assist with the Trust’s badger vaccination project as well as gain experience of the work of our inhouse ecological consultancy, Future Nature.
Office work will involve the management of survey data with an emphasis on data entry. Trainees committing to the full 12 months will have the opportunity to undertake survey data analysis.
The Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) is a membership-based voluntary organisation, managing over 80 nature reserves, influencing land management and educating and encouraging all sectors of the community to care for local wildlife.
What is in it for you?
“It was a fantastic traineeship experience with a supportive team. It greatly increased my knowledge of British wildlife and directly enabled me to make a career switch into conservation ecology”. Samantha – BBOWT Ecology Trainee, 2023.
“It was a great experience. I learnt a huge amount about British wildlife & habitats and how to design and carry out monitoring surveys. It set me up perfectly to successfully apply for jobs in both ecological consultancies and the conservation sector”. Louisa – BBOWT Ecology Trainee, 2021
The Traineeship will provide extensive internal training, a personal budget for external training courses, and have a dedicated mentor who will monitor your progress and help with personal development throughout your placement. A travel expense budget is also provided.
If you would like an informal chat about the traineeship or have any questions, please email: [email protected]
We ask for a commitment of three days per week for 9 to 12 months. Volunteering on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 9.00 am - 5.00 pm.
The successful applicants will be asked to start their Traineeship mid-March 2025 and will be based at BBOWT’s Oxford office in Littlemore OX4 4XT
Closing date: Sunday 2nd February 2025 (11.59pm).
Interviews: Tuesday 18th February 2025 at BBOWT’s Oxford office in Littlemore
About Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) is one of 46 Wildlife Trusts working for wildlife across the UK.
Using a science-led approach, we protect and restore natural habitats, which are home to some of our most precious wildlife. We work to promote natural solutions to the climate crisis – such as restoring floodplain meadows to tackle flooding and capture carbon.
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) is one of 46 Wildlife Trusts working for wildlife across the UK. Using a science-led approach, we protect and restore natural habitats, which are home to some of our most precious wildlife. We work to promote natural solutions to the climate crisis – such as restoring floodplain meadows to tackle flooding and capture carbon.
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