Ebdon Farm Site Manager

Closing date: Tuesday 22 September 2026

Salary: £34,220 - £39,109 depending on experience

Contract type: Fixed term / Working hours: Full time

Location: Ebdon Farm Nature Reserve, Ebdon Road, near Wick St Lawrence, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, BS22 9NZ

Could you take a leading role in delivering our most ambitious project yet? Thanks to a grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Avon Wildlife Trust has secured a new climate-resilient, nature recovery site: Ebdon Farm. As Site Manager, you will be at the heart of this exciting project, overseeing habitat restoration and the creation of a 14.5-hectare wetland.

As the new Ebdon Farm Site Manager, you will play a critical role in the development of the Ebdon Farm Nature Reserve. We are looking for an enthusiastic and diligent Site Manager capable of delivering our most ambitious project yet. You will oversee the delivery of a 14.5ha wetland, along with other terrestrial habitats. You will be experienced in land management for conservation and have a proven track record of overseeing contractors delivering large-scale habitat creation.

Working alongside the new Ebdon Farm Engagement Manager, you will deliver site tours, a variety of events and a volunteer programme. Using your excellent communication skills and knowledge of nature, land management and climate change, you will inspire and inform your audiences. Using Ebdon Farm to increase understanding of local climate threats and the role climate-adapted sites like Ebdon Farm can play in helping us adapt.

The Ebdon Farm project is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we have been able to secure the site for wildlife and people together.

Full time, 37 hours per week

Fixed term to December 2028

Who are we?

Avon Wildlife Trust is the longest established charity working towards nature’s recovery across Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire. We were established in 1980, and have a strong track record of creating, restoring, and protecting vital habitats for nature. Our region has an amazing array of different habitats, and we are working across them all. From our urban roots to the breathtaking Levels and Moors, through magical woodlands and precious grasslands.

As the first urban Wildlife Trust, we are leaders in engagement and community organising for nature within our cities, helping to sustain vital green corridors and connecting people with nature within urban areas. We’re supported by an active membership from across our region, and more than 350 volunteers, including our trustees, who share their expertise and time to help us achieve our goals. We are part of a wider network of 46 Wildlife Trusts across the UK and work with many partners to protect our natural environment and secure a flourishing future for wildlife and people together.

Avon Wildlife Trust values diversity. We are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures. We also have robust child safeguarding policies, and this role requires two work references and an enhanced DBS check.

• Pension with 5% employer contribution
• Life assurance
• Wellbeing support including Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Discounts
• Wildlife Trusts Diversity networks
• Paid volunteering day
• Training and development
• One free AWT course day per year
• Minimum 33 days of holiday (25 annual leave + bank holidays) plus long service loyalty scheme (pro rata)
• The opportunity to make a real and positive difference to nature

Equity and Diversity

We are committed to promoting equity of opportunity and aiming to achieve diversity in the range of people we involve, which includes not discriminating under the Equality Act 2010. Gathering this data helps us to know if we are succeeding in involving different groups of people and to change our approach if some groups are not represented.

Please complete the form by following the link below. The information provided will be kept confidential, is not part of the recruitment and selection process and is only used for monitoring purposes.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited for a first interview likely to be on Monday 5th or Tuesday 6th October 2026. Leading candidates may then be asked to attend a second interview likely to be on Monday 12th October 2026. (Please let us know in your application if you are unable to make this date - we may be able to arrange a suitable alternative).

If you would like to discuss this role or have any questions, please email hr@avonwildlifetrust.org.uk and a conversation can be arranged.

For equal opportunities purposes, we are unable to accept only CVs.