Regional officer (north) in Nottingham

Salary: £30,000
Location: Home-based (within the northern regional catchment - ideally the north west)
Reporting to: Regional director (north)
Closing Date: 18 October 2026
Reference: RON/SEPT/2026
Potential interview date(s): 10 and 11 November 2026 (at the northern regional office)

Role information

Day-to-day management and delivery of projects and activities within the region, with a focus on membership engagement and recruitment. This is to include regional conservation objectives and the general promotion of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) in the region, ensuring BASC is always represented to the highest standards.

Our vision

All BASC employees are expected to contribute to our vision:

Fight for sustainable shooting and conservation of the countryside.

Key accountabilities and responsibilities

• To promote and protect sporting shooting and advocate its conservation role throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• To represent members' interests by providing an effective and unified voice for sustainable shooting sports.
• To benefit the community by providing education, promoting scientific research and advocating best practice in firearms licensing, habitat conservation and wildlife and game management.
• To promote the benefits of game as food.

Experience

Essential skills, knowledge and achievements

• Plan and deliver projects
• Delivery of membership recruitment and retention
• Build and maintain relations with BASC-affiliated clubs, syndicates and trade members.
• Organisation and delivery of a programme of membership events.
• Engage with regional shoots, gamekeepers and shooting syndicates to build an ongoing dialogue, discussing key sector issues such as gamebird release, general licences, trapping, conservation and sustainable shooting.
• Promote game as a healthy and sustainable food source through activities and other events, ensuring food hygiene standards and training are adhered to.
• Attend education and outreach events which are part of BASC's #BASCtoSchool programme.
• Manage and develop a network of volunteers to assist in the delivery of events and activities.
• Deliver and support regional attendance at shows and events, such as clay shoots, country shows and trade events.
• Help to provide a one-stop shop for responding to enquiries and where necessary, signposting to the appropriate person.
• Deliver on practical conservation objectives
• Maintain regular contact with, and oversight of, any project work, such as wetland, woodland and cover crops, reporting back to internal and external partners.
• Primarily, promote awareness of associated conservation projects and activities to clubs and syndicates, as well as other events and activities.

Working partnerships

Manage and maintain relationships with external stakeholders such as police licensing and rural crime teams, Natural England, the Environment Agency and other key stakeholders in region.

Work with our training and education team to support and deliver BASC training courses. Use external contacts to develop a venue portfolio for events and training.

Engage the general public to normalise shooting sports and game as food, including engagement with schools and youth groups.

On occasion, provide a point of contact for the public media and identify stories for publication in liaison with the head office communications team.

Administration

Good administrative and financial management skills are to be carried out to a high level and in compliance with regulatory standards.

Good working knowledge of Word, Excel, Teams, Forms, etc.

Attend meetings at the regional office, or elsewhere, as appropriate.

General requirements

BASC head office is based in Marford Mill, Rossett, north Wales, with country and regional offices across the UK.

We have an agile working approach, with our core hours being between 8.30 - 5.30 Monday - Friday. We do expect some weekend and out-of-hours working to support our membership engagement. Your working hours are stated in your contract of employment.

You are expected to be flexible and agile and be willing to undertake any other duties that may reasonably be required.

All our employees must always act as positive ambassadors for the association when dealing with members or representing the association in other ways.