Our vacancies

Why work for us?

Whatever job you decide to apply for, whether it’s in conservation, public engagement or membership, we place the highest value on our employees. We believe that recruiting and retaining the right people is fundamental to our success.

Culture and values

The Trust recognises that our goals are met through the commitment and dedication of all our employees. The strength of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust lies in our ability to share a common set of values which both inspire and guide us.

Passion: we are here to do our best for bumblebees and promote our pride, spirit and values through our work.

Valuing and Developing people: we aim to create a safe, supportive, enjoyable but challenging working environment. We demonstrate respect for skills and expertise across all teams.

Knowledge: we can demonstrate widespread expertise about the conservation and science of bumblebees.

Integrity: we will be honest in our work with others, keeping our word and doing the right thing in a reliable way.

Team Spirit: we care about all our team members, ensuring that every individual has an equal opportunity to make the most of their lives and talents, removing barriers, bias and discrimination.

These are the principles we value in our staff.

The values provide a framework for working together effectively across offices and remote workers. In every constituent part of the Trust, we want our decisions and actions to demonstrate our values. Our values unite us in a common vision.

More than just a collection of words, these values embody the ‘spirit’ of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. They outline how we want our Trust to be, and how we work as one team to deliver the best for bumblebees.

Our benefits package includes:

• Flexible working arrangements – We offer flexi-time to give you more control over your working hours. You can choose to start late, finish early or extend your lunch to fit your lifestyle.
• No excess hours culture – We want all staff to enjoy a good balance between work and personal life and don’t encourage working for long hours.
• 35 days’ paid annual leave (pro rata for part time) including bank/public holidays with holiday closure between Christmas and New Year.
• Pension – 7% employer pension contribution.
• Transport support – We offer access to the tax efficient benefits of Cycle to Work scheme and the EV Car Purchase scheme.
• Well-being support via our internal Staff Well-being Group, Mental Health First Aiders and an Employee Assistance Programme which offers support 24/7 for all staff.
• Company sick pay – Once you have 2 years continuous service, if you are sick in any rolling 12 month period, you can qualify for up to 3 months full pay then 3 months half pay + SSP. In your first and second year, you can qualify for a phased sick pay entitlement.
• Personal annual training allowance – to support your skill development
• Feedback and career development – regular feedback sessions and a commitment to providing you with the opportunity for personal growth
• Home working equipment – we provide the tools that you need to support working from home
• Enhanced leave – maternity leave and paternity leave are enhanced above statutory to help you and your family
• Family emergencies – 1-2 days full pay for those unexpected situations
• Compassionate and bereavement leave – for those difficult times in life, we offer paid bereavement leave
• Death in Service insurance – calculated as two times salary.
• Social connection is encouraged – enjoy lots of informal opportunities to take part in different activities and get to know your new colleagues.

We have a clear goal to be the place where a diverse mix of talented people want to come, to stay and do their best work. We pride ourselves on reaching for our vision – to reverse the decline in bumblebees, through the hard work and dedication of our passionate and creative employees.

Current vacancies

Head of Outreach

Salary: £42,500 (£29,143 pro rata)
Hours: 24.5 hours/week
Location: Home-based or at the Trust’s office in Stirling, or hybrid between the Trust’s office in Stirling and home-working.

We’re looking for a strategic, impact driven leader to help shape the future of bumblebee conservation. Working closely with the CEO and Senior Management Team, this role will drive delivery of the Trust’s 2024–34 organisational strategy by leading our face to face Outreach Strategy, raising the profile of bumblebees nationwide, and securing the income needed to grow our outreach work sustainably. As Line Manager for the Outreach and Volunteering Manager and the Trust’s Designated Safeguarding Lead, you’ll oversee planning, budgeting, monitoring and reporting.

Working across teams, you’ll help shape impactful resources, strengthen digital tools, and ensure the volunteer voice drives organisational change and development. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with proven experience in a leadership role to influence change and help more people and organisations become champions for bumblebees.

Download the full application pack.

Closing date: 5pm on Monday 13 April 2026.

Conservation Projects Manager (Species Recovery) maternity cover

Salary: £29,274
Hours: 35 hours/week, fixed term for 12 months
Location: Home based with frequent travel. Ideally based in south-east England, with occasional travel to Cornwall, Kent, south Wales and North Pennines.

It’s an exciting time to join the team and be part of our species recovery work. With a range of projects in development and underway, you could be taking forward innovative projects trialling habitat interventions for threatened species, working with research partners to fill species knowledge gaps, helping better understand the value of sea walls for the Shrill carder bumblebee, connecting vital habitats for rare bumblebees in south Wales, or working with farmers to develop innovative pollinator-friendly farm packages.

Download the full application pack.

Closing date: 12 noon Monday 27 April 2026.

Cynefin i Wenyn Senior Project Officer

Salary: £29,274
Hours: 35 hours/week, fixed term until March 2029
Location: Work from home with regular travel in and around the project area

Join a thriving conservation charity and help protect Wales’ rare bumblebees!

The Bumblebee Conservation Trust is offering a unique opportunity to make a real impact for nature on the beautiful Carmarthenshire Coast. We’re seeking an enthusiastic and skilled Cynefin i Wenyn Senior Project Officer to lead vital habitat creation work for some of the UK’s rarest bumblebee species.

The Cynefin i Wenyn project draws on the Welsh idea of cynefin — a deep sense of belonging and connection to place — to restore and celebrate the landscapes that bumblebees depend on. By creating thriving habitats across the Carmarthenshire Coast, the project helps rare bumblebee species find their own cynefin, while strengthening the bond between local communities, their land, and the wildlife that makes it unique.

We are seeking a passionate conservationist who thrives on working outdoors, engaging communities, and bringing people together. As a competent Welsh speaker with a talent for communication, you’ll champion our mission across a wide range of audiences — from local landowners to volunteer groups and partner organisations. You will design and deliver high-quality and connected habitats, support and coordinate dedicated volunteers, provide engaging training sessions, and lead survey and monitoring work across the project area.

Ymunwch ag elusen gadwraeth lewyrchus er mwyn helpu i amddiffyn gwenyn prin Cymru!

Mae Ymddiriedolaeth Cadwraeth wenyn yn cynnig cyfle unigryw i gyflawni gwir effaith dros fyd natur ar arfordir prydferth Sir Gaerfyrddin. Rydym yn chwilio am Uwch Swyddog Prosiect Cynefin i Wenyn brwdfrydig a medrus i arwain gwaith creu cynefinoedd hanfodol ar gyfer rhai o rywogaethau wenyn prinnaf y DU.

Mae prosiect Cynefin i Wenyn yn tynnu ar y syniad Cymreig o gynefin — ymdeimlad dwfn o berthyn a chysylltiad â lle — i adfer a dathlu’r tirweddau y mae gwenyn yn dibynnu arnyn nhw. Drwy greu cynefinoedd llewyrchus ledled arfordir Sir Gaerfyrddin, mae’r prosiect yn helpu rhywogaethau wenyn prin i ddod o hyd i’w cynefin eu hunain ac yn cryfhau’r cysylltiad rhwng cymunedau lleol, eu tir, a’r bywyd gwyllt sy’n golygu ei fod yn unigryw.

Rydym yn chwilio am gadwraethwr angerddol sy’n ffynnu wrth weithio yn yr awyr agored, ymgysylltu â chymunedau, a dod â phobl ynghyd. Fel siaradwr Cymraeg cymwys sydd â medrau cyfathrebu, byddwch yn hyrwyddo ein cenhadaeth ledled ystod eang o gynulleidfaoedd — o dirfeddianwyr lleol i grwpiau gwirfoddol a sefydliadau partner. Byddwch yn dylunio a chyflwyno cynefinoedd cysylltiedig o ansawdd uchel, yn cefnogi a chydlynu gwirfoddolwyr ymroddedig, yn darparu sesiynau hyfforddi deniadol, ac yn arwain gwaith arolygu a monitro ledled ardal y prosiect.

Download the full application pack in English.
Download the full application pack in Welsh.

Closing date: 12 noon Monday 4 May 2026.

‘Cynefin i Wenyn’ is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we will be able to protect threatened bumblebee species in Carmarthenshire by creating and enhancing their habitats and by empowering people to actively participate in conservation efforts.

Gwnaed ‘Cynefin i Wenyn’ yn bosibl gan Gronfa Treftadaeth y Loteri Genedlaethol. Diolch i chwaraewyr y Loteri Genedlaethol, byddwn yn gallu amddiffyn rhywogaethau o Wenyn sydd dan fygythiad yn Sir Gaerfyrddin trwy greu a gwella eu cynefinoedd a thrwy rymuso pobl i gymryd rhan mewn ymdrechion cadwraeth.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund is the largest funder for the UK’s heritage. Using money raised by National Lottery players we support projects that connect people and communities to heritage. Our vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future. From historic buildings, our industrial legacy and the natural environment, to collections, traditions, stories and more. Heritage can be anything from the past that people value and want to pass on to future generations. We believe in the power of heritage to ignite the imagination, offer joy and inspiration, and to build pride in place and connection to the past.

Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

The Bumblebee Conservation Trust is an Equal Opportunities employer. This means that whilst seeking employment or during such employment with the Trust, we will seek to ensure equality of treatment for all persons regardless of sex, race, age, marital or civil partnership status, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity status.

We recognise that candidates with a disability or from ethnically diverse backgrounds are under-represented in our organisation, and that there are often additional barriers present for people from these groups when applying for roles in the charity sector and beyond. We are committed to taking positive action to expand the diversity of our staff team through the Trust EEDI Interview Scheme (EIS). Applicants who apply through the Trust EIS and who meet the minimum criteria for the role will be offered an interview. In the event of a high-volume of applicants who tick this box, then selection for interview will be those who best meet the minimum criteria for the post rather than all of those that meet the minimum criteria, in the same way as we do for applicants who do not opt in to the EIS.

It is important to note that this scheme guarantees an interview for candidates who meet or best meet the essential criteria and tell us that they’d like to be considered under the scheme. The selection decision at interview will be based on the most suitable candidate, regardless of any protected characteristic. Access to the Trust EIS simply requires an applicant who identifies as being disabled or from an ethnically diverse background to answer ‘yes’ to the question on the application form ‘do you wish to be considered under the Trust EEDI Interview Scheme?’.

How we use your personal information:

The information which we gather from you during the recruitment and selection process is retained and processed in accordance with the provisions set out by the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and further to the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

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