The Wild Path #47
46 outdoor roles: from manta ray policy to art at British Cycling 🎨
Issue 47 - Week of 15th June 2026
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📬This Week on The Wild Path
Wild Rumpus CIC are building out their team with two new openings - Finance and Systems Lead and Producing and Development Lead - at their creative outdoor arts CIC.
Elsewhere, there's a strong marine thread running through this issue: a Senior Investigator at the Blue Marine Foundation taking on harmful fishing practices, a Marine Operative enabling scientific research at sea in Plymouth, and a Freelance Fisheries & Policy Manager coordinating a 27-country global network for manta rays.
Back on land: peatland restoration in the Forest of Bowland, forest craftsmanship in Scotland, and a role caring for water voles, wildcats and white storks on a Devon rewilding project. The Wildcard this week is quietly great - scroll down for it.
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This Week’s Round Up
🏞️ Parks, Estates & Landscapes
Community Gardener – Sunday Sessions – Glengall Wharf Garden
Coordinate and lead weekly Sunday volunteer sessions at a regenerative community garden in Peckham, delegating practical tasks from carpentry to food growing and general maintenance.
📍 Peckham 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Part-time
💷 £175/day
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 20 July 2026
Forest Craftsperson – Forestry and Land Scotland
Deliver hands-on forestry and estate management tasks - felling, planting, fencing and habitat work - across Scotland's national forests.
📍 Glenbranter 🏷 Full-time
💷 £30,414 - £31,814
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 21 June 2026 ⏳
Ranger – National Trust
Deliver upland conservation and path restoration across a World Heritage Site landscape as part of the Fix the Fells partnership.
📍 Wasdale 🏷 Full-time
💷 £27,612
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 21 June 2026 ⏳
Outdoor Access Officer – Aberdeenshire Council
Manage public access rights under Scotland's Land Reform Act, resolving disputes and maintaining path networks across Aberdeenshire.
📍 Inverurie 🏷 Full-time
💷 £41,708 - £44,072
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 29 June 2026
🏕️ Outdoor Education & Instruction
Full-time Lead Outdoor Instructor – Mendip Adventure
Lead advanced outdoor sessions, mentor staff and coach on multi-discipline Outdoor Instructor Training Courses.
📍 Churchill 🏷 Full-time
💷 £27,550 - £29,250
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Chief Instructor – South West Lakes Trust
Lead and supervise water and land-based activities at a Devon lake, overseeing instructor teams across sailing, windsurfing and kayaking and managing campsite operations.
📍 Lifton 🏷 Full-time
💷 £28,119
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: Rolling
🛍️ Outdoor Brands, Retail & Commercial
Creative Strategist – Much Better Adventures
Own the creative strategy and performance dashboard driving paid social acquisition for a B-corp adventure marketplace.
📍 Remote 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Creative Production Lead – Cotswold Outdoor
Lead end-to-end creative production for VM campaigns, managing print, props and physical display assets from concept to installation.
📍 Swindon 🏷 Full-time
💷 £30,000 - £33,000
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 8 July 2026
Head of Brand Marketing – Rapha
Lead integrated marketing campaigns, sports partnerships and brand activations as the connective tissue between Rapha's strategy and execution.
📍 London 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Senior Lead – Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB) – On Running
Own On's EMEA diversity and inclusion strategy, from hiring programmes and inclusion groups to leadership coaching and impact reporting.
📍 London 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Trade Marketing Associate – Deckers Brands
Support trade marketing campaigns and wholesale partner activations for UGG across key UK retail accounts.
📍 London 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 19 June 2026 ⏳
Senior Social Media Executive – Regatta Group
Drive social media strategy, content and campaigns for Regatta and Dare2b, managing a direct team of Social Media Executives.
📍 Urmston 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 28 June 2026
CRO Manager – Vivobarefoot
Run A/B tests and own the experimentation roadmap for Vivobarefoot, driving conversion improvement through a Magento-to-Shopify migration.
📍 Bristol 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Group Digital Marketing Executive – Nikwax / Páramo
Deliver and optimise digital marketing across two purpose-driven outdoor brands, managing website content, paid advertising and social media performance.
📍 Wadhurst 🏷 Maternity Cover | Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
🌱 Nature, Conservation & Environment
Marine Operative – Marine Biological Association
Support vessel deck operations and marine engineering to enable safe scientific research at sea.
📍 Plymouth 🏷 Full-time
💷 £25,750
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 24 June 2026
Senior Investigator – Blue Marine Foundation
Lead independent investigations into harmful and unsustainable ocean practices, from research through to publication.
📍 London 🏷 Full-time
💷 £45,000 - £55,000
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 21 June 2026 ⏳
Technical Programme Manager – Headstart – Freshwater Habitats Trust
Drive delivery across a nationally significant multi-partner programme transforming headwater restoration in England, coordinating science, people and policy.
📍 Oxford 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Full-time
💷 £43,000
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 26 June 2026
Animal Husbandry Assistant – Derek Gow Consultancy
Provide daily husbandry for rare species including water voles, Scottish wildcats and white storks at a leading rewilding consultancy in Devon.
📍 Lifton 🏷 Full-time
💷 £26,500
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026
Peatland Project Officer – Forest of Bowland National Landscape
Plan and deliver peatland restoration across a nationally designated landscape, from fieldwork and survey design to contractor oversight.
📍 Clitheroe 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Full-time
💷 £36,363 - £40,777
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 28 June 2026
Community Ranger – Nature – Octopus Community Network
Lead the development of pollinator pathways and tree trails in Islington, engaging diverse communities in hands-on urban nature activities.
📍 Islington 🏷 Full-time
💷 £32,671
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 25 June 2026
🐾 The trail doesn’t stop here - scroll on for more roles 👇
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🐾 The trail doesn’t stop here - scroll on for more roles 👇
📣 Community & Support
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🛠️ Freelance Roles
Freelance Garment Technician – Dryrobe
Provide quality control oversight across seasonal product lines, acting as technical link between the NPD team and manufacturing partners.
📍 Remote/Braunton 🏷 Freelance
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Freelance Ecologist – Caledonian Climate Partners
Carry out upland ecological surveys, ECoW services and peatland assessments on funded restoration projects across Morayshire and the Highlands.
📍 Inverness 🏷 Freelance
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Fisheries & Policy Manager – The Manta Trust
Lead fisheries policy and conservation legislation for manta and devil rays, coordinating a global network spanning 27 countries.
📍 Remote 🏷 Freelance
💷 £19 - £21/hour
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 23 June 2026
Growth & Performance Lead – EarLabs
Build paid social structures, creative testing frameworks and growth reporting systems for a premium outdoor consumer brand in Sweden.
📍 Kåseberga / Remote 🏷 Freelance
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Freelance Forest School Assistant – Christchurch School Community Garden
Support a Forest School Leader delivering child-centred outdoor sessions to primary-age children at a community garden in Greenwich.
📍 Greenwich 🏷 Freelance
💷 £18/hour
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 5 July 2026
🌟 Internships & Traineeships
London Blue Chain Project Trainee – Froglife
Build your first conservation career through a 12-month traineeship delivering habitat management, wildlife surveying and community engagement along South London's Green Chain.
📍 London 🏷 Traineeship
💷 £24,960
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 25 June 2026
Wilder Luton Traineeship – Wildlife Trust BCN
Build hands-on conservation, education and community skills through a paid traineeship delivering wildlife engagement across Luton's green spaces.
📍 Luton 🏷 Traineeship
💷 £13.45/hour
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 8 July 2026
🧭 Operations, People & Systems
Finance and Systems Lead – Wild Rumpus CIC
Lead financial strategy, compliance and planning, while overseeing the organisational and administrative management of a creative outdoor arts CIC.
📍 Scholar Green 🏷 Full or Part-time
💷 £38,000
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 5 July 2026
Producing and Development Lead – Wild Rumpus CIC
Lead project development and producing for a creative outdoor arts CIC, bringing new work to life, deepening partnerships and supporting the creative team alongside the Artistic Director.
📍 Scholar Green 🏷 Part-time
💷 £36,000 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 5 July 2026
Life Support Systems Engineer – National Marine Aquarium
Operate and maintain life support systems keeping aquarium livestock healthy, alongside building services and on-call emergency response across the NMA site.
📍 Plymouth 🏷 Full-time
💷 £37,000 - £40,000
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Building Surveyor – Peak District National Park Authority
Deliver capital projects across the national park estate, from condition surveys and design to procurement and contract management.
📍 Bakewell 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Full-time
💷 £35,412 - £38,220
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 5 July 2026
Outreach Worker – Venture Trust
Provide 1:1 outreach support across Ayrshire for people facing complex life circumstances, preparing participants for wilderness journeys.
📍 Ayrshire 🏷 Full-time
💷 £27,266
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 29 June 2026
Duty Manager – VauxWall
Run the day-to-day operations of a central London bouldering venue, leading shift staff and delivering a safe, welcoming experience.
📍 London 🏷 Part-time
💷 £14.15 - £14.45/hour
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Administration & Operations Assistant – Irish Wildlife Trust
Run membership administration, office operations and logistical support for a dedicated Irish wildlife charity.
📍 Dublin 🏷 Full-time
💷 €29,000 - €33,000
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 29 June 2026
Corporate Risk Manager – English Heritage
Own the risk management framework across a national heritage charity, providing expert challenge to senior leaders and governance bodies.
📍 London 🏷 Full-time
💷 £54,540 - £58,962
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026
Herbarium Registrar – Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Manage accessions, loans and compliance for an internationally renowned herbarium of over 3 million plant and fungi specimens.
📍 Edinburgh 🏷 Full-time
💷 £40,112
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026
📣 Communications, Engagement & Impact
Communications Manager – Social Media & Storytelling – Jamie's Farm
Manage social media communications and storytelling to grow awareness of therapeutic farm programmes for young people.
📍 Box 🏷 Full or Part-time
💷 £37,000 - £40,170 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 22 June 2026
Marketing & Communications Officer – The Wordsworth Trust
Deliver hands-on marketing, content and campaigns across digital, print and social channels for a celebrated Lake District literary heritage trust.
📍 Grasmere 🏷 Part-time
💷 £26,250 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 22 June 2026
Head of Brand – Pro Climbing League
Lead brand strategy, creative direction and content as Pro Climbing League builds a global premium climbing events and media platform.
📍 Remote 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Campaign Manager – Shooting and Wildlife Lead – Animal Aid
Plan investigations, review footage and lead policy advocacy to expose and challenge cruelty in shooting and snaring wildlife.
📍 Tonbridge 🏷 Full-time
💷 £35,000 - £39,000
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 21 June 2026 ⏳
Member and Supporter Engagement Officer (Summer Placement) – The Ramblers
Handle enquiries from members and supporters across all channels, processing donations and maintaining CRM accuracy.
📍 London 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Full-time
💷 £25,813 - £28,394 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 22 June 2026
Digital Learning & Publishing Manager – Field Studies Council
Lead a commercially-focused digital learning, publishing and biodiversity training unit, driving sustainable revenue and programme growth.
📍 Remote 🏷 Full-time
💷 £36,973 - £44,091
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 8 July 2026
Communications Officer – Forestry England
Champion nature recovery in England's national forests through compelling storytelling across digital, press and social channels.
📍 National 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Full-time
💷 £33,854
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 28 June 2026
Bioregional Food & Land Hub Development Coordinator – We Are Avon
Drive the development and financing of a community-owned food and land hub across the Avon catchment, leading community shares, social investment, and grant fundraising.
📍 Bristol 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Part-time
💷 £37,440 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 14 July 2026
🙌 Voluntary & Trustee Roles
Trustee – YHA
Help guide the strategic direction of a national outdoor charity through board governance and key decision-making.
📍 Matlock 🏷 Volunteer
💷 Voluntary
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 20 July 2026
🎲 Wildcard of the Week
Art Worker – British Cycling
Deliver artwork across print, digital and event channels for a cycling body's growing portfolio of major UK events.
📍 Manchester 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Full-time
💷 £26,089
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 29 June 2026
That’s a wrap for this week 🌿
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