The Wild Path #49
This week: growing oyster mushrooms, restoring Lochaber's coast, and 45 more ways in
Issue 49 - Week of 29th June 2026
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📬This Week on The Wild Path
This time last year we didn’t exist…we’re a few weeks off our first birthday now, and 49 issues in, what started as a handful of listings sent to a handful of people has grown into a proper community of over 27,000! Thank you all for being part of that.
There’s something else we’ve been building quietly for a while too, created to help you see what roles in this sector actually pay but more on that soon.
For now, straight into this week’s roles, all 47 of them, from restoring Lochaber’s coastline to running the kitchen at Glenmore Lodge to supporting Mountain Rescue in the Central Beacons.
You can keep up with us on LinkedIn, Instagram, and find out more about us at teamwildpath.com.
⭐ Featured Roles
Nature Restoration Officer – SCOTLAND: The Big Picture
Shape and deliver nature restoration projects across Lochaber, from marine enhancement to mountain woodland, for the Loch Abar Mòr partnership.
📍 Remote 🏷 Full-time
💷 £34,000 - £36,000
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
This Week’s Round Up
🏞️ Parks, Estates & Landscapes
Community Ranger: West Dean – Forestry England
Maintain recreation facilities, strengthen community connections and build volunteer involvement across the Forest of Dean.
📍 Coleford 🏷 Part-time
💷 £30,105 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 9 July 2026
GIS Manager – Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority
Manage GIS systems and spatial data for a national park authority, supporting landscape planning, conservation and evidence-based decision-making.
📍 Balloch 🏷 Full-time
💷 £39,130 - £46,856
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 17 July 2026
Volunteering Leader – Canal & River Trust
Lead volunteer teams maintaining Canal & River Trust’s Lancashire waterways through lock keeping, vegetation management and hands-on repair work.
📍 Burnley 🏷 Full-time
💷 £29,395
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 15 July 2026
Parks & Natural Environment Assets Officer – Southwark Council
Manage the asset portfolio across Southwark’s parks, green spaces, marina and cemeteries.
📍 London 🏷 Full-time
💷 £50,175 - £57,495
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 6 July 2026
🏕️ Outdoor Education & Instruction
Adventure Lead – Vision of Adventure
Lead residential course delivery, instructor management and programme planning for a charity bringing outdoor adventure to visually impaired adults.
📍 Kendal 🏷 Part-time
💷 £36,000 - £38,700 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 26 July 2026
🛍️ Outdoor Brands, Retail & Commercial
Regional Sales & Technical Training Manager (UK) – Mountain Equipment
Grow UK retailer sales and deliver technical product training across the specialist outdoor trade.
📍 Remote 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 3 July 2026 ⏳
Training and Events Lead – Rab
Deliver product training to retail partners and manage trade and consumer events across the UK outdoor industry.
📍 Alfreton 🏷 Full-time
💷 £29,313 - £35,851
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 8 July 2026
Retail Data & Insights Manager – Cotswold Outdoor
Build Power BI dashboards and translate retail performance data into commercial insights for an outdoor retail group.
📍 Swindon 🏷 Full-time
💷 £40,000 - £42,000
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 30 July 2026
Marketing Assistant - Operations – Regatta
Coordinate ecommerce photography and ensure product data accuracy across marketing, digital and merchandising teams at an outdoor clothing group.
📍 Urmston 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 9 July 2026
Wholesale Key Account Manager – Rapha
Lead EMEA wholesale key account relationships for the world’s leading cycling brand, managing pre-sell, launch and sell-through across partner markets.
📍 London 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Head Technician – Sigma Sports
Lead the workshop team at a premium cycling retailer, overseeing complex diagnostics, quality assurance and customer-facing service.
📍 Letchworth Garden City 🏷 Full-time
💷 £30,500
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Brand Marketing Specialist – Deckers Brands
Lead organic social media strategy and agency operations for a global lifestyle brand’s EMEA owned channels.
📍 London 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Director of Product & Merchandising – Vivobarefoot
Own global product strategy and merchandising for a regenerative footwear brand, shaping range architecture, commercial performance and sustainability decisions.
📍 Bristol 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Senior Manager, Social Content & Creators – lululemon
Lead social media strategy, content production and influencer partnerships for a global performance apparel brand’s EMEA channels.
📍 London 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
🌱 Nature, Conservation & Environment
Our Heritage, Our Future Project Officer – Keep Scotland Beautiful
Support delivery of a place-based cultural heritage programme, coordinating community volunteer activity across historic sites in Scotland.
📍 Stirling 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Part-time
💷 £25,500 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 5 July 2026 ⏳
Glendun Hill Farm Development Officer – Ulster Wildlife
Develop and deliver a management plan for an 80-hectare Antrim Coast nature reserve, driving peatland restoration and nature-based farming.
📍 Cushendun 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Part-time
💷 £32,794 - £35,290 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 27 July 2026
Ecologist - Restoration – Hometree
Deliver peatland and habitat restoration surveys, monitoring and planning for a native woodland restoration charity on the west coast of Ireland.
📍 Ennistymon 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Part-time
💷 €35,000 - €40,000 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 5 July 2026 ⏳
Senior Project Ecologist - Nature Finance Project – Hometree
Lead ecological consenting, site assessment and restoration planning for a pioneering nature finance pilot programme in Ireland.
📍 Remote 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Part-time
💷 €40,000 - €45,000 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 5 July 2026 ⏳
Senior Project Officer - New Forest – Freshwater Habitats Trust
Deliver landscape-scale freshwater habitat restoration across the New Forest, from catchment surveys to contractor management and funder reporting.
📍 New Forest 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Full-time
💷 £32,000 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 8 July 2026
Practical Conservation Officer – Snowdonia Society
Lead volunteer groups on practical, outdoor conservation workdays across Eryri National Park in all weather conditions.
📍 Eryri National Park 🏷 Full or Part Time
💷 £27,540
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 20 July 2026
🐾 The trail doesn’t stop here - scroll on for more roles 👇
From the Community 📸
A view towards the Scafells from across Wast Water - The Lake District
Credit: Tal Gurevich
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❄️ Seasonal Roles
Activity Instructor – Cobnor Activities Centre Trust
Deliver sailing, paddlesports, climbing and bushcraft to schools and young people from a waterfront centre on Chichester Harbour.
📍 Chidham 🏷 Seasonal
💷 £27,248 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
🌟 Internships & Traineeships
Assistant Ranger Apprenticeship - Level 2 – National Trust
Work alongside ranger teams managing woodland, coastal and freshwater habitats and miles of public access on a historic Welsh estate.
📍 Stackpole 🏷 Apprenticeship
💷 £24,785 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 13 July 2026
🧭 Operations, People & Systems
Conservation Casework Manager – The Gardens Trust
Sift, prioritise and report on planning application consultations for historic parks and gardens, coordinating the conservation officer team’s casework.
📍 Home based 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Part-time
💷 £35,500 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 9 August 2026
Operations and Engagement Co-ordinator – Moor Trees
Keep a small Dartmoor woodland charity running smoothly, coordinating events, managing volunteers and maintaining communications and supporter records.
📍 South Brent 🏷 Part-time
💷 £20,800 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 21 July 2026
Managing Director – Canopy & Stars
Lead the Canopy & Stars brand through its next growth phase, with responsibility across e-commerce, marketing, operations and commercial strategy.
📍 Bristol 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 31 July 2026
HR and Health & Safety Officer – North York Moors National Park Authority
Provide day-to-day HR and health & safety support across a national park authority, covering people processes, risk management and compliance.
📍 Helmsley 🏷 Full-time
💷 £33,672 - £36,580
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 12 July 2026
Head Chef – Field Studies Council
Lead the kitchen at a Pembrokeshire coastal field studies centre, delivering sustainable meals for up to 154 visitors.
📍 Dale 🏷 Full-time
💷 £31,433
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 19 July 2026
Administrative Assistant - Planning – Eryri National Park Authority
Provide administrative support across Eryri’s planning service, coordinating committee papers, policy documents and public consultation activities.
📍 Penrhyndeudraeth 🏷 Part-time
💷 £25,583 - £26,824 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 13 July 2026
Capital Projects Manager – Broads Authority
Lead Defra-funded capital projects across the Broads National Park, overseeing habitat creation, restoration and access infrastructure from brief to completion.
📍 Norwich 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Full-time
💷 £34,434 - £39,152
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 13 July 2026
IT Support Officer – Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
Provide first-line IT support across Yorkshire Dales NPA, managing incidents, configuring equipment and keeping systems secure and well-maintained.
📍 Bainbridge 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Full-time
💷 £27,254 - £30,024
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 5 July 2026 ⏳
Data Officer – Wiltshire Wildlife Trust
Manage biodiversity data and deliver records services for the Wiltshire and Swindon Biological Records Centre, supporting local nature recovery.
📍 Devizes 🏷 Part-time
💷 £28,000 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 9 July 2026
Private Trip Planner – Active England Tours
Plan and coordinate private active travel itineraries across England, managing bookings, suppliers and client relationships for a premium operator.
📍 Shipton-under-Wychwood 🏷 Full-time
💷 £30,000 - £33,000
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Chef – Glenmore Lodge
Prepare and cook quality meals for guests at Glenmore Lodge, assisting the Head Chef with menus and kitchen supervision.
📍 Aviemore 🏷 Full-time
💷 £29,194
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 9 July 2026
Facilities Manager – Little Gate
Lead health and safety, compliance and facilities management across Little Gate’s three East Sussex centres, driving environmental sustainability.
📍 Hastings 🏷 Full-time
💷 £29,120
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 6 July 2026
Director of People & Culture – The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
Shape people and culture strategy at one of the UK’s most iconic youth charities.
📍 Remote 🏷 Full-time
💷 £82,385 - £96,923
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 26 July 2026
Trading Manager – WWT
Lead retail, catering, gallery and holiday cottage operations at a wetland reserve, driving commercial performance that funds conservation work.
📍 Welney 🏷 Full-time
💷 £32,630
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 19 July 2026
Head of Programme – Jamie’s Farm
Lead a farm-based team delivering residential visits that help young people build resilience through purposeful, hands-on work.
📍 Hereford 🏷 Full-time
💷 £51,000 - £55,000
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 27 July 2026
Digital Asset Management System Project Manager – National Trust for Scotland
Audit thousands of digital images and scope a robust system to securely catalogue and manage rights to heritage assets.
📍 Edinburgh 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Full-time
💷 £35,800 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 17 July 2026
Director – The Landmark Trust
Lead strategic direction, fundraising and day-to-day operations for a charity restoring and letting 200 historic buildings.
📍 Maidenhead 🏷 Full-time
💷 £125,000
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 10 July 2026
Automation Test Analyst – English Heritage
Build automation test frameworks in C# and Playwright to keep complex digital systems and integrations reliable.
📍 Swindon 🏷 Full-time
💷 £45,022
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 12 July 2026
Events Coordinator – Chelsea Physic Garden
Coordinate private event hire from initial enquiry through delivery, managing suppliers, contracts and on-site duty management.
📍 London 🏷 Full-time
💷 £28,000
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 15 July 2026
📣 Communications, Engagement & Impact
Development Officer – Devon Environment Foundation
Drive fundraising and communications for a Devon grant-making foundation channelling money to grassroots nature restoration projects.
📍 Dartington 🏷 Full-time
💷 £28,000 - £30,000
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 13 July 2026
Head of Campaigning and Programmes – Woodland Trust
Lead the Woodland Trust’s UK-wide campaigning and flagship delivery programmes, mobilising public support for woodland protection and expansion.
📍 Flexible 🏷 Full-time
💷 £62,975
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 31 July 2026
Sport Developer - North East – British Cycling
Grow grassroots cycling across the North East by supporting clubs, events and volunteers to expand participation.
📍 Remote 🏷 Full-time
💷 £29,000
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 12 July 2026
🙌 Voluntary & Trustee Roles
Fundraising Officer – Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team
Shape and deliver fundraising strategy, from grant writing to corporate partnerships, to keep rescue teams equipped and mission-ready.
📍 South Wales 🏷 Volunteer
💷 Voluntary
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 7 July 2026
🎲 Wildcard of the Week
Community Mushroom Farmer – Rhyze Mushrooms
Cultivate Oyster mushrooms, lead volunteer sessions and manage substrate sourcing at a community cooperative farm tackling food waste.
📍 Edinburgh 🏷 Part-time
💷 £27,975 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 13 July 2026
That’s a wrap for this week 🌿
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