The Wild Path #52
This week: guide treks in the Himalayas, or run ops at Wales' national zoo
Issue 52 - Week of 20th July 2026
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📬This Week on The Wild Path
Forty-two roles this week, and it’s a proper mixed bag. A trekking guide role in the Himalayas stopped us in our tracks, sitting alongside roles closer to home: estate gardening in Somerset, woodland officer roles across Scotland and Wales, and a run of retail and brand jobs at Vivobarefoot, Rapha, Castore and Cotswold Outdoor. Whether you’re after national park work closer to home or something further afield, this issue has both ends covered.
In case you missed it, The Salary Map went live last week. Thank you to everyone who’s already been in touch with thoughts and feedback. If you haven’t had a look yet, then check it out here to see what roles in the sector pay.
You can keep up with us on LinkedIn, Instagram, and find out more about us at teamwildpath.com.
This Week’s Round Up
🏞️ Parks, Estates & Landscapes
Estate Gardener – Belmont Estate
Care for and present Belmont’s organic walled garden, orchards and grounds for guests and events.
📍 Bruton 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Assistant Woodland Officer – Scottish Forestry
Guide landowners through woodland creation and felling applications across the Highlands and central Scotland.
📍 Dingwall / Hamilton 🏷 Full-time
💷 £34,026 - £35,656
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 9 August 2026
Trees and Woodland Field Support Officer – Eryri National Park
Support farmers and land managers to improve woodland management and strengthen habitat connectivity across the park.
📍 Penrhyndeudraeth 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Part-time
💷 £32,061 - £36,363 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 17 August 2026
🏕️ Outdoor Education & Instruction
Forest School Sessional Worker – STAA (St Ann's Allotments)
Deliver forest school and outdoor learning sessions for local schools, toddlers and families in a community orchard.
📍 Nottingham 🏷 Part-time
💷 £14.13/hour
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: Rolling
🛍️ Outdoor Brands, Retail & Commercial
Creative Director – Vivobarefoot
Shape creative direction across brand, campaign and product storytelling for a barefoot footwear pioneer.
📍 Bristol 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Customer Service Coordinator – Passenger
Support customers with orders and enquiries, delivering a seamless service through the busy season.
📍 New Milton 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Customer Service Assistant Manager – Finisterre
Lead a customer service team delivering excellent support for surf and outdoor customers.
📍 St Agnes 🏷 Full-time
💷 £28,000
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Colour Designer – Rapha
Shape seasonal colour direction across cycling apparel, working closely with the design team.
📍 London 🏷 Maternity Cover | Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
National Account Manager - Retail – Tenzing
Manage and grow national retail accounts, building partnerships that expand distribution across the UK.
📍 London 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Store Manager – Castore
Lead day-to-day store operations, driving sales performance and team standards at a busy outlet.
📍 Swindon 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Operations Manager – Wire and Sky
Launch and run a brand-new rooftop adventure attraction, leading team and visitor experience daily.
📍 Manchester 🏷 Full-time
💷 £38,000 - £42,000
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 31 July 2026
Brand Marketing Specialist (Content) – Hoka
Create and shape content that brings marketing campaigns to life across global channels.
📍 London 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 24 July 2026 ⏳
Digital Marketing Manager – Dryrobe
Lead paid media, affiliate and email marketing, directing agencies to drive digital growth.
📍 Braunton 🏷 Maternity Cover | Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Ecommerce Content & Optimisation Executive – Cotswold Outdoor
Create and optimise ecommerce content, improving product pages and the online shopping experience.
📍 Swindon 🏷 Full-time
💷 £26,000 - £28,000
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 20 August 2026
Senior Digital Trading Executive – Regatta
Own in-season digital trading performance, shaping site navigation, merchandising and stock across the brand estate.
📍 Urmston 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 27 July 2026
🌱 Nature, Conservation & Environment
Tree Care Coordinator – Birmingham TreePeople
Coordinate volunteers delivering essential care to Birmingham’s planted and existing street trees.
📍 Birmingham 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Part-time
💷 £26,000 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 2 August 2026
Database & Data Systems Officer – Ocean Census
Maintain the databases and data pipelines behind NOVA, recording newly discovered marine species.
📍 Oxford 🏷 Full-time
💷 £35,000 - £40,000
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Climate and National Park Strategy Officer – Peak District National Park
Shape climate adaptation measures and strategic planning that guide the National Park’s response to a changing climate.
📍 Bakewell 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Full-time
💷 £32,597 - £34,434
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 26 July 2026 ⏳
Senior Project Officer – The Conservation Volunteers
Lead community environmental activities, training volunteers, patients and residents in habitat management and gardening.
📍 Howden 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Full-time
💷 £25,477
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 27 July 2026
Senior Conservation Scientist – RSPB
Lead social science research shaping peatland restoration and species recovery across Northern Ireland’s border counties.
📍 Northern Ireland 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Part-time
💷 £45,644 - £48,732 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 9 August 2026
🐾 The trail doesn’t stop here - scroll on for more roles 👇
Member Spotlight
Meet Sarah
Sarah Farley 📍Yorkshire and London
About Me
I used to own a scuba diving school in the Caribbean but gave it up to follow the dream: being a writer. Now I help outdoor and nature-based brands find their voice, build the foundations for everything they write, and connect with their customers, employees and partners.
I followed a wiggly trail to get here. My background’s in customer service, which taught me to write for brands the hard way – by listening and responding to unhappy customers.
Writing has always been how I make sense of things. And long before I gave it a name, I was also using walks to think – taking a client brief out with me straight after a call, or walking myself out of being stuck on a problem. I use that same instinct with brand writing – going out to find clarity, rather than waiting for it to land on my desk.
And because I’m a fan of both walking and writing, I also write a Substack newsletter called The Writer's Walk where I explore how walking sparks creativity, together with interviewing outdoor people and writers about how they think and work.
How did I get into the outdoors?
I didn’t start with a plan, it started with a job I got by accident. I got a temp role working in the marketing team at The Caravan Club (now The Caravan and Motorhome Club). That led to a regional manager role and for almost 3 years I oversaw the management of several campsites across the UK. I spent more time outdoors than in the office in that job.
I then went on to co-own and run a small but busy scuba diving business in the Caribbean for 5 years. I wore every hat imaginable during that time. From planning the weekly dive schedule, servicing and repairing scuba gear, marketing and customer service, growing the business by building partnerships with local accommodation providers, and getting involved in an ambitious programme to define a set of operational standards for marine tourism providers across the world’s second-largest barrier reef. I also worked on two short educational films on scuba diving and snorkelling for Royal Caribbean, which they used to show on board their cruise ships.
Those roles taught me what it takes to run an outdoor business. The seasonality, the small teams doing 5 jobs each, the challenge of balancing the different objectives of the branding, marketing, sales and customer ops teams – and the pressure to get everything right.
Getting outdoors has influenced how I think and work ever since.
Favourite adventure or experience?
It’s hard to pick just one, but a strong contender is the research I did for a piece on saltmarsh, which was part of a project called 26 Habitats with writers’ organisation 26 and The Wildlife Trusts.
I knew nothing about saltmarsh, so I spent a lot of time walking around Rye Harbour Nature Reserve and Spurn National Nature Reserve to understand it. The phrase ‘the salt brings…’ kept popping into my head on those walks, and it ended up becoming the opening and closing line of the piece I wrote. And on every walk I took around both saltmarshes, I’d hear a cuckoo calling, so that made its way in as well.
It's what I love most about being a writer and helping people with their words. You can't make up that sort of detail at a desk – you have to go out and find it.
One mindset or bit of kit I always take with me?
A notebook and pen. I don't keep a formal journal, but I'm always scribbling down what I call ‘snippets’ – words I spot in the wild, fragments of overheard conversations, an unexpected phrase that solves a problem I've taken for a walk.
What am I looking for?
I’d love to work with outdoor and nature-based brands who are finding their voice and need to build the foundations for everything they write. That might be equipment manufacturers or retailers, brands working in travel, tourism and outdoor experiences, tech brands that help people get outdoors with their products, or charities and public sector orgs focused on opening up the outdoors for more people. I offer three core services:
1. Verbal identity: helping brands find their voice, define their messaging, share their story and connect with audiences.
2. Writing training: creating effective guidelines and training based on what the brand and its people needs to succeed with their words.
3. Fractional/interim head of writing: supporting growing brands who aren't ready to hire a copywriter, but want the foundations in place for when they do.
🐾 The trail doesn’t stop here - scroll on for more roles 👇
📣 Community & Support
Got a role to share?
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Looking for support with your CV, applications or career direction? We can help.
🌟 Internships & Traineeships
2026 Horticultural Traineeship – Garden Museum
Support the Head Gardener across the Museum’s gardens, with placements at leading gardens nationwide.
📍 London 🏷 Traineeship
💷 £21,549 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 3 August 2026
Apprentice Ranger – Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
Train hands-on in countryside skills across the Dales, from chainsaw work to drystone walling.
📍 Settle / Leyburn 🏷 Apprenticeship
💷 £8.60/hour
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 26 July 2026 ⏳
Trainee Route Setter – Parthian Climbing
Strip, maintain and learn to set climbing routes at Southampton’s centre under the Head Setter’s guidance.
📍 Southampton 🏷 Traineeship
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 26 July 2026 ⏳
Marketing Intern – Jibworx
Create content and grow community engagement across Jibworx’s snowsports events, including AJAM Festival.
📍 Remote 🏷 Internship
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 1 August 2026
Woodland Apprentice – Eryri National Park
Gain hands-on experience in woodland maintenance, planting and habitat management across the National Park.
📍 Penrhyndeudraeth 🏷 Apprenticeship
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 3 August 2026
🧭 Operations, People & Systems
Operations Assistant – Picture Zero
Coordinate schedules, budgets and systems keeping productions running smoothly across multiple territories.
📍 Remote 🏷 Full or Part Time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 31 July 2026
Commercial Director – Welsh Mountain Zoo
Lead commercial strategy across guest services, marketing, fundraising and finance at Wales’ National Zoo.
📍 Colwyn Bay 🏷 Full-time
💷 £45,000 - £46,759
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 29 July 2026
Events & Conference Manager – Lancashire Wildlife Trust
Plan and deliver a growing programme of conferences, weddings and events at Brockholes Nature Reserve.
📍 Preston 🏷 Full-time
💷 £29,204
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 9 August 2026
Senior Operational Manager (Woodland Carbon Code) – Scottish Forestry
Lead the operational team delivering the UK’s first globally-endorsed carbon standard for woodland creation.
📍 Edinburgh 🏷 Full-time
💷 £53,796 - £58,569
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 6 August 2026
Finance & Administration Officer – Project Seagrass
Handle day-to-day invoicing, expenses and procurement supporting seagrass conservation projects across the UK.
📍 Bridgend 🏷 Part-time
💷 £15,525 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 5 August 2026
Itinerary Coordinator – Halsbury Travel
Plan and coordinate every detail of school tours, from bookings to accommodation and activities.
📍 Nottingham 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 30 August 2026
Finance Assistant – PGL
Process supplier payments and reconcile accounts, keeping finances running smoothly across a busy adventure holiday operator.
📍 Ross-on-Wye 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Full-time
💷 £26,227 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Stores Manager - Operations, Logistics & Equipment – Wilderness Scotland
Manage equipment stores, logistics and stock across adventure holiday operations nationwide.
📍 Kirkby Lonsdale 🏷 Full-time
💷 £30,000 - £33,000
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 2 August 2026
Senior Planning Officer (Strategy & Policy) – Bannau Brycheiniog National Park
Shape planning strategy and policy across a national park, guiding development that protects landscape and communities.
📍 Brecon 🏷 Full-time
💷 £39,862 - £42,839
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 11 August 2026
Head Chef / Lead Cook – Field Studies Council
Lead the hospitality team, creating sustainable menus and memorable meals for up to 150 visitors.
📍 Millport 🏷 Full-time
💷 £31,433
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 3 August 2026
ERYRI Integrated Natural Resource Scheme (INRS) Projects Administrator – Eryri National Park
Provide administrative and financial support behind projects promoting regenerative farming and sustainable woodland management.
📍 Penrhyndeudraeth 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Full-time
💷 £25,583 - £26,824
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 17 August 2026
📣 Communications, Engagement & Impact
Wilder Communities Officer – Devon Wildlife Trust
Lead community engagement initiatives that inspire local action for nature and develop community leadership across Devon.
📍 Exeter 🏷 Maternity Cover | Part-time
💷 £28,620 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 2 August 2026
Head of Partner Management – Parkrun
Strengthen relationships with Parkrun’s corporate partners to grow revenue and deliver partner campaigns.
📍 Richmond 🏷 Maternity Cover | Full-time
💷 £50,000 - £54,000
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 31 July 2026
Business Development Manager - Early Careers – The Outward Bound Trust
Build employer partnerships that connect apprentices and graduates with transformative outdoor learning programmes.
📍 Remote 🏷 Maternity Cover | Full-time
💷 £32,000 - £40,000
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 27 July 2026
Growth & Recruitment Officer - Midlands – Scouts West Region
Drive membership growth and volunteer recruitment across the Midlands, supporting local groups to thrive.
📍 Midlands 🏷 Full-time
💷 £31,716
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 26 July 2026 ⏳
🙌 Voluntary & Trustee Roles
Non-Executive Board Directors – Letters to the Earth
Provide strategic oversight, governance and constructive challenge to help guide a creative climate organisation's next growth phase.
📍 London 🏷 Volunteer
💷 Voluntary
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 17 August 2026
🎲 Wildcard of the Week
Female Trekking Guide – Footprint Adventure
Guide trekkers along Nepal's Himalayan trails, from Everest to Annapurna, as a female mountain guide.
📍 Nepal 🏷 Freelance
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
That’s a wrap for this week 🌿
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