The Wild Path #54
National parks, a padel court and a trustee seat - take your pick
Issue 54 - Week of 3rd August 2026
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📬This Week on The Wild Path
43 roles this week, and the Wildcard is a good one: Snowsport Scotland is hiring a coach to build out Para Alpine pathways across the country.
Elsewhere, John Muir Trust want someone to set the strategic direction for their wild land holdings, Eryri and South Downs National Parks both have multiple listings this week, and there’s a serious finance role going at the Environmental Justice Foundation if numbers and nature are your thing.
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
Project Lead - Integrated Natural Resource Scheme (INRS) Project Manager – Eryri National Park
Lead delivery of conservation projects with farmers and land managers, from agri-environment schemes to habitat assessments.
📍 Penrhyndeudraeth 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Full-time
💷 £34,434 - £39,862
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 17 August 2026
Countryside Maintenance & Projects Team Ranger – Peak District National Park
Repair buildings, footpaths and estate infrastructure across the national park, tackling grounds and boundary maintenance hands-on.
📍 Ashford in the Water 🏷 Full-time
💷 £28,142 - £29,540
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 11 August 2026
Community Gardener: Plant Nursery – Sunnyside Community Gardens
Lead the plant nursery and grow community connections through hands-on gardening with local volunteers.
📍 London 🏷 Full-time
💷 £35,000
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 24 August 2026
Horticulturist – The Plantsman’s Preference
Propagate, pot and care for nursery stock, from stock bed upkeep to packing mail-order plants.
📍 Thetford 🏷 Full or Part Time
💷 £13.50/hour
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 30 August 2026
🛍️ Outdoor Brands, Retail & Commercial
Production Coordinator – Rohan
Coordinate vendor production, purchase orders and freight logistics to keep technical clothing on track for delivery.
📍 Milton Keynes 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 21 August 2026
Warehouse Operatives – Rab
Pick, pack and dispatch orders while helping stand up a new warehouse facility.
📍 Alfreton 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Full-time
💷 £25,776 - £27,277
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 9 August 2026 ⏳
B2B Sales Manager – Cotswold Outdoor
Lead the B2B sales team and strategy to grow revenue and strengthen key trade relationships.
📍 Swindon 🏷 Full-time
💷 £55,000 - £58,000
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 3 September 2026
Assistant Merchandiser – Regatta
Analyse sales and stock data to shape seasonal forecasts, place orders and manage stock allocation across warehouses.
📍 Urmston 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 23 August 2026
Barista – Rapha
Make and serve coffee while creating a welcoming clubhouse experience for cyclists and customers.
📍 London 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Customer Service Representative – Deckers
Manage a portfolio of trade accounts, resolving order issues and driving smooth day-to-day customer service.
📍 London 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 10 August 2026
Lead - Construction Project Management – On
Lead the end-to-end delivery of high-end retail construction projects, managing budgets, timelines and external contractors.
📍 London 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Buyer – Fourth Element
Source suppliers, negotiate costs and manage product development from concept through to first production order.
📍 Helston 🏷 Full-time
💷 £30,000 - £35,000
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 23 August 2026
Customer Experience Specialist – Stellar Equipment
Respond to customer enquiries across email, phone and live chat while improving chatbot support tools.
📍 Åre 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026
Sports Marketing & Community Manager – Apidura
Build and nurture athlete, ambassador and community relationships to tell authentic bikepacking and gravel cycling stories.
📍 London 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Assistant Buyer – Mountain Warehouse
Manage the critical path for seasonal ranges, from supplier sourcing and sampling through to delivery.
📍 London 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Logistics Manager – Lyon Equipment
Manage warehouse logistics and carrier relationships to keep outdoor and safety equipment moving out the door on time.
📍 Tebay 🏷 Full-time
💷 £32,000 - £36,000
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 21 August 2026
Marketing Director, Global Franchise – Lululemon
Lead marketing strategy across global franchise partners, shaping campaigns, go-to-market plans and brand experience internationally.
📍 London 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Content Creator & Social Media Coordinator – Psychi
Create photo and video content for a climbing gear brand, posting reels and stories across social channels.
📍 Marple 🏷 Part-time
💷 £13 - £18/hour
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Field Sales Representative – Kindred Forest
Grow retail and wholesale accounts for a rainforest-sourced coffee, cacao and chocolate brand.
📍 London 🏷 Part-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
🌱 Nature, Conservation & Environment
SAMM Project Team Leader – South Downs National Park
Lead a team delivering heathland conservation and visitor management across designated wildlife sites on the park’s northern boundary.
📍 Midhurst 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Part-time
💷 £35,281 to £42,553 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 16 August 2026
Director of Wild Places – John Muir Trust
Set strategic direction for land management, ecological standards and advocacy across the Trust’s wild land properties throughout the UK.
📍 Scotland 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 6 September 2026
🐾 The trail doesn’t stop here - scroll on for more roles 👇
From the Community 📸
Sunset at Devil’s Dyke, Sussex
Credit: @brighton_bird
We love sharing photos from our community doing what we all love most: being outdoors. Have one you’d like us to share?
🐾 The trail doesn’t stop here - scroll on for more roles 👇
📣 Community & Support
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🌟 Internships & Traineeships
Retail Management Graduate Programme – Decathlon
Move from sport advisor to duty manager and department manager, mastering retail operations, P&L and team leadership.
📍 Belfast 🏷 Graduate
💷 £29,500
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Environmental and Heritage Conservation Trainee – Exmoor National Park
Support hands-on conservation of a national park’s historic and natural heritage, helping volunteers and school groups get involved.
📍 Dulverton 🏷 Traineeship
💷 £12.71/hour
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 17 August 2026
🧭 Operations, People & Systems
Centre Manager - Residential Outdoor Education Centre – Field Studies Council
Lead day-to-day operations, staffing and budgets for a residential learning centre at Nettlecombe Court, Exmoor.
📍 Williton 🏷 Full-time
💷 £40,375 - £48,149
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 16 August 2026
AIGL Team Leader – PGL
Lead and coach a team of activity instructors and group leaders while overseeing daily guest experience operations.
📍 Shrewsbury 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Full-time
💷 £14.33/hour
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Deputy Centre Manager – Scouts Scotland
Deputise for the Centre Manager while leading staff, programme delivery and day-to-day operations at a residential outdoor centre.
📍 Lochgoilhead 🏷 Full-time
💷 £30,000 - £35,000
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 27 August 2026
General Manager - New Club Opening – Slazenger Padel Clubs
Lead day-to-day operations, team management and commercial growth of a newly launched padel club.
📍 Swindon 🏷 Full-time
💷 Salary not listed
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: Rolling
Finance Assistant – Eryri National Park
Process income, reconcile accounts and manage cash transactions to keep a national park’s finances running accurately and on time.
📍 Penrhyndeudraeth 🏷 Part-time
💷 £25,583 - £26,824 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 10 August 2026
Planning Strategy & Policy Manager – Bannau Brycheiniog National Park
Lead planning strategy and policy development, guiding decisions that balance housing and economic growth with landscape protection.
📍 Brecon 🏷 Full-time
💷 £50,269 - £54,495
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 11 August 2026
Principal Development Management Officer – South Downs National Park
Manage a varied caseload of major planning applications, negotiating solutions that balance development with landscape protection.
📍 Midhurst 🏷 Full-time
💷 £49,688 - £52,929
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 16 August 2026
Deputy Visitor Centre Manager – Kew Gardens
Lead visitor admissions, retail and team performance at a historic garden visitor centre, covering maternity leave for a year.
📍 Wakehurst 🏷 Maternity Cover | Part-time
💷 £29,451 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 23 August 2026
Global Head of Finance – Environmental Justice Foundation
Lead a global finance team, overseeing budgets, financial reporting, treasury strategy and audit across four continents.
📍 London or Bath 🏷 Full-time
💷 £56,000 - £62,000
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 10 August 2026
Crew Member – The Climbing Hangar
Welcome climbers, support beginner sessions and keep the café and climbing floor running smoothly.
📍 Edinburgh 🏷 Full or Part Time
💷 £12.96/hour
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 9 August 2026 ⏳
Director – We Are Avon
Bring financial or legal expertise to a river guardianship and land regeneration movement’s board.
📍 Bristol 🏷 Part-time
💷 £18/hour
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 12 August 2026
Operations and Communications Assistant – South London Botanical Institute
Keep events, communications and day-to-day operations running behind the scenes at an urban botanical institute.
📍 Tulse Hill 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Part-time
💷 £28,860 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 28 August 2026
📣 Communications, Engagement & Impact
Marketing Executive – The Outward Bound Trust
Deliver integrated marketing campaigns and email activity across education, fundraising and summer courses using CRM-driven audience insight.
📍 Hackthorpe 🏷 Full-time
💷 £27,000 - £31,000
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 10 August 2026
Northern Ireland Membership Coordinator – Landworkers’ Alliance
Coordinate member recruitment, events and grassroots organising to strengthen the Northern Ireland farming and land-based movement.
📍 Northern Ireland 🏷 Part-time
💷 £33,421 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 6 September 2026
Water Champion - Parishes and Communities – Western Sussex Rivers Trust
Engage parish councils and communities across the Arun catchment, inspiring local action to protect rivers and wetlands.
📍 Pulborough 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Part-time
💷 £29,621 - £37,013 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026
Corporate Trusts and Grants Manager – National Parks Partnerships
Secure grant funding from trusts and foundations, developing funding proposals and partnership pitches for national park projects.
📍 Remote 🏷 Fixed Term Contract | Full-time
💷 £40,785
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 10 August 2026
Senior Communications Officer – Synchronicity Earth
Craft and edit digital stories from global conservation programmes for email and social media audiences.
📍 London 🏷 Full-time
💷 £36,400 - £42,640
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 10 August 2026
🙌 Voluntary & Trustee Roles
Trustee – Mountain Training UK & Ireland
Provide strategic oversight and governance expertise as a company director and charity trustee.
📍 UK Wide 🏷 Volunteer
💷 Voluntary
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 21 August 2026
Equality Advisory Panel Member – Cairngorms National Park
Advise on equality and inclusion strategy, helping shape a more accessible and welcoming national park experience for all.
📍 Flexible 🏷 Volunteer
💷 Voluntary
🔗 Click here to apply
📅 Deadline: 23 August 2026
🎲 Wildcard of the Week
Adaptive and Para Alpine Pathway Coach – Snowsport Scotland
Coach and develop Para Alpine athletes while growing adaptive skiing participation across Scotland.
📍 Scotland 🏷 Part-time
💷 £33,500 pro rata
🔗 Click here to apply 📄 Download job pack
📅 Deadline: 16 August 2026
That’s a wrap for this week 🌿
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