Vacancies

Thank you for your interest in working with BTO. Any available jobs, whether full, part-time or a temporary placement will be advertised here. Check back regularly for new opportunities.

Northern Ireland Officer (part time)

Closing date: Friday 14 February 2020, Interview date: Monday 24 February 2020 (in Belfast)

Salary: £29,875 - £33,195 pro rata over two years

Benefits include: 11% employer pension contribution, Life Assurance Scheme, Employee Assistance
Programme, discounts on books, flexible working and social events.
 
Part-time (3 days) post based in Northern Ireland, with flexibility to work at home (ideally) but to visit Belfast regularly and other parts of the province too. We will also be happy to consider potential postholders who might wish to work on a self-employed basis, as long as this can be achieved within our existing budget for this post.

Should you wish to apply for this job please return a completed application form to the email address in the job description.


Monitoring Form

Monitoring Form (DOC, 113.00 KB)

Research Ecologist (Population Ecology & Modelling)

Closing date: Friday 14 February 2020, Interview date: Monday 24 February 2020

Salary: £23,490 - £26,100 over two years

Benefits include: 11% employer pension contribution, Life Assurance Scheme, Employee Assistance
Programme, discounts on books, flexible working and social events.

Full-time (37 hours), permanent post based in Thetford, Norfolk, with flexibility to work at home or from
the David Attenborough Building in Cambridge occasionally.

Should you wish to apply for this job please return a completed application form to the email address in the job description.  

Monitoring Form

Monitoring Form (DOC, 113.00 KB)


Research Ecologist (Terrestrial)

Closing date: Friday 14 February 2020, Interview date: Monday 24 February 2020

Salary: £23,490 rising to £26,100 over two years

Benefits include: 11% employer pension contribution, Employee Assistance Programme, discounts on
books, flexible working and social events.

Full time (37 hours) permanent post, based in Thetford in Norfolk with the flexibility to work at home or
from the David Attenborough Building in Cambridge occasionally.

Should you wish to apply for this job please return a completed application form to the email address in the job description.  Should you wish to apply for both Research Ecologist roles you only need to be complete one Application Form.
Application Form (DOC, 219.00 KB)
Monitoring Form (DOC, 113.00 KB)


Junior Software Developer (2 posts)

Closing date: 1pm on Friday 28 February 2020, Interview date: Tuesday 10 March 2020

Salary: £22,431 to £26,669 depending on experience

Benefits include: 11% employer pension contribution, Employee Assistance Programme, discounts on
books, flexible working and social events.

Full time (37 hours) permanent post, based in Thetford in Norfolk.

Should you wish to apply for this job please return a completed application form to the email address in the job description.  
Application Form (DOC, 218.50 KB)
Monitoring Form (DOC, 113.00 KB)


Temporary Field Surveyor (Wales) 

Closing date: 5pm on Tuesday 25 February 2020; Interview date: w/c 2 March 2020

Salary: £10.33 hourly​

Please state clearly any restrictions on availability during April-August 2020 and preferences for locations or limits on distances to travel when applying. 

Should you wish to apply for this job please return a completed application form to the email address in the job description.  

Application Form (DOC, 218.50 KB)
Monitoring Form (DOC, 113.00 KB)


Temporary Field Surveyor (South Suffolk and North Essex)

Closing date: 5pm on Tuesday 25 February 2020; Interview date: Tuesday 3 March 2020

Salary: £10.33 hourly​

Please state clearly any restrictions on availability during April-August 2020 when applying.​

Should you wish to apply for this job please return a completed application form to the email address in the job description. 

Application Form (DOC, 218.50 KB)
Monitoring Form (DOC, 113.00 KB)


Temporary Survey Assistant

Closing date: 5pm on Tuesday 25 February 2020; Interview date: Tuesday 3 March 2020

Salary: £19,615 pro rata​

Should you wish to apply for this job please return a completed application form to the email address in the job description. 

Application Form (DOC, 218.50 KB)
Monitoring Form (DOC, 113.00 KB)


More information on general opportunities

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Work experience

We provide several week long work experience placements each year for children under 18, if you are interested please send details about yourself, your interests, and the dates you would like a placement to recruitment [at] bto.org.

Unfortunately we are unable to offer places to everyone that contacts us but aim to get back to all inquiries.

Volunteering

There are a number of ways you can get involved in the work of the BTO:

We occasionally have opportunities for volunteers to gain experience and use their skills, knowledge and experience to support our work in one of our offices.

If you would like to volunteer for the BTO, please send an email to us at recruitment [at] bto.org with some information about you, including:

  • What knowledge, skills and experience you have.
  • What areas you are interested in volunteering in.

We are keen to make volunteering for the BTO accessible, especially for people under-represented in the environment movement; and try to offer a variety of opportunities, days, hours, some remote working and travel expenses.

Unfortunately we are unable to offer placements to everyone; if we are not able to offer you something we would encourage you to speak with your Regional Rep about how you can get involved.

PhD and Masters

Staff from the BTO co-supervise PhD and Masters projects at a number of universities. BTO is a full member of the ARIES DTP and participates in several others. PhD opportunities will be advertised here, usually in the autumn.

If you have an idea for a project as part of your Masters that you would be interested in working with BTO staff on, then please refer to our staff bios and staff contacts by topic to identify the member of staff within your area of interest.

Equality and diversity

We are an equal opportunities employer and are especially keen to encourage applications from people currently under-represented in the environment movement.

If you have a disability or long-term illness that otherwise prevents you from meeting any of the essential criteria, please contact us to discuss whether a reasonable adjustment could be made.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

For more conservation jobs visit environmentjob.co.uk where BTO also advertise positions.

Please do not contact us if you are a recruitment agency.