Jobs

West Cumbria Rivers Trust is an award-winning environmental charity dedicated to improving our region’s blue spaces for people and wildlife.

There’s never been a better time to be employed to help save the environment. Working together with our colleagues, partners and incredible supporters we are do-ers who act with urgency, integrity and passion to secure a future where both people and nature thrive.

Everyone here plays their part in helping us achieve that vision. When you work for WCRT, we’ll make sure you get all the support you need to be the best you can be as part of our team of people doing extraordinary things. 

Benefits

As part of our team you’ll also receive:

  • 25 holidays per year, plus bank holidays (or equivalent for part time staff)

  • Membership to our company pension scheme (9% optional - subject to eligibility)

  • Annual inflationary pay rise (subject to Trustee approval)

  • A yearly Professional Development Review with pay increases to reward good performance

  • Life Assurance Scheme with the Pension scheme

  • Flexible working and working from home

  • Access to a salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to purchase up to 10 additional holidays a year from your pre-tax salary

  • Cycle to work scheme allowing you to purchase a bike through pre-tax salary sacrifice

  • Statutory sick pay

  • Complementary tea, coffee and biscuits

  • Social activities - from pizza nights to summer’s Fizzy Fridays - there are a range of opportunities to connect with colleagues outside of work

Current vacancies

All our job vacancies are listed below. If there are no vacancies showing, please bookmark the page and check back for future opportunities. From time to time we also advertise work placement and internship opportunities for people who want to lend a hand. If you would like to get involved as a volunteer please complete our volunteer registration form.

We will always acknowledge receipt of your application if you submit it by email. Due to limited staff capacity, we are unable to respond in person to every candidate who is not shortlisted, please assume that if you have not heard from us within two weeks, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful. All our positions are advertised on environmentjob.co.uk

Thank you for your interest in working for WCRT.


Electrofishing Survey Assistant


Assistant Project Officer


Conservation is a cause that has no end. There is no point at which we will say our work is finished.

Rachel Carson

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