Role Overview
Full time
South West
Imagine shaping the future of one of the most beautiful and biodiverse landscapes in the South West — a privately owned estate stewarded by Oxygen Conservation. This is where estate management is no longer about maintenance, but about mission.
This role is based on a single privately owned estate belonging to one of Oxygen Conservation’s founders, with Oxygen Conservation providing strategic oversight and estate management support. The ambition is bold: to restore habitats at scale, create thriving woodland and river systems, and steward the land with care, intelligence, and long-term thinking.
We are looking for someone bright, driven, and deeply motivated by environmental restoration. Someone ready to step into responsibility, learn quickly, and grow into a key leader on the estate.
Closing date: 09/03/2026
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You are curious, thoughtful, and energised by the idea of working in a landscape that is actively being restored. You care about doing things properly. You ask good questions. You take pride in your work.
It doesn’t matter whether your experience is in environmental work, agriculture, property, infrastructure, project management, or something entirely different. What matters most is your mindset: you are proactive, organised, and motivated by purpose.
Representing both the landowner’s long-term vision and Oxygen Conservation’s standards, you are just as comfortable walking the land with a contractor or neighbouring farmer as you are learning how environmental schemes and policies shape what’s possible.
You’ll bring:
- A strong interest in environmental land management, habitat restoration, forestry, farming, or rural estates.
- A proactive attitude and the confidence to take ownership of tasks and follow them through.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Attention to detail and pride in delivering work to a high standard.
- A genuine appetite to learn — especially in areas such as woodland creation, habitat restoration, grant schemes, and environmental compliance.
- Good communication skills and a natural ability to build positive working relationships.
- Financial awareness and comfort handling budgets, invoices, or project tracking.
- And let’s be honest, you must be really nice too — sharing snacks on muddy walks is part of the deal.
You do not need to arrive as a technical expert. If you bring intelligence, integrity, and enthusiasm, we will support you to build the knowledge and confidence required.
What we’d love you to do
Support Habitat Projects: Assist in the delivery of woodland planting, wetland works, and other habitat improvements. Help coordinate contractors and ensure works are completed to a high standard.
Project Organisation: Help plan and track project timelines, budgets, and key tasks. Maintain clear records and ensure actions are followed through.
Grant & Scheme Support: Assist with the administration of environmental schemes and grants, including record-keeping, basic reporting, and helping prepare claims.
Stakeholder Relationships: Build positive working relationships with contractors, neighbours, regulators, and local stakeholders, representing the estate with professionalism.
Estate Operations: Support the oversight of estate buildings, infrastructure, and land management activities to ensure everything is safe, organised, and aligned with environmental goals.
Compliance & Documentation: Help maintain accurate records, maps, and documentation related to environmental works and estate operations.
Continuous Improvement: Learn quickly, seek feedback, and steadily take on greater responsibility as your confidence and capability grow.
What you need to be awesome
Each role is different. Your location may be different. Your needs might be different. We will work with you to create a role and package that allows you to be incredible. The below details what every role will include, and what we feel every company should provide.
Your resource pack-
Your Working Environment
You will be working across our Esates in Devon.
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Best Teammates
We always want to ensure every member of the team has the right support needed. We are a tight knit team, always sharing, meeting and working together. Although we work remotely from one another the culture we have shaped allows you to never feel alone.
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Do What You Love
If you bring a passion for conservation and a care for the environment, we’ll support you to create your dream role.
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Tools to Perform
We will ensure you are provided with the equipment you need to be incredible in your role.
Our interview process - what to expect
We hire people that are the best at what they do. And just as important as it is to discover if you're a good fit for us, you need to determine if we are a good fit for you.
1Apply
This is the first step to becoming part of the team. Simply click the ‘Apply Now’ button to complete our application form, and show us how awesome you are!
CV’s are needed, but on their own we don’t feel they tell us enough about who you really are. So, we have listed just a couple of questions to allow us to learn more about you.
2Opportunity to Shine
If your application is successful a member (or two) of the team will have an introductory call with you, to answer any initial questions you may have. After which, if successful, we will set an exciting role specific challenge for you to complete in advance of your interview. An opportunity for us to see you shine.
3Interview
We hate for this part to be too corporate and regimented. Instead, we will have a relaxed conversation to get to know one another, an opportunity to ask questions and learn more.
We recognise that this process is two way and that you will be interviewing us perhaps even more than we will be interviewing you – we promise that it won’t be a dull process.
4Decision
We will invite you to meet more of the team so you and them can explore the realities of being a part of Oxygen Conservation. If our passion for what we do aligns with yours and we think you’ll be a great addition, we will invite you to join our growing team. If you love what you’ve learnt we hope you will accept, to be a part of our mission to Scale Conservation.
