Innovative mammal conservation
Would you like to join an organisation where you can make a real difference to what we can achieve for conservation? As Fundraising and Communications Manager, you can play a pivotal role in achieving our strategy and mission by leading the development and delivery of VWT’s impact-led fundraising and communications. As well as grant fundraising, Read More
17th June 2024
We are delighted to announce that Professor Andrzej Zalewski will be giving the first keynote presentation at the 35th European Mustelid Colloquium at the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Cluj-Napoca, Romania (24-27 September 2024). Professor Zalewski is Leader of the Ecophysiology and Behavioral Ecology Unit of The Mammal Research Institute, an independent scientific research Read More
5th June 2024
NB: Deadline reached and no longer accepting applications We need someone passionate about bat conservation who will support VWT’s Bat Team by managing reserves, overseeing bat projects and reporting on conservation interventions. The Conservation Team has a track record of delivering ground-breaking projects such as translocating and re-establishing pine marten to mid-Wales, running the first Read More
13th May 2024
Thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Martens on the Move Team has launched into action for pine martens and people across Britain. Led by Dr Stephanie Johnstone as Project Manager, the team includes Victoria Chanin (Project Officer for the Scottish/English borders), Lucy Nord (Project Officer for the Welsh/English borders) and Rowie Read More
23rd April 2024
The 2024 European Mustelid Colloquium will be held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania 24-27 September 2024. This September, conservationists and researchers of European members of the Mustelidae family will gather in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, to discuss the latest scientific findings and the challenges faced by this group of mammals. This year we particularly hope to shine Read More
18th March 2024
St Govan Church is a clear example of how bats and people can share a church. The tradition has been to keep the church closed for the summer during the bats’ breeding season and to open up under special licence for Christmas services when the bats were hibernating underground elsewhere. However, with the recent milder Read More
26th February 2024
Administration and Finance Assistant VWT is looking for a new Administration and Finance Assistant to support its business and finance administration function with an interesting variety of tasks. If you have an interest in business and finance administration, with an excellent attention to detail and communications skills, and would like to work with us to support wildlife conservation, Read More
30th January 2024
VWT is asking members of the public to become citizen scientists by submitting their sightings of polecats Mustela putorius and helping conservation scientists to learn more about these native mammals . By sharing information about a polecat sighting, such as photographs and videos, and the location of the sighting, we can learn more about the Read More
25th January 2024
NB Deadline reached and we are no longer accepting applications for this post. VWT is seeking a suitable person to become its Species Conservation Officer in Ireland. VWT has been a key player in research-led conservation of a range of threatened mammal species for more than 40 years. We develop and deliver evidence-based conservation interventions to support the Read More
19th December 2023
Administration and Finance Assistant — Deadline date has passed. Do you have an interest in business and finance administration, with an excellent attention to detail and communications skills, and would like to work with us to support wildlife conservation? VWT is looking for a new part-time (30 hrs/week) Administration and Finance Assistant at Vincent Wildlife Trust (VWT) to support Read More
12th December 2023