We're a creative and ambitious team working collaboratively to achieve our vision of a Wilder Derbyshire. No day is the same working here, and we share our skills and ideas together to deliver more for Derbyshire's Wildlife.
Our team is growing and we often have new and exciting opportunities in a variety of roles. You can find out more on our careers page and find out more about our Trustees you can meet our board here.
To learn more about our Wilder 2030 Vision & Strategy see here and to find out about our impact you can view our latest annual report here.
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Team at a Staff Day
(c) Kerry Price
Staff talking strategy in Derby
DWT staff having a walking meeting
Trainees bird watching - Kayleigh Wright
(c) Kayleigh Wright
Our Values
Why work for us?
If you join us as a paid member of the team there are a number of benefits open to you:
Our Benefits
- 33 days annual leave including bank holidays + 3 concessionary days
- Climate Perks Employer (extra leave granted for staff using more green, sustainable transport)
- 9.5% employer pension contribution and salary exchange scheme available
- Electric bike and electric vehicle salary-sacrifice schemes available
- Employee Assistance Programme
- 3 x Life Assurance Scheme
- Personalised Development programme designed to enhance your knowledge and progress your career
- Enhanced sick pay and parental pay
- Paid compassionate leave
- Charity Worker discount
- A multi-disciplinary business, with opportunities to work on a wide range of projects, developing your experience and skills
- A friendly and supportive team, with a relaxed office atmosphere
Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
Our work is committed through three core pillars:
- Diversity & Inclusion - We will actively seek and value different perspectives, backgrounds, culture and welcome, respect and learn to honor the varying ways of knowing and connecting to the natural world
- Positive Action - We will focus on targeted approaches that create fairer pathways into nature and green careers, particularly for communities that have been historically underrepresented.
- Anti-racism - We stand firmly against racism in all its forms and commit to being actively anti-racist organisation. We will take bold and purposeful steps to challenge discrimination, dismantle barriers, and create systems that foster equity and inclusion within our organisation and beyond.​
Read our 2025 report below
Our Ways of Working
We support flexibility and agility, and we continually evolve and develop our ways of working.
We know everyone works differently, so we support hybrid and flexible working options to allow you to work to your best. With a diverse staff team, no day or week is quite the same, but we'll usually see people in the office at least a couple of times a week to connect and collaborate with colleagues. Our office is set up to accommodate different ways of working, with the opportunity to get outside and connect with nature on a regular basis.
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The Wildlife Trusts believe that people are part of nature; everything we value ultimately comes from it and everything we do impacts upon it.
