Conservation and Reserve Opportunities
If you are interested in any of the volunteering roles listed below, please contact Jo Meays on 01904 659570 or by email at jo.meays@ywt.org.uk.
Getting out on our Nature Reserves
- Nature Reserves Assistant - Assisting Field Officers with day-to-day management of the reserve for the benefit of wildlife, conservation and people (download job description).
- Sheep Lookers - download job description
Our flock of Hebridean sheep are a vital land management tool for us, helping by grazing grasslands at many of our nature reserves throughout Yorkshire. The assistance of sheep lookers helps us to ensure the highest standards of health and welfare for our flock. It also helps our nature reserves team to save valuable time! No experience is needed as you will be given all the training you need.
Conservation Work
- Experienced Otter Surveyors - download job description
Otter The work of the Water for Wildlife Project includes helping to monitor the distribution of otters.
If you are competent in otter surveying your help would be greatly appreciated. Don't worry if you're feeling rusty, you will be asked to send in samples of any spraint and photos of footprints that you find for verification. We will agree a stretch of river for you to survey three times a year; if that does not suit you, we can make other arrangements, e.g. for you to check under one or more bridges instead. We will provide you with a manual explaining otter surveying and safety tips, and forms for you to complete with your results - we need to know if you don't find anything. You will need someone who is willing to go out surveying with you, for health and safety reasons (it's more fun that way too). You MUST be able to swim, in the unlikely event that you fall in the river.
- Churchyard Advisors with the Living Churchyard Project
The Living Churchyard Project provides valuable surveying and advice services to people who manage churchyards and burial spaces throughout Yorkshire; much of this work is done by volunteers. If you have good botanical ID skills and lots of diplomacy and would like to help, we would like to hear from you.
Getting involved at Potteric Carr Nature Reserve, Doncaster
This busy flagship nature reserve offers many opportunities for you to volunteer alongside out dedicated staff team and established volunteers. For more information about all current roles contact Jo Smith, Potteric Carr Reserve Manager, on 01302 570077.
- PC Education Assistant - Providing assistance to the Education Officer in the provision of school and community education on the reserve (download job description).
- PC Events / Activities Assistants - Assisting the staff team and regular volunteers with the running of activities to promote the reserve and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust (download job description).
- PC Field Centre - Assisting with the provision of customer focussed services to visitors at Potteric Carr's Field Centre (download job description).
- PC Nature Reserves Assistant - Assisting the Reserve Officer and Maintenance Officer with day-to-day management of the reserve for the benefit of wildlife, conservation and people (download job description).
- PC Ticketing and Admin Assistant - Assisting with the provision of admin and ticketing support at the reserve entrance, with an emphasis on being the first contact to visitors (download job description).
