We’re hiring!
Would you like to work with Friends of the River Wye?
We're recruiting for THREE different part-time roles and looking for people passionate about cleaning up our rivers and restoring them to ecological health.
We're excited to be expanding our team and want people determined to make a difference.
Here are the three roles, all linking to their full job descriptions, pay rates and details on how to apply - note that applications close on the 10th April 2026:
Lead Communicator
We're looking for a brilliant communicator to work two days a week to keep the River Wye firmly in the public conversation. This will involve writing and creating content for our website, newsletter and social media channels, liasing with local and national press and making short films about the issues on the Wye. We need someone creative and enterprising, who will travel around the catchment to capture unfolding stories as they happen.
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Ranunculus Project Lead - Wye and Usk
We're looking for a Project Lead to manage a three-year programme focussed on collecting evidence to contribute to the recovery of water crowfoot on the River Wye and River Usk. We need someone with a strong ecological background and research experience, who's confident organising and managing a research project with multiple partners and presenting its findings in compelling ways.
Citizen Science Volunteer Coordinator and Science Communicator
We're looking for someone to work two days a week, alongside our brilliant existing Citizen Science Volunteer Coordinator, to help coordinate the work of citizen scientists in the catchment, with a focus on managing data and data-based communication. We have hundreds of volunteers testing the water quality every week, sharing their data and reporting pollution incidents. This role has a focus on communicating the findings from our citizen science work - turning our data into compelling stories which can help inform and drive change to improve the health of our rivers.
All roles will report to our Programme Manager with oversight from our team of trustees.
Applications for all three roles close on the 10th April 2026.