DATA OFFICER
Reports to: Data Lead
Salary: £16,800 per annum (£28,000 FTE)
Contract: Permanent Part Time
Hours: 22.5 per week with occasional weekend or evening work
Based at: Elm Tree Court, Devizes with some home working available
Wiltshire & Swindon Biological Records Centre (WSBRC) is looking for a methodical and reliable Data Officer to help manage and deliver high-quality biodiversity data services that support nature conservation across Wiltshire and Swindon.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a small, friendly team at the heart of local nature recovery. Every record we manage helps build a clearer picture of wildlife across the county — supporting planning decisions, conservation projects, ecological research, and habitat restoration.
You’ll play a key role in the day-to-day running of the record centre, helping process biological records, deliver data searches and reports, maintain datasets, and support volunteers and data users.
We’re looking for someone who enjoys working with detailed datasets, has excellent organisational skills, and takes pride in accuracy and good customer service. An interest in wildlife, ecology, GIS, or biological recording would be a real advantage.
Wiltshire & Swindon Biological Records Centre (WSBRC) is the county’s Local Environmental Records Centre (LERC) and has been collecting, collating, managing and interpreting biological data since 1975. This detailed information about the wildlife, sites, habitats and geology of Wiltshire and Swindon is shared with agreement holders, customers and the public. By providing a range of data services, we ensure that the data we hold is used to help protect the county's wildlife and habitats. WSBRC is a not-for-profit organisation hosted by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is fully committed to safeguarding the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk. All WWT staff will receive safeguarding training and must ensure that they comply with WWT’s safeguarding policy.
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse organisation, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need talented people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is an exemplary employer with high staff satisfaction and multiple benefits for employees. These benefits include:
- Company pension & Salary exchange scheme
- Group risk insurance – death in service and income protection
- Employee Assistance Programme
- 27 days annual leave increasing to 30 days in your fifth year of service plus public holidays (pro-rata)
- Staff discount at Dragonfly Cafe
- Free tea and coffee
- Head office in town centre with parking
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Two staff wellbeing days per annum
Closing Date: 9am on Thursday 9th July 2026
PLEASE NOTE: if interest is significant we reserve the option to close the vacancy early and conduct interviews on an as required basis. Should the vacancy remain open until the stated deadline then interviews will be held on Wednesday 22nd July 2026.
A full job description and application pack is available to download below.
Please submit your application to [email protected]
Please note we are only able to accept applications via our application form and when completing the form please ensure you use the ‘supporting statement’ section to evidence how you believe you meet the essential and desirable criteria detailed in the Job Description. This information will be used in our short-listing process.
As a charity Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Ltd is committed to saving costs. Therefore, if you have not received an invitation to attend an interview within one week of the closing date, you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.
