- Posted on: 30/07/2026
- Closing Date: 19/08/2026
- Salary: £30,000 pa plus contributory pension (pro-rata for 4 day week)
- Contract: 4 or 5 days per week, Caldew – 18-month contract with opportunity to extend. Fellside: 3 years contract
- Location: Penrith, Cumbria
About the role
Passionate about farming, rivers and nature recovery?
If you understand farming systems, enjoy working with people and want your work to make a visible difference for rivers, wildlife and rural communities, we’d love to hear from you.
We’re looking for two practical, people-focused Agricultural Project Officers to work with farmers, landowners and rural communities in targeted areas across our catchment. One will be based on the North Pennines fellside, and the other will work across the Upper Caldew catchment.
This is an exciting opportunity to help shape farmer-led projects that work for both farm businesses and the environment – improving water quality, restoring freshwater habitats, supporting biodiversity and building resilience to flooding and climate change.
You’ll build trusted relationships with local farmers, communities and partners, coordinate a Farmer Group, develop Water & Environment Improvement Plans and help turn good ideas into practical, funded projects on farms and across the wider landscape.
For more information and details of how to apply, please read the Recruitment packs for each role.
Apply now if you want to:
- work at the heart of farm- and landscape-scale river and habitat improvement projects;
- support practical, farmer-led environmental improvements;
- be part of a collaborative charity committed to healthier rivers and a thriving farming environment; and
- gain valuable conservation experience and skills whilst in the early stages of your conservation career
Agricultural Projects Officer – Upper Caldew
4 or 5 days per week, 18-month contract with opportunity to extend
A great chance to be involved in our new National Lottery Heritage Funded project, Reconnecting and Reviving the Caldew, from the start and shape how this project develops over the next few years!
We have a great track record of delivering development-phase Heritage Fund projects that are then approved as larger, multi-year delivery projects, so this initial contract could be just the start…
Agricultural Projects Officer – Upper Caldew recruitment pack
Agricultural Projects Officer – Fellside
4 or 5 days per week, initially offered for 3 years
If you’re interested in upland environments, this is for you! You’ll work with farmers and landowners in the stunning and wild North Pennines, creating opportunities to make lasting change, not just locally but also at a catchment-scale.
Agricultural Projects Officer – Fellside recruitment pack
Why join us
This is an opportunity to help shape the future of our work with the farming community in the Upper Caldew or on the North Pennines fellside.
You will join a committed team working to create healthier rivers, thriving wildlife and to inspire and empower communities across Cumbria. We offer 33 days’ paid leave, including bank holidays, a contributory pension, life assurance, mileage expenses and the tools you need to do the job.
These roles are offered as either a full-time role or as a more flexible four-day one instead (salary pro-rata).
How to apply
To apply for these roles, please read the job descriptions and the application form guidance notes first.
Download and complete the application form and send it to office@edenrt.org
If you have a preference for a particular role, please indicate this on your application form.
Deadline for applications: 12 pm, Wednesday, 19 August, 2026.
We may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. To avoid disappointment, we encourage you to apply as early as possible.
Interviews are planned to be held during the week beginning Monday, 31 August.
Please get in touch with us on 01768 866788 if you would like an informal chat about either of the roles.
The successful applicants will be required to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service check and provide satisfactory references.
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