Deputy Manager jobs in United Kingdom

The Managing Director will lead a values-driven consultancy closely aligned with the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust, setting strategic direction and delivering high-quality environmental advice while balancing commercial success with environmental integrity to achieve real, lasting impact for wildlife and people.

Future Nature is one of 23 Wildlife Trust Consultancies operating throughout the UK. The profits from our ecological and land & farm consultancy services are returned back into the Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT), to fund their invaluable work helping nature's recovery.

You'll be joining a collaborative team of technical specialists and advisors who care deeply about doing the right thing – for nature, for our clients, and for each other. You'll also be joining at a time when Future Nature is well-poised to expand and grow, and you'll use your business, relationship and leadership skills to deliver that growth.

• Setting and delivering the strategic and annual business plans, ensuring sustainable growth and impact.
• Leading overall business performance, including financial management, profitability and risk.
• Inspiring, developing and supporting a positive, inclusive team culture across the business.
• Driving business development, nurturing client relationships and representing Future Nature externally.
• Ensuring consistently high standards of consultancy delivery, governance and compliance.

• A proven track record of running a commercial consultancy or similar people-based business.
• Strong leadership and people management skills, ability to build and sustain a positive culture.
• Excellent commercial and financial acumen, including budgeting and performance management.
• Demonstrable experience of developing new business and managing client relationships.
• The ability to make sound decisions, solve complex problems and lead by example.

£68,350 - £70,472 per annum

Permanent

37.5 hours per week. Flexibility in working pattern, in agreement with line manager

Hybrid working with travel to sites as required

For all your hard work you can expect a great rewards package in return. In addition to being part of a friendly, skilled and knowledgeable team, passionate about making a difference, when you work for us, you’ll also receive

• Generous annual leave entitlement with paid birthday leave, balance days, urgent personal business leave and generous occupational sick pay
• Flexible working to achieve work-life balance
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and family-friendly policies
• Salary exchange pension with generous employer contribution
• Learning & Development Programme for all
• Wellbeing initiatives including qualified Mental Health First Aiders, YuLife benefit package - access to immediate and confidential help for any work, health, or life matters
• Salary sacrifice Cycle scheme & Electric Vehicle scheme
• Membership to BBOWT’s, and The Wildlife Trusts’, Staff Network Groups

For full details, please read the job description and T&Cs below. To apply, please follow the application link.

Candidates are welcome to request an informal exploratory conversation with the Assistant Chief Executive prior to applying; please email recruitment@bbowt.org.uk to request a phone call.

The closing time and date for applications is 11.59pm on Sunday 11th January 2026. First stage interviews will take place on Wednesday 21st January 2026.

BBOWT values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We want every candidate to have the best chance of success as part of this process. In order to do this, we know that some candidates will need reasonable adjustments. Contact us at recruitment@bbowt.org.uk if there are any reasonable adjustments we can provide during the recruitment process, including completing your application.

When applying for the role you can expect to answer a few questions online relating to the skills required and what you would be doing in the role. Your responses will be anonymised, randomised, and scored by a panel of reviewers.

We don't use an application form, or CVs - your answers to our situational based questions will be scored against a review guide and scores from these will decide which candidates go through to the interview stage. See here to find out why we do this.

Whilst we appreciate ChatGPT and other AI platforms can answer these questions, we know what they have to say (and generally the answer they generate isn't great). We want to hear your perspective written in your own words. If it is clear that any of your answers are not your own work, we reserve the right to reject your application on that basis.

You’ll also be asked for information about your background, anything you feel comfortable sharing will be anonymised and will not be shared as part of the selection process, it will only be used to help us understand how we are performing against our equal opportunities metrics. All candidates will receive feedback on their application.

We want our people to be as diverse as nature, so we particularly encourage applications from people who are underserved within the communities in which we operate. This includes people from visible ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities (including those who are neurodivergent), the LGBTQ+ community, those from lower socio-economic backgrounds, and younger people. We are committed to creating an organisation that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.