Join our team at Plant Heritage to support our important plant conservation work.
We have a small team of staff, supported by hundreds of volunteers and thousands of members across the UK who share our passion for plants and help us to achieve our objectives. Get involved to find likeminded plant enthusiasts and gain new skills and experience.
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Plant Heritage Membership Manager (Staff role, part-time)
Are you highly organised, great at building and maintaining relationships, adaptable and comfortable with digital tools? Can you help us to grow and diversify our membership and supporter base, whilst making sure current members feel valued and supported? This could be the perfect role for you.
We are looking for a new part time Membership Manager (22.5 hours a week) to replace Julia Cogan who is leaving at the end of March 2026. It's a great time to join the charity as you will be able to help shape our new membership and supporter strategy, and will be part of our exciting plans as we head towards our 50th anniversary in 2028. Deadline 12 Jan. Find out more below.
Plant Heritage staff at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025
Recruitment: Honorary Treasurer and member of Board of Trustees
We are recruiting for a new trustee to join our board and take on the role of honorary treasurer for the charity. The current treasurer, Gareth Morgan, is stepping down due to work commitments but will remain on the board as a trustee and is happy to provide support to ensure continuity. Please apply by midday on Monday 5 January 2026. This is a volunteer role, to be appointed for an initial term of 3 years renewable for a second term.
Collections Coordinators (volunteer role)
Coordinators play a vital role as the link between National Collection holders in their area, the conservation team and our network of local groups. We have vacancies for collections coordinators in a few areas.
Coordinators mentor and advise people who are interested in starting a collection, support new applicants, visit existing collections, and act as the local point of contact for Collection Holder queries. You will work principally with the conservation team who train, advise and support them.
If you are in (or near) any of the counties or regions below, and would like to find out more, please contact the conservation team :
Derbyshire, East Midlands (covering Leicestershire, Northamptonshire & Nottinghamshire, together or separately), North Staffordshire, Cheshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire - or a combination!
The West Midlands is covered by a neighbouring collections coordinator, but we welcome enquiries here too.
Plant Exchange coordinators (volunteer role)
If you enjoy being involved with plants and people, discovering new aspects of plant conservation, meeting like-minded people and travelling once a year to the national exchange, you may be a perfect Plant Exchange coordinator!
The Plant Exchange is open to all members, and we have areas of the country where we’d like to involve more people by having a local area coordinator. It is an excellent way to learn about and acquire rare and unusual plants. Please get in touch, particularly if you are in Cornwall, Scotland (apart from Dumfries and Galloway), central England, or Wales.
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