Work with Us

We are fully committed to ensuring that Reef-World continues to be an exemplary employer, attracting and retaining champions of marine conservation today and tomorrow.

We take pride in operating as a fully remote team, engaging in asynchronous collaboration across various time zones.

We are currently recruiting:

Chair of Trustees

Who we’re looking for to help us meet our goals

Someone who is passionate about conserving coral reefs and the marine life and local communities they support. We welcome applications from anyone with the required skills and experience: whatever their background. We actively encourage applications from those whose identities reflect the diversity of the communities and networks we serve and whose identities are traditionally underrepresented in the charity and conservation sectors. We are a safe space for everyone. 

Essential 

  • Charity governance experience to enable you to confidently lead the Board of Trustees 

  • Chairing/facilitating skills, experience, energy and time to commit

  • Desire to drive the organisation forward 

  • Self-management and motivation and the ability to work remotely 

  • Based in the UK and able to travel to the South West for occasional in-person meetings (travel costs can be covered in line with our expenses policy)

Desirable

  • Knowledge and experience of our area of work - marine conservation

  • An understanding of the voluntary sector and other charity sector expertise such as strategic planning, organisational development, fundraising etc. 

  • Willingness to support with occasional operational tasks to support the wider team

About the role

  • The Board provides oversight, shaping organisational strategy and supporting our staff and volunteers, and the Chair will lead the Board in that role. 

  • Providing leadership to the Trustee Board by supporting the team to remain focused on delivering our aims.

  • Lead, alongside the Vice Chair and rest of the Board, on planning the annual cycle of Board meetings, setting agendas and chairing Board meetings

  • The time commitment is approximately 4-6 hours a month/ Board meetings are every 12 weeks (online with usually one a year in person). Opportunities to meet in person throughout the year. 

  • Voluntary role – expenses paid according to our volunteering policy.

  • You’ll lead a team of 7 trustees with a mix of experienced charity professionals Trustees and those newer to the sector. We aim to regularly review and expand our Board of Trustees to support our ambitious growth plans. 

  • The general responsibilities of a trustee.

Interested applicants should send a CV with full contact details and a brief covering letter to address your motivation for the role, what specific skills and expertise you would bring and how you meet the competencies listed in the role description. Please send CV and cover letter to our current Chair, Vic Hancock Fell vic@faircollective.co.uk.

Start date for the role: end of the year (2025)

Applications for the role close 17 October 2025. Interviews (online) week commencing 20 October 2025.

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“I imagine that for the many aspirants, Reef-World’s recruitment is a breath of fresh air as it clearly respects conservation professionals from the onset.”

— Dev Albao, Programmes Manager

What to expect from our recruitment process

  • Salary and benefit details, remote work possibilities or location-specific roles will be clearly stated in the job specification.

  • We provide clear timelines, and when and how you can expect to hear from us.

  • Multiple members of staff review applicants, and we use a skills and experience rubric to assess candidates, ensuring that we check any biases we might have.

  • If any tasks are set as part of the recruitment process will be time-limited and strictly to assess a candidate’s skill set.

  • Interviews are stressful enough, and we don’t want to hire based on how good you are at interviews, but on how well you fit our team and the role.

  • We want you to be able to assess if our culture and ways of working are the right fit for you.

  • Conservation is extremely competitive and feedback is so useful when applying for jobs. We can’t give individual feedback, but we can send all applicants feedback on the general themes and observations we make for that role. 

    Thanks to Conservation Careers for this idea! 

  • It takes time to settle into a new team. We co-create an onboarding plan with new staff with clear time-bound goals and plenty of space for socialising and getting to know our team.