If you're interested in becoming part of our team, this page is for you.
We are looking for individuals who really want to help make a difference. We strongly encourage and train our team members to be the best they can be. We are unusually successful, focusing on achievement. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to do something meaningful.
We are only interested in people who really want to give and do what is needed. We don't take on casual volunteers who want to do a little bit when it suits them.
Previous conservation experience is unnecessary as we provide all necessary training.
This is a potentially life-changing opportunity to make a dream of helping wildlife come true. But it needs a serious attitude and step-by-step commitment.
"What will I be doing?"
We don't limit team members to specific roles, but instead train them to do whatever is needed to run our nature reserves. The jobs are many and varied. Read the website pages again for The Oasis and Komsberg to see what's going on, then imagine yourself helping to make this all happen.
Haywards Heath is our main railway station (on the London to Brighton line) closest to The Oasis and we can pick you up from here to attend workdays if you don't have your own transport.
Looking further ahead, a range of abilities are needed to manage our project work both here in the UK and in South Africa.
Working non-paid and expected commitment
We have a long history of working non-paid. Although we have a mini-team of volunteers who feed our animals at The Oasis, our main team works as non-paid professionals. We do whatever is needed, whenever it is needed. We are highly effective and efficient, working to high standards.
Obviously, we have other jobs to financially support ourselves. Flexible paid work is nowadays easy to get or arrange. And when you're busy doing what you find meaningful, you spend less time and money distracting yourself from the drudgery of the rat race.
We appreciate that life in modern society is demanding and time-consuming. Therefore, we will try to be as flexible as possible to help you make a transition to working with us. We have two regular workdays a week at The Oasis: Wednesdays and Sundays. The minimum initial commitment we require is one day a week.
Disappointed over many years with how charities usually operate, we have pioneered a "third way". We have combined the best of the old-fashioned volunteer spirit with the more modern professional idea. Working as non-paid professionals really works. And it saves a lot of money to buy land for nature, fencing materials, etc, that would otherwise have been wasted on paying ourselves!
How we work obviously isn't for everyone. If you believe all the marketing hype that "You're worth it" or "You deserve it", then no doubt you won't have seen the limitations of the "me, me, me" mentality. We are interested in individuals who really want to give. We are proud to be different.
How to apply for an interview
Before applying, make sure you've carefully read "The key to our success" page. And, if you haven't already done so, follow the link to our "sister" charity: www.thehumanpotentialtrust.org, and make sure that you are familiar with it all.
Next, please watch this film.
Your application for interview should include the following:
Send your application to Becky at wildlifeforall@hotmail.com
