Estate Manager – Manor Farm, Shropham

Manor Farm needs someone who can lead ambitious environmental delivery and run a rural estate like the business it is — not simply maintain it. A live Biodiversity Net Gain programme spans both land and water here, an ecotourism offering is growing fast, and a property portfolio including listed and residential buildings needs diligent attention. This is a role for someone who thinks like a project manager, cares like a conservationist, and is ready to take genuine ownership.

The breadth of this role is intentional. No single background covers environmental delivery, property, agriculture, and hospitality all at once, so we’re not expecting you to arrive with experience in every one of them. What matters most is the ability to deliver projects to a high standard, adapt as priorities shift, and bring real care to the landscape and people involved.

Estate management experience is useful, but it’s absolutely not the only route in.

Joining us as we move into this next phase, you’ll have real freedom to shape the estate’s future — from deepening the nature recovery work already underway to growing what ecotourism at Manor Farm could become next. No two days will look the same, and that’s exactly the point.

This role suits people from a range of backgrounds — project management, environmental or conservation delivery, hospitality or ecotourism, or something else entirely. You don’t need direct experience in every area below; we’re just as interested in transferable skills and clear potential as we are in a perfect match on paper. Whatever your background, we’d love to hear from you if you think you can make a real difference with Oxygen Conservation and the communities where we’re fortunate to work.

A love for the natural world and rural environment and a genuine commitment to its ecological restoration.

An instinct for hospitality — someone who understands that a great guest experience and a thriving natural landscape can be built side by side.

Impact

Experience in project management, environmental delivery, or a related field — ideally with a track record of delivering projects to a high standard, or clear potential to get there.

Confidence managing estate finances — budgets, forecasting, grant applications, and compliance with relevant legislation and governance requirements.

A genuine commitment to your own continued development.

Adventure

Comfortable with hard, practical work in all weathers, and confident picking up hands‑on maintenance tasks when needed.

Genuinely fueled by adventure, the environment, and the chance to see the tangible impact of your work.

Togetherness

Proven ability to build collaborative relationships with landowners, farmers, contractors, regulators, tenants, and neighbors.

A confident communicator, calm under pressure, and comfortable representing the estate professionally to a wide range of people.

And let’s be honest, you have to be kind too. Sharing snacks on long journeys or a packed lunch whilst out in the rain is mandatory!

Lead delivery of the estate’s live Biodiversity Net Gain programme in accordance with an approved scheme which has created one of Norfolk’s largest registered habitat banks. Terrestrial enhancement work spans nutrient stripping, wildflower meadow creation, deer management and conservation grazing.

Lead delivery of the estate’s aquatic restoration work including a live project restoring the Stow Bedon Stream, working closely with our natural capital and ecology specialists. As this work nears completion, expect the terrestrial programme to become an increasingly central focus of the role.

Coordinate delivery of estate capital and infrastructure projects tied to these programmes, and more widely across the estate, working closely with our natural capital and ecology specialists.

Champion the estate’s ongoing recovery of species-rich grassland and habitat alongside its Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) agreement supporting organic management.

Manage existing residential tenancies and tenant relationships.

Oversee maintenance of the estate’s built property assets including a number of listed buildings. Work with…