Enforcement Apprentice x6

The role

Do you care about the environment and want a career where you can make a real difference? Help protect Wales' environment while building a career with purpose.

Do you care about the environment and want a career where you can make a real difference? Help protect Wales' environment while building a career with purpose.

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is looking for motivated and enthusiastic people to join our Enforcement Apprenticeship Programme. This is a unique opportunity to earn while you learn, gain recognised qualifications and develop the skills needed to support environmental enforcement across Wales. This apprenticeship is a fixed term opportunity running until 31 March 2028, providing a structured programme of learning, development and practical experience in environmental enforcement.

As an Enforcement Apprentice, you'll work alongside experienced officers who help protect Wales' rivers, fisheries, wildlife, land and communities. You'll gain practical experience supporting investigations, compliance checks and enforcement activity while building your knowledge of environmental legislation and regulation. Typical duties will include assisting officers with fisheries licence checks, investigating illegal waste sites and helping to provide a specialist enforcement service to the wider organisation.

You'll help build productive relationships with stakeholders, offering guidance and taking proportionate enforcement action where necessary to drive compliance with environmental legislation and protect our natural resources.

This is more than an apprenticeship. It's an opportunity to contribute to work that helps protect Wales' natural resources for current and future generations.

This role requires regular travel to a variety of locations to undertake site visits, support enforcement activities and respond to environmental incidents. As a result, driving is an essential requirement of the post, and you must hold a full and current UK driving licence.

We have six apprenticeship opportunities available across Wales. When applying, please indicate your preferred location on the application form.

• 204373 | South West Wales
• 204374 | South East Wales
• 204375 | South Central Wales
• 204376 | North East Wales
• 204377 | North West Wales
• 204378 | Mid Wales

As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to an NRW office within the place base / location above and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.

To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Jeremy Goddard at jeremy.goddard
.

Interviews will be held in person during the week commencing 19 October 2026
. Further details, including the interview location, will be provided to shortlisted candidates when invitations to interview are issued.

We're responsible for looking after Wales' natural environment and natural resources, helping to ensure they are sustainably managed for people, wildlife and future generations. We work across some of Wales' most important environmental challenges, protecting rivers, coasts, forests and wildlife, regulating activities that may impact the environment, responding to incidents and emergencies, and working with partners to build a greener, more resilient Wales.

NRW plays a vital role in protecting and enhancing Wales' environment. We regulate activities that may impact the environment, respond to incidents, protect wildlife and natural resources, and work with partners to create a more sustainable future.

• A structured apprenticeship programme with dedicated learning and development.
• Hands on experience working alongside experienced environmental professionals.
• Opportunities to develop skills and knowledge that can support a long-term career in environmental regulation and enforcement.
• The chance to make a positive difference to the environment and communities of Wales.

Every investigation supported, every piece of evidence gathered and every compliance check completed contributes to protecting Wales' natural resources.

• Support Place-based operational teams with enforcement and compliance activities, including evidence gathering and the preparation of case information, in line with relevant procedures, policies and legislation.
• Provide support to operational teams in the delivery of environmental enforcement and…