VOCATIONAL COURSES IN KEY CONSERVATION SKILLS 

Accelerate your conservation career

COURSES

ONE PAYMENT, FULL ACCESS, MAXIMUM VALUE.

Project Management | Project Planning | Grant Writing | Stakeholder Engagement | Monitoring and Evaluation

Unlock unlimited learning with the WildTeam Annual Membership. For £290/year, you get full access to every course in our school, including all current courses and all future courses released during your membership. Individual courses cost £190 each. With 5 courses already available, buying them separately would cost £950. Membership gives you access to all of them, plus future releases, for less than the price of two.

WHO ARE THESE COURSES FOR?

Our courses are siutable for practitioners, job seekers, and career switchers. There are no prerequisites for taking part in our training courses. 

Practitioners

  • Increase your effectiveness
  • Achieve more impact
  • Demonstrate to your employer your ability to take on greater responsibility
  • Grow your network of conservation professionals

Job seekers

  • Make your job applications stand out from the crowd
  • Hit the ground running when you get your first job
  • Make connections with other job seekers and conservation professionals

Career switchers

  • Aquire a recognised conservation qualification
  • Make connections with other switchers and conservation professionals

WHAT WILL MY TRAINING EXPERIENCE BE LIKE?

Learn in a supportive, engaging environment: Carefully designed courses that are inclusive, stimulating, and enjoyable, giving you the freedom to learn at your own pace and in a way that works for you.

Connect with conservationists worldwide: Join a global community of practitioners, sharing perspectives, experiences, and challenges from across the conservation sector.

Short, practical video lessons: Bite-sized video tutorials that fit easily around work and life, making learning manageable and motivating.

Apply skills immediately: Hands-on exercises grounded in real-world conservation situations, so you can put your learning into practice as soon as the course ends.

HOW DO I KNOW THESE COURSES ARE THE BEST AVAILABLE?

Over 3,000 conservation professionals worldwide have trained with WildTeam, including staff from leading organisations such as WWF, Wildlife Conservation Society, and The Nature Conservancy.

Our courses are trusted by practitioners working on real conservation projects, and they’re designed and taught by experienced experts actively working in the field — so what you learn is practical, current, and immediately applicable.
Wild Team is setting the stage for effective, systematic processes in the conservation realm. These training not only provided the needed skills of today's practitioners but a safe space to network and learn from and likeminded individuals. I absolutely love these courses!
— Christell Chesney, Guyana
I feel like I have the tools to write successful, powerful grants. I am so excited to use what I have learned to confidently secure funding!
— Amber Lea Kincaid, USA
I will use my new skills to train people in our community so that they will also gain skills consern wildlife conservation & have positive perspective about wildlife so that people & wildlife can thrive together.
— Clementinah Kambe Mshai, Kenya

WILDTEAM CONSERVATION SKILLS DIRECTORY

When you pass the exam and get certified in a key conservation skill, you can be added to the global WildTeam Conservation Skills Directory. This, together with your certificate(s), confirms which conservation skill(s) you have aquired. 

    WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THESE COURSES?

    Practical, job-ready skills: Courses focus on what you actually need to do your job well, prioritising applied skills and decision-making over abstract theory.

    Co-created by experienced conservationists: Designed by the people already working in conservation, grounded in real experience of the sector’s challenges and realities.

    One-for-one access model: Every course or subscription purchased directly provides the same access for a conservationist from a disadvantaged background or geography.

    MEET OUR TEAM

    At WildTeam, our courses are led by experienced conservation practitioners who bring real-world knowledge straight into your learning experience. We're not just instructors, we're field professionals, project leaders, researchers, and specialists who have worked on conservation initiatives across the globe. We're passionate about helping the next generation of conservationists grow in confidence and capability. What this means for you, is that you gain skills that are relevant, applicable, and trusted by professionals already working in the field, giving you confidence that what you learn can be used in real conservation work.

    Adam Barlow

    Executive Director

    Lucy Boddam-Whetham

    Director, Training & Operations

    Léa Kaplani

    WildLearning Specialist

    Zoe Melvin

    WildLearning Specialist

    Ali Skeats

    WildLearning Specialist Manager

    Matt Barker

    Communications and Engagement Specialist

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