Mary-Kate Jones

Mary-Kate is our Programme Manager. She has managed and developed the Society’s practical conservation work, volunteering and training programmes since 2012. Since joining the Society, Mary-Kate has worked with external funders to increase the capacity of our conservation team; enabling us to have more ‘hands-on-deck’ to deliver more practical work to protect Snowdonia. She initiated and developed our accredited training programme and has written several new training units.

Mary-Kate was heavily involved in the creation of a key partnership project – Caru Eryri / Care for Snowdonia – working closely with partners since 2020 to ensure a well-run scheme with robust volunteer training and support. She is developing this work further.

In 2021, Mary-Kate led the Society’s work to become a Real Living Wage Employer. She also led the Society’s accreditation as a Fair Play Employer, working with Chwarae Teg, developing a new suite of ‘people policies’ and laying the foundation for the Society’s work to be as inclusive as possible. In doing this work she discovered a surprising love of policy writing!

Born and bred in North Wales, Mary-Kate is a Welsh speaker and has an MSc in Conservation Land Management from Bangor University, a City and Guilds level 4 Professional Development Award in Project Management and a Level 2 ILM Award in Leadership and Team Skills. Mary-Kate is passionate about the conservation of Snowdonia and inevitably ends up covered in mud after any time spent outside! She loves sea turtles and cake and is more than a little obsessed with salsa dancing.