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Farming in Protected Landscapes Officer - Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
Salary of £30,824 to £36,647 per annum
Full time (37 hours per week)
Fixed term until March 2025
Grassington, near Skipton, with the potential for some home working
Are you an experienced farm adviser looking for an opportunity to work in one of the most beautiful landscapes in Britain? If so, we have a fantastic opportunity to join our Farming in Protected Landscapes team and make a real difference. The role is integral to the successful delivery of the Defra funded programme within the Yorkshire Dales National Park and will include: Helping to develop project ideas with farmers and land managers; Assessing applications; Providing recommendations to the Local Assessment Panels; and Providing monitoring and feedback on the progress of the scheme to Defra.
Assistant Grazing Ranger - The Conservators of Ashdown Forest
Salary: £24,294 to £25,979 subject to experience
Hours per week: 37 flexible working.
Would you like to take on an exciting new role working on one of the most important wildlife sites in southern England? The Board of the Conservators of Ashdown Forest have an exciting opportunity to appoint an Assistant Grazing Ranger to support the grazing management on Ashdown Forest, East Sussex. Working under the supervision of the Countryside Manager you will support the Specialist Grazing Rangers with an overarching goal of achieving favourable condition of the SSSI. The role will have oversight and supervision of volunteers and assisting with the delivery of habitat and species monitoring associated with grazing.
Assistant Ranger - Bradgate Park Trust
Full time, permanent
With around 750,000 visitors a year, Bradgate Park and Swithland Woods is very much about people and wildlife. If you are looking for a hands-on role helping to maintain an amazing landscape whilst also delivering walks, talks and activities for people, look no further! This role is part of a Ranger team who work alongside the Wardens, volunteers and other teams to maintain and improve the park and manage the visitor pressures on it. With 1,200 acres of incredible green space, a Visitor Centre and amazing ruins and monuments, we are looking for a motivated, skilled individual to join the team.
Salary: £29,200.00 - £31,347.00 per annum
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week.
Contract: 6 months, fixed-term
Location: Ouse Washes, Cambridgeshire
Do you have a passion to work with beef cattle on the largest area of wetland grassland in the country? We are looking for a stock person to work as part of a 6-person team responsible for the management of 2000 beef cattle on the Ouse Washes on a 6-month contract. The main duties will include daily shepherding, cattle movements, routine veterinary treatments, treating ailments, assisting with record-keeping, and maintaining infrastructure.
Location: Botallack, St Just, TR19 7QQ
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
Salary: £23,868 per annum
As a Ranger, you’re the heart and soul of the National Trust in the landscapes we protect. You’re a champion of nature conservation and the great outdoors, and you’ll play a crucial role in keeping the nation’s beloved countryside and coast in good shape, for wildlife and for people.
You’ll be helping to protect and care for habitats, wildlife, livestock, buildings and machinery.
Location: North Devon, Arlington Court, Arlington, EX31 4LP
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
Salary: £27,500 per annum
As a countryside property, the National Trust in Arlington is at the forefront of conservation – managing its estate through a small but dedicated team, to the highest international standards for conservation, access, and wider public benefits. As Area Ranger you’ll lead the team in the day-to-day delivery of our land management and operations across Arlington, North Devon.
Location: Branscombe, Seaton, EX12 3DB
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £23,868 per annum
As a Ranger, you’re the heart and soul of the National Trust in the landscapes we protect. You’re a champion of nature conservation and the great outdoors, and you’ll play a crucial role in keeping the nation’s beloved countryside and coast in good shape, for wildlife and for people.
Location: Stowe Barton, Kilkhampton, Bude, Cornwall, EX23 9JW
Contract Type: Permanent/Full-time (37.5 hours per week)
Salary: £30,966 per annum
Are you a dynamic and experienced countryside professional with a passion and knowledge of nature, it’s conservation and the outdoors? Do you want to make a difference for a stunning stretch of the North Cornwall coast and its people? We are offering a rare and outstanding opportunity to lead on the delivery of our vision for a more nature rich, accessible and resilient coast.
Modern Apprenticeship - Assistant Countryside Ranger - Falkirk Council
Appointment Type: Fixed Term Position – 18 months
Full Time/Part Time: Full-time
Hours: 37
Salary: £23,088
Falkirk Council are recruiting for an Apprentice Assistant Countryside Ranger to join our team at Muiravonside Country Park, Falkirk. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain a foothold in the conservation sector, gaining experience in a varied Ranger role while completing a Modern Apprenticeship in Rural Skills with SRUC.
Oxfordshire Reserves Officer - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust
Salary: £26,800 - £27,733 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week. Flexibility in working pattern, in agreement with line manager
Based: The Lodge, Littlemore and Wells Farm, Little Milton. Hybrid working is available.
The Oxfordshire Reserves Officer will help nature recover by directly working towards habitat management objectives across a suite of reserves covering wetland, floodplain meadows, limestone grasslands, woodland habitats of which many are designated SSSI’s.
This will provide an exciting opportunity to work within a close knit, friendly team committed to nature conservation.
Location: Dyrham Park, Dyrham, Bath, SN14 8ER
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
Salary: £21,466 per annum
Dyrham Park is a historic 500-year-old deer park, house and formal gardens all within the 273 acre site. The parkland is a mosaic of woodland, grasslands, veteran trees, avenues, deer, wildlife habitat, archaeology, ponds and a well-loved café in the heart of the parkland.
You will lead the ranger team to deliver great nature conservation in the parkland, promoting the parkland for the benefit of nature, public access and representing the history of Dyrham Park
We are looking for an enthusiastic Estate Worker to join our team, helping to deliver our habitat and infrastructure objectives across Dorset from our Arne work centre.
Location: Arne
Salary: £23,401.00 - £25,122.00 Per Annum
This is a Permanent, Full-Time role for 37.5 hours per week.
Your main objectives will be to assist in delivering the habitat management objectives for the various reserves, staying on top of the Health and Safety requirements associated with this work and supporting the team on other works as needed.
Operations Officer – West Central - NatureScot
Starting salary £38,242This is a fixed term role until the end of March 2025 working as part of the National Operations West Central team. The role will focus on providing advice in relation to Town and Country planning, renewable energy proposals, marine licences and other regulatory casework, alongside related plans, strategies and action plans relating to biodiversity, climate change and nature recovery. The post holder will have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects and major initiatives within the West Central Operations area, including priority work to develop nature networks and enhance our protected areas.
Rye Harbour Trainee Ranger - Sussex Wildlife Trust
Salary: £20,820.80 pa
Hours: 35 hrs per week
Contract Type: Fixed Term to 14/03/2025.
Location: Rye Harbour, Rye Harbour Road, Rye Harbour, Rye TN31 7FW
This is an exciting opportunity for a trainee ranger to join our Nature Reserves Team and the successful candidate will follow an established training plan including modules in conservation, ecology, grazing and community engagement.. The role is designed to help the successful candidate develop the skills required to gain employment in the conservation sector whilst supporting the Sussex Wildlife Trust to deliver effective action for wildlife on its nature reserves. You will gain a vast array of valuable experience and skills in the conservation/environmental field including recognised qualifications and training in skills such as chainsaw, brushcutter, off-road driving, forestry first aid and Level 2 forest school leadership.
Operations Officer – West Central - NatureScot
Starting salary £38,242
Hours: 35 hours
Permanent
Clydebank, Ayr or Hamilton
Working as part of the National Operations West Central team the post holder will help deliver NatureScot’s priorities relating to nature restoration, climate change and the creation of nature rich places. Helping to deliver NatureScot’s Corporate Plan objectives of protecting, restoring and valuing nature, the post will be involved with a diverse range of tasks including the provision of our advice to Local Authorities, developers, land managers and others.
Green Farm – Engagement Officer - Worcestershire Wildlife Trust
Salary: £24,960 FTE (0.6 FTE)
Contract type: Fixed term / Working hours: Part time
Location: Lower Smite Farm, Hindlip, Worcester WR3 8SZ with regular travel to Green Farm adjacent to Monkwood Nature Reserve to the north of Worcester.
We're looking for someone who can inspire communities to love and take action for nature in and around our Monkwood nature reserve. This role will enable you to make a real difference to nature’s recovery and to be part of our vision to protect 30% of land and sea by 2030. The project is one year in and we have already achieved a great deal of engagement with the local community, especially in delivering nature improvements such as tree planting on the nature reserve and building links with the local schools. The new officer will continue to lead on the great work that has already been achieved and build on those local connections to strengthen our roots into the community.
Salary: £38,389.00 - £41,212.00 Per Annum
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 Hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Location: Forsinard Flows
The Forsinard Flows National Nature Reserve consists of a huge expanse of designated blanket peatland, which is part of the largest terrestrial Special Area for Conservation in the UK, and part of the tentative World Heritage Site bid. This post will help with the running of the Field Centre, education facilities and a laboratory, in order to help facilitate the continuation and growth of research work in the Flow Country, under the auspices of the Flows Research Hub.
Project Manager (Species Survival Fund) - WWT
£20,643 (FTE £34,405)
Part time 22.5 hours per week
Fixed term until 28th February 2026
Steart Marshes, Somerset
We have an exciting opportunity to oversee the management of a 2 year funded project: Wetter For Waders: Enhancing Somerset’s Coastal Wetlands. You'll be part of our team based at the Steart Marshes and Bridgwater Bay National Nature Reserves. A predominantly capital based project which will include the coordination and management of internal resources, contractors and consultants. You will oversee the management of consultants and contractors, take responsibility for projects and prioritise resources accordingly whilst working alongside the site manager.
Senior Project Manager - Fens Priority Landscape - RSPB
Salary: £38,389.00 - £41,212.00 pro rata
Hours: Part-time, 30 hours per week
Contract: 2 years fixed-term
Location: Fens Area Office, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4QG
Our ambitious Hanson - RSPB Wetland project at Needingworth, creating Ouse Fen reserve, is the largest planned nature conservation restoration scheme following mineral extraction in Europe. When complete, it will include the UK’s largest reedbed, covering 460 hectares (that’s 644 football pitches of land well managed for nature!) Recreating some of the lost wetland habitat that once dominated the entire fenland landscape and creating wildlife successes for species such as bitterns and bearded tits. As the Senior Project Manager for the area, you would be responsible for the effective delivery of projects and ensuring the RSPB delivers on project objectives, outcomes and outputs.
Site Manager - Galloway Reserves - RSPB
Salary: £38,389.00 - £41,212.00 Per Annum
This is a permanent, full-time role for 37.5 hours per week.
Location: Dumfries and Galloway Office
Are you looking to combine your passion for nature with your land management and communication skills? If so, this may be the perfect role for you! We are looking for an organised, dynamic, and passionate Site Manager to lead the team and deliver the work programmes on these varied and exciting nature reserves. Key elements of reserve management include managing the team, budgeting/financial management, H&S, compliance, project management, management planning, reporting and public relations.
Venison Project Manager - RSPB
Location: Lowther, Cumbria
Salary: £32,022.00 - £35,000.00 per annum
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Fixed-term role for 36 months
Cumbria Connect supports its partners in delivering large-scale nature restoration. Deer are part of Cumbria’s natural ecosystem, but their numbers are high and in the absence of natural predators are preventing natural woodland expansion.
We are looking for a pioneering individual to support professional, compassionate and coordinated deer management.
Seasonal Ranger - Forest - RSPB
Location: Abernethy
Salary: £24,890.00 - £26,720.00 Per Annum
Duration: 4 – 5 months
There are 2 full-time roles available, one for 4 months and one for 5 months. We will also consider part-time applicants.
RSPB Scotland is seeking to employ two friendly, responsible Rangers to assist our existing Abernethy visitor team in patrolling honeypot sites and vulnerable areas of the reserve. The main part of the role will be patrolling the key footpaths and core visitor areas to chat to people and ensure they are accessing the nature reserve responsibly.
Seasonal Ranger - Mountain - RSPB
Location: Abernethy
Salary: £24,890.00 - £26,720.00 Per Annum
This is a fixed-term role for 2.5 months, full-time for 37.5 hours per week. Part-time hours are also an option, please specify in your application if preferred.
This is an exciting opportunity to work in the spectacular Abernethy Reserve to help protect the wild and fragile Cairngorm Plateau.
We are looking for a reliable, responsible Ranger with proven mountain experience and excellent people skills to patrol the plateau over the summer season.
Seasonal Project Officer x 5 - Scottish Invasive Species Initiative
We are currently looking for 4 x Seasonal Project Officers in various locations across project area. See below for details.
The Scottish Invasive Species Initiative is a multi-year project in northern Scotland, which aims to encourage communities to tackle invasive non-native species such as Japanese knotweed, giant hogweed and American mink. It is currently funded by the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund.
Assistant Reserve Warden (Species Survival Fund) - WWT
Location: Steart Marshes
Salary: £23,402.00
Vacancy Type: Fixed Term
An exciting opportunity to assist with practical reserves management, as part of the Species Survival Fund, a 2 year project: Wetter For Waders: Enhancing Somerset’s Coastal Wetlands. You'll be part of our team based across the Steart Marshes and Bridgwater Bay National Nature Reserves.
Three Peaks Ranger - Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
£24,293 to £27,334, pro rata, per annum
Part-time, 30 hours worked over 4 days per week (22.5 hours over 3 days considered)
Permanent
Stainforth near Settle
This is an exciting opportunity to work in the iconic Three Peaks area of the Yorkshire Dales. You will be primarily concerned with the maintenance of the public rights of way network and other access routes and it’s essential you can plan and implement, to a high standard, a variety of practical tasks. You will play a key role in maintaining engineered paths on the Three Peaks challenge route as well as assisting the Area Manager with developing and implementing the Three Peaks Project.
£23,903.00
Full time
Permanent
Washington
We are looking for a motivated and engaging Reserve Warden to join our team. The main duties of the post are to assist in the management of the nature reserve, including the development and management of habitats, reserve infrastructure and species monitoring in line with management statements and approved management plans. You will also play an active role in both onsite and online engagement with our site and core conservation messaging.
Assistant Park Manager - The Royal Parks
Salary of up to £49,953 per annum (plus on-call allowance of £3,256 per annum)
Permanent, full-time basis, working 36 hours per week
St James’ Park and The Green Park, London (with occasional travel to all parks)
As an Assistant Park Manager, you will support the management of St Jame’s Park, The Green Park and Victoria Tower Gardens. Leading a diverse portfolio of park operations and activities you will be involved in a range of horticulture, arboriculture, learning, events and volunteering work. Alongside a fellow Assistant Park Manager, you’ll manage the day-to-day aspects of the Landscape Maintenance Contract and the delivery of a local project portfolio of improvement works, ensuring we obtain the highest value from our delivery partners.
Park Ranger - Earley Town Council
Salary Range £29,269 - £32,076, plus membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
Location: Earley, Reading
Earley Town Council is looking for someone to join our team as a Park Ranger to maintain public open spaces owned or managed by Earley Town Council. To maintain and improve these spaces with a focus on conservation, biodiversity and environmental benefits whilst also having regard for the health and safety requirements of a public open space. To support the Town Council’s commitment to providing opportunities for residents to learn about and experience the natural world and to work collaboratively with local conservation groups as well as relevant professional organisations.
Conservation Manager - Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust
Salary: £31,638 to £36,252
Contract: Full time, permanent.
Location: IoSWT office, Trenoweth, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, TR21 0NS
We are looking for an experienced and talented nature conservationist with leadership experience or potential, who excels at project development and partnership working. Ideally you will also have substantial ecological knowledge. We need an inspirational and collaborative person who will contribute a great deal to the Trust team. We seek someone who is excited by the opportunities – and challenges – of life in Scilly, and who shares our passion for keeping Scilly special.
Contract Manager - North England - Woodland Trust
Full Time, 2 year fixed term contract
The Contracts Manager will join our Operations team to represent the Woodland Trust locally, supporting a diverse portfolio of sites within North England, in line with the Trust’s standards and ensuring the safety of our colleagues, visitors, contractors and volunteers. It shall be the Contracts Manager’s responsibility to support Site Managers’ in the preparation and delivery of grant applications, operational contracts and projects including silvicultural operations.
Volunteering Leader - Canal and River Trust
Advertised Salary: £25,720
Location: Swarkestone Depot
Working Hours: 1931.4 Annualised Hours.
We currently have an opportunity for a Volunteering Leader within our dynamic and enthusiastic operations team, based at Swarkestone. This team are responsible for the south Derby and Leicestershire canal networks. This role will predominantly cover the Erewash Canal.
Volunteering Leaders plan and deliver a wide range of volunteer activities and events, assist operational teams in their task management of volunteering activities and liaise with volunteers, volunteer groups and supervisors.
Site Manager - West - Sussex Wildlife Trust
Location: Woods Mill, Henfield.
Salary: £34,052
Contract Type: Permanent / Hours: Full Time, 35hrs per week
This role will manage our western portfolio, covering over 750ha (1800 acres) you will oversee the management of these dynamic, highly designated nature reserves. Your reserves will include Butcherlands, our pioneering Rewilding project consisting of flower-rich meadows and newly developing wood pasture with scrubland bursting with Nightingales.
Location: West Sussex, Estate Yard, Arundel, BN18 0RG
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £23,868 per annum
We're looking for a Farm Worker to assist and support the National Trust’s in-hand Livestock operations. Working as part of the Farm & Countryside Team, we want you to provide the practical and technical skills to support with the daily care of our beef cattle and flock of sheep. Grazing management, tractor skills and experience with trailers is essential.
Ure Connected Project Intern - Lower Ure Conservation Trust
Paid Position
We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate to assist with the delivery of our two-and-a-half-year National Lottery Heritage Fund project ‘Ure Connected – Engaging People with Nature in the Lower Ure Valley’. The project’s aim is to increase capacity for nature conservation and restoration on undermanaged Priority Habitats in the area while also increasing engagement with the local community.
Based primarily at Nosterfield Nature Reserve, you will carry out a variety of tasks, taking in aspects of both practical conservation and community engagement.
Nature Recovery Project Officer - Sussex Wildlife Trust
Location: Southerham Farm, Lewes.
Salary: £27,000
Contract Type: Fixed Term. 2 years / Hours: Full Time, 35hrs per week
This role will be part of the Nature Reserve team and will oversee our ambitious nature recovery project on Pevensey Levels. This role will oversee large scale capital work delivery across multiple sites including on the Pevensey Levels National Nature Reserve managed by Sussex Wildlife Trust and Natural England. This project will help restore this precious but threatened landscape by improving water storage, creating new priority habitat, and engaging neighbouring landowners to follow suit.
Location: Woolacombe, Combe Heights/Woolacombe Rise, Woolacombe, EX34 7AS
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £23,868 per annum
As a Ranger, you’re the heart and soul of the National Trust in the landscapes we protect. You’re a champion of nature conservation and the great outdoors, and you’ll play a crucial role in keeping the nation’s beloved countryside and coast in good shape, for wildlife and for people.
Druridge Bay Data Monitoring and Engagement Officer - Northumberland Wildlife Trust
The role is for 35 hours per week on a 2 year contract. NWT operates a flexitime system.
The salary range is £24,336 to £27,364 on a grade C .
Northumberland Wildlife Trust is looking for a confident, innovative and enthusiastic person to join our Druridge Bay Team as Drurigde Bay Data Monitoring and Engagement Officer.
This role will manage the delivery of the Biodiversity Boost project, including completing all of the project administration and grant claims.
Farming in Protected Landscapes Officer - Staffordshire County Council
Salary: £36,648 - £41,418
Full Time
Fixed Term until 31st March 2025
Location: Stafford
We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed individual to join the Cannock Chase National Landscape Team to help deliver the Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) programme.This is an opportunity to make a real difference to farming and land management in the National Landscape and to help conserve and enhance the natural beauty of this nationally important landscape.
Countryside Partnership Officer (PT, Temporary) - Medway Valley Countryside Partnership
The role is 3 days a week currently for 8 months (with possible extension).
Location: Maidstone, Kent
Medway Valley Countryside Partnership (MVCP) are a not-for-profit conservation organisation in Kent. We are looking for an experienced individual who can run our weekly volunteer action group and deliver sympathetic habitat management tasks at a variety of sites in the Maidstone and Tonbridge and Malling boroughs. Tasks are seasonal and varied and may include tree planting and felling, scrub clearance, coppicing and construction such as creating new dipping platforms or woodland steps (for example).
Freelance Community Ranger - Tayvallich Initiative
Remuneration: £150 per day (inclusive of VAT if applicable) for 104 days per year. £31,200 total fee
Freelance opportunity, 24 months fixed term, from early June 2024 to 30 May 2026
Hours: on average 2 days a week (with flexibility to meet the varying demands of this role). Some out-of-hours working will be required
Are you passionate about working with communities? Do you love nature and the outdoors, and have the enthusiasm and versatility to help our community be more engaged with the land in our guardianship and actively involved in its management?
We are seeking a part-time, freelance Community Ranger to strengthen connections between local communities and the land Tayvallich Initiative (TI) owns on their behalf, encompassing its natural and cultural heritage, with a particular emphasis on people who are experiencing barriers to becoming involved.
Outreach Ranger - Content Creator (Bird Aware Solent) - Hampshire County Council
Salary range: £25,628 - £28,326 per annum
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Permanent
Work location: River Hamble Rangers Depot, Southampton
Do you care about wildlife, have a flair for public engagement and proven experience in content creation? The focus of this role will be to enhance Bird Aware Solent’s outreach engagement by working alongside our Communications Lead to create relevant content for digital, broadcast and print media for a diverse audience. Platforms include social media channels, online engagement, website content, blogs, broadcast and print media and video creation. As well as creating content you will develop an understanding of which platforms on which we should be focusing our resources on. Additionally, all rangers patrol the coast throughout the winter providing a positive and engaging presence with all user groups, including dog walkers.
QLPS Wildlife Officer - Somerset Council
The salary range for this role is £26,421 to £29,777 per annum.
Fixed term contract until 31/03/2025
The QLPS is based out of the Thomas Poole library in Nether Stowey. We have regular weekly office-based days together but otherwise staff normally work from home when not delivering activities or working on site.
You’ll be instrumental in helping to deliver our busy habitat management, events and activities programme throughout the final year of the QLPS. You’ll be inheriting an established conservation work programme, focused on practical habitat (mostly woodland) management and a range of biological surveys, as well as the unfolding events programme. As part of our outreach programme, you will be working with a wide range of people and groups, currently including economically disadvantaged local families and young people, members of the local West African, Bulgarian, and Ukrainian communities, young LGBTQ+ people, and people recovering from mental health difficulties. Plus of course our amazing volunteers and loads of other people who just love the Quantocks!
Assistant Warden - North-East Scotland Coastal Reserves - RSPB
Salary: £26,379.00 - £28,319.00 Per Annum, Pro Rata
Contract: 9 months
Hours: Part Time 30 hours per week (4 days)
Location: Loch of Strathbeg based + work at other reserves
An amazing opportunity to work on a fantastic range of reserves on some of the most important areas for wildlife within the North-East of Scotland. The group of five reserves cover lochs, a range of associated wetland habitats, farmland, dunes systems, seabird cliffs and woodlands that are home to a diverse range of wildlife and we need your help to keep them special. We are looking for someone enthusiastic with good practical and communication skills, and who will become a key part of our small, friendly, dedicated team.
Stiperstones National Nature Reserve Ranger - Natural England
Salary: £25,064
Working pattern: Full-time, Job share, Part-time
Contract type: Permanent
This position is based at Stiperstones NNR, Minsterley, Shropshire
The successful candidate will be based at the Stiperstones and will be part of a small team working on the Stiperstones and Downton Gorge National Nature Reserves (NNRs). Working as part of the Stiperstones NNR site management team, you will be expected to be flexible, working largely outdoors, on-site, working from our reserve base at the Stiperstones NNR.
Assistant Warden (North Dorset) - Dorset Wildlife Trust
Salary: £22,653
Contract type: Permanent / Working hours: Full time
Location: Dorset Wildlife Trust HQ, Brooklands Farm, Forston, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 7AA
Does the idea of spending your time assisting in our work on the DWT reserves of North Dorset appeal to you? If so, this is just the job for you!
Dorset Wildlife Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and hardworking Assistant Warden to work within our Nature Recovery Team.
Croft Woodland Adviser - Western Isles (Lewis & Harris) - Woodland Trust
Part Time (18.75 hours), permanent
The Croft Woodlands Project is a partnership initiative between Woodland Trust Scotland, Point & Sandwick Trust, Scottish Forestry, Scottish Crofting Federation, the Woodland Croft Partnership, Shetland Amenity Trust, Orkney Woodlands Project and Communities Housing Trust. The aim is to engage crofters in woodland creation and management on their holdings to deliver multiple benefits in terms of biodiversity, agricultural diversification, landscape and environment. This role receives generous support from Point & Sandwick Trust.
Wilder Landscapes Assistant - Dorset Wildlife Trust
Salary: £27,056 p.a.
Contract type: Fixed term / Working hours: Full time
Location: Kingcombe Farm, Kingcombe Farm, Clift Lane
Dorset Wildlife Trust is looking for a hardworking and passionate person to join our Wilder Landscapes team. The postholder will be based in West Dorset and will work alongside the team to help create more space for nature. The work will involve working with farmers, landowners and partner organisations as well as leading volunteer tasks such as meadow restoration and hedge laying.
'Making Space for Nature for Dorset' Project Vacancies - Dorset Wildlife Trust
Dorset Wildlife Trust is currently looking to fill four exciting job roles to help deliver a major new initiative to increase wildlife abundance in Dorset. The initiative is funded by a grant worth over £1 million from the Government’s Species Survival Fund, and supported by individual givers.
Making Space for Nature in Dorset aims to create thriving wildlife hubs, which will help drive wildlife conservation throughout Dorset. The project will create and revitalise over 500ha of habitats across 18 distinctive nature reserves, as well as help neighbouring landowners to enhance the wildlife habitats on their land.
People Engagement Officer - Natur am Byth - RSPB
Would you be interested in joining a team to help conserve the most endangered species in north-west Wales?
Location: RSPB Cymru – Bangor
Salary: £26,379.00 - £28,319.00 Pro Rata
Hours: Part-time role, 15 hours per week
Contract: Fixed-term contract for 3 years
The Lleyn peninsula and Isle of Anglesey has many special habitats, including wet grassland, lowland heath, soft cliffs, sand dunes and fens, but some of their most important species, such as curlew, chough, spotted rockrose and large mason bee, are declining and at risk of extinction.
Project Manager – Linking Levisham - North York Moors National Park Authority
Salary of £31,364 - £34,834 per annum
37 hours per week
Fixed term contract to 31 March 2026 with potential for extension
Helmsley, North Yorkshire
Linking Levisham is an ambitious, multi-partner Landscape Recovery Project at the heart of the North York Moors National Park. It will showcase landscape recovery in the spectacular, working North York Moors landscape, balancing nature recovery, farming and archaeological and geological interests for diverse audiences to experience. As a Project Manager, you will lead the work of our Linking Levisham project. Ensuring the project delivery strategy is translated into appropriate work briefs, you will manage the procurement process and delivery of each work package. You will co-ordinate the preparation of briefs and the procurement of specialist consultancy work and other external contractors.
Salary: £23,868 per annum
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
Location: Avebury Estate, Estate Office, High Street, Marlborough, SN8 1RF
You will be working on internationally important archaeological sites and species rich chalk grassland habitats at Avebury and beyond. There is lots going on, including scrub management, practical estate maintenance work, regular volunteer work parties and ecological surveying, to name but a few elements of this exciting ranger role.
Salary: £26,832 per annum
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Avebury Estate, Estate Office, High Street, Marlborough, SN8 1RF
With line management of two rangers to assist you, you will be involved with the protection and care of outstanding archaeology in the northern half of the World Heritage Site, as well as helping to deliver conservation outcomes across our many important grassland habitats. It is all about getting the best out of your team whilst looking after our heritage and nature and making our sites accessible for our many visitors. You will be working closely with our property staff, archaeologists and nature conservation advisers as well as overseeing the countryside volunteering offer ensuring we make best use of the many groups and individuals who want to volunteer with the team.
Salary: £30,966 per annum
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Stonehenge Landscape, Stonehenge Cottages, SP4 7DD
This is a unique opportunity to be at the heart of this iconic and evolving landscape as hundreds of hectares of land are reverted to species rich chalk grassland protecting the outstanding archaeology and enhancing biodiversity for ever, for everyone. You will review and collate existing baseline data and instigate new surveys and monitoring to ensure that we keep a record of the changes and improvements we make. You will produce and implement a dynamic grassland management strategy with a focus on protecting and enhancing the World Heritage Site and its archaeology of outstanding universal value whilst developing some of the best species rich chalk grassland in the UK.
Salary: £23,868 per annum
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Stonehenge Landscape, King Barrows, SP4 7DD
Joining the hard working and dedicated team here at Wiltshire Landscape you will play a key role in maintaining our special places and ensuring these are presented to the highest possible standard. There is lots going on, including grassland management, practical estate maintenance work, regular volunteer work parties and ecological surveying. You will work both on your own and with other members of staff, as well as with several volunteer groups supervising them on a variety of practical tasks. It is all about being outside and getting your hands dirty, looking after our heritage and nature, and making our sites accessible for our many visitors.
Salary: £29,957 - £31,952 per annum
Location: Home based – South West (Exeter, Tiverton or Taunton)
This post will plan, co-ordinate, train and assess for countryside worker, water environment worker, countryside ranger and related occupations, including contract delivery for the Environment Agency. Your knowledge and experience in the full range of countryside management, including water management, will be shared with apprentices and colleagues and the quality and delivery of the new programmes carefully updated and monitored with the support of the Deputy Head of Apprenticeships – Land Based.
Severn Treescapes Trees and Woodland Advisor - Worcestershire Wildlife Trust
Starting salary £25,000 - £27,000
This is a fixed term post that ends 31st March 2025.
Location: Lower Smite Farm, Smite Hill Hindlip , Worcester & Droitwich, Worcestershire, WR3 8SZ
Worcestershire Wildlife Trust is looking for a skilled and enthusiastic person to help deliver our Trees Call for Action Fund, Severn Treescapes: Wye to Wyre, connecting nature and people project. This is a well-established collaborative partnership with Gloucestershire and Herefordshire Wildlife Trusts and the successful applicant will help us to deliver a 60 mile corridor of enhanced tree cover to connect two of England’s largest semi-natural woodlands, from the Lower Wye Valley to the Wyre Forest.
Salary of £30,296 - £33,024 per annum
37 hours per week.
Fixed term contract to 31 March 2026 with potential for extension
Pickering or Helmsley, North Yorkshire
As a Project Officer, you will deliver key ecology and land management components of our Linking Levisham Project. Co-ordinating the collection and analysis of ecological and land management data, you will create a detailed baseline of the project area. You will also work with the Engagement Project Officer on specialist farmer and land manager engagement and develop a Citizen Science Programme.
Countryside Ranger (Purbeck) - Dorset Council
Salary £24,702 - £27,334 per annum (depending on experience)
Full time 37 hrs/week (mostly Monday - Friday, occasional working weekend and out of hours)
Permanent post
Based in Wareham
Dorset Council are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated person to join the dynamic Greenspace Ranger Team in Purbeck, you will help to manage and maintain the public rights of way, Dorset Council sites and verges in the Purbeck area. A strong customer focus, as you engage with residents, members of the public, and good practical skills are essential to ensure work is to a high standard.
Project Officer - Green Action Trust
This is a permanent, full-time position, based from our office in Stepps, North Lanarkshire
To meet our objectives, the expectations of our partners and to play our part in responding to the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, we are pleased to be recruiting for a Project Officer. Our Project Officers are responsible of overseeing the on-site construction works, ensuring these are delivered on time and within the contracted price, while ensuring build quality. Project Officers work collaboratively with the technical design team, including Development Officers, Foresters and Landscape Architects, to produce contract documents, evaluate tenders and work with the selected contractor to realise project ambitions and outcomes during the development and delivery phases.
Senior Conservation Grazing Officer - Essex Wildlife Trust
Salary: £29,150.00 per annum
Contract type: Permanent / Working hours: Full time
Location: Blue House Farm Nature Reserve, Blue House Farm Chase, North Fambridge, Essex, CM3 6GU
We have an opportunity for a suitably qualified grazier and passionate ecologist to join us in this residential role, responsible Trust’s livestock at our Blue House Farm site, and other grazing areas across Essex. The Senior Conservation Grazing Officer is responsible for the day-to-day implementation of the Trust’s county-wide grazing programme across its nature reserves and Nature Discovery Parks. The postholder will assist the Grazing Manager in ensuring the annual completion of each nature reserve’s grazing plan and provide good day-to-day liaison with the Ranger teams and volunteer wardens throughout the grazing season.
Ribble Wader Monitoring Assistant – Part Time - RSPB
Salary: £24,890.00 - £26,720.00 Pro Rata
This is a fixed-term role for 4 months, part-time for 15 hours per week
Location: Marshside
The role involves conducting breeding bird surveys at Newton and Freckleton Marshes and specific black-tailed godwit monitoring on Newton Marsh. The monitoring of breeding black-tailed godwits will include, finding nests using thermal imagers, siting and monitoring nest cameras, and monitoring chicks to fledging across neighbouring farmland.
Senior Policy Officer – Water - RSPB
Salary: £38,389.00 - £41,212.00 Per Annum
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Location: Flexible in UK
An outstanding opportunity to help turn around the alarming state of England's freshwater habitats. You will work with a diverse range of teams across the RSPB to drive forward our policy and advocacy work on water and coastal policy issues and influence important debates and decisions across the England.
Regen Stock Person and Land Stewardship Assistant - Ampney Brook Farm
Full-time with rotational weekend work | Accommodation available from late summer | Salary in accordance with experience
Ampney Brook Farm is a 600-acre mixed organic farm near Cirencester. We are looking for an energetic and dynamic team player with a passion for regenerative farming, soil health and biodiversity to assist with day-to-day farm jobs. This is hands-on role across our 600-acre certified organic mixed farm with a variety of seasonal tasks including cattle moving, feeding, electric fencing, handling and husbandry, routine yard, machinery and equipment maintenance, habitat and biodiversity management, maintenance of fences, hedges, woodlands and stewardship areas, tractor driving, farm infrastructure setup and improvements.
Community Ranger - Groundwork Yorkshire
Salary: £23,088
Duration: Full Time, Permanent
Location: Main base: Fryston Country Trails – Castleford, Wakefield
Working across 3 sites: Fryston Country Trails, Frickley Country Park and Rabbit Ings Country Park.
Groundwork Yorkshire Ranger team manage three country parks on behalf of the Land Trust: Fryston Country Trails, Frickley Country Park and Rabbit Ings Country Park. The rangers are responsible for keeping the sites safe for visitors, maintaining and improving habitats for the local wildlife and running events for schools and communities.
Equine Groundsman - Combined Counties Properties
We are looking for a full time groundsman to care for our 45 acre equestrian property. Five day week, Monday to Friday. We are a neat setup and take pride in how smart the property looks. We have a small team based here and we are looking for a hard working, positive and happy individual to fill the role.
The role is varied, from looking after the land and fencing, harrowing equestrian arenas, looking after the vehicles, running errands and odd jobs in and around the house, outbuildings and stables.
Ranger (maternity cover) - Northumberland National Park Authority
£26,873 - £29,777 per annum
Full time (37 hours per week)
Temporary contract (maternity cover up to 12 months)
Based at Bardon Mill, Northumberland.
Northumberland National Park is a stunning expanse of natural beauty, rich in cultural heritage and biodiversity. We are seeking a passionate and dedicated individual to join our team as a Ranger. As a Ranger, you will play a crucial role in the conservation and enjoyment of this unique landscape, ensuring that visitors have a memorable experience.
Regional Officer South-East (Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Middlesex) - BASC
Salary: Circa £30,000pa plus company vehicle
Location: Home based with travel around designated counties
We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible and highly motivated person to cover territories in South-east England as a regional officer. The role involves day to day service of BASC members, delivering shoot briefings covering all the key and current topics. Training will be given but there is an expectation you will have an in-depth knowledge and experience across shooting and conservation activities, some educational and training activities and a general all-round knowledge of the sector.
Regional Firearms Officer (North) - BASC
Salary: Circa £30,000
Location: Northern regional office (Lancashire)
We are looking for an individual with excellent knowledge of firearms and ammunition to include practical, legal, and technical experience. The role is to join a team delivering accurate advice to BASC members across a broad spectrum of firearms and ammunition related matters.
Location: Corrimony, Inverness, Highland, IV63 6TW
Salary: £36,577.00 - £39,267.00 pa
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Are you looking to combine your passion for nature with your land management and communication skills? If so this is the prefect role for you! Set in the North West Highlands, RSPB Corrimony reserve is part of the iconic Glen Affric landscape. We are looking for a site manager to be based in the local community and manage our nature reserve.
Hebridean Mink Project Support (3 positions) - NatureScot
Hours: 35
Contract: Fixed Term to 31 March 2025
Salary: £27,940
Location: Uist or Lewis and Harris
Job Purpose: To carry out control of mink in support of a project set up and funded by NatureScot. The project aims to eradicate American mink (Neovision vision) from the spectacular landscapes of the Outer Hebrides.
Coastal Visitor Engagement Rangers - Lulworth Estate
Pay: £12.00/hr
Dates: May to early September
You will be working at one of the most popular locations along the World Heritage Jurassic Coast in Dorset, ensuring visitors to the site have a safe and enjoyable visit, and adhere to the countryside code. Working mainly outdoors, you will have a passion for conservation and people, good communication skills, be level-headed in various situations, have a love for the natural environment, a good level of physical fitness and ideally a good knowledge of the local area including flora, fauna, geology and history.
Landscape Contractor - Brindle & Green
Salary £25 - 31k per annum
Brindle & Green are looking for full time landscapers to join our Environmental Contracting Division based at our Derby office. The successful candidates will work closely with our landscape designers, managers and contracting team to implement soft landscape plans for various clients nationwide.
Work will involve turfing, planting and seeding in accordance to detailed landscape plans, carried out to spec. The ideal candidate will have a passion for delivering beautiful work and be experienced in all areas of soft landscaping.
Salary: £41,593.00 - £44,651.00 Per Annum
Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours pwk
Contract: Permanent
Location: Haweswater, Penrith, Cumbria
We are looking for an organised, dynamic, and passionate person to lead the team and work programme delivery on this large and exciting upland partnership reserve. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in driving and overseeing a significant and complex work programme across Haweswater with a wider landscape impact. The successful candidate will have an important external role, building positive relationships with key partners and stakeholders, so that partnerships policies and messages are understood and furthered within relevant partnerships, communities, the media and to a range of stakeholders and decision makers.
Nature Recovery Officer - Cranborne Chase National Landscape
Salary: £37,336 - £39,186
Working Pattern: Permanent Full Time
Location: Tollard Royal, Wiltshire, SP5 5QA
Cranborne Chase National Landscape is a nationally designated landscape and hosted by Wiltshire Council. As Nature Recovery Officer you’ll consult widely with multiple stakeholders to finalise our Nature Recovery Plan, prepare the Delivery Plan and guide its implementation on behalf of the National Landscape Partnership. This post will move from being office based to begin with, to being much more delivery focussed.