A little about what you can expect to find on the pages of countryside-jobs.com and in our various publications.
CJS is a specialist service for the countryside sector. We publish information which we think will be of interest to people working in countryside management and conservation profession.
This takes many forms, initially it was solely jobs but just as the sector is large and complex so is CJS.
The website has a large directory of training courses, providers and details of professional events.
Added in 2010 is the News Section which has a handful of each day's countryside and wildlife related headlines as chosen by the CJS Team. We aim to cover the main stories and, where relevant, responses; occasionally we will include a snippet and link to an article with another publication or posted to a blog which are not really news stories but are of interest to our readers.
In addition to the website there are two newsletters. CJS Weekly was the first to be published, the first edition appearing in July 1994, and it remains the largest publication carrying details of all the vacancies online and lots more besides. CJS Professional is a free newsletter sent to offices around the country. The website is the fastest growing in terms of both readers and numbers of adverts. In addition the jobs pages there are also separate sections for volunteer placements and information and adverts for apprenticeship adverts as well as a full Training Directory of professional courses and information.
We have range of in depth articles and features covering all aspects of the sector. Aiming to give you an insight into what goes on behind the scenes, explain some techniques and schemes and to share knowledge with other professionals. There are a range of careers focused articles too as well a series of job profiles to explore.
So, what sort of jobs will I find in CJS?
Pretty much anything related to the countryside, from arboriculture to wildlife projects and everything in between including countryside interpretation, research work, environmental education and visitor management are also included as are rights of way work and community involvement projects and not forgetting urban greenspaces and rural regeneration too. There's the all important support services as well, this is everything from the office based admin to publicity and fundraising including membership management. CJS also includes some environmental and 'green' jobs so you'll also find sustainability, biodiversity net gain and nature based solution projects. You won't find environmental health vacancies or lab based microscopy work or computer modelling jobs, however we do cover a wide range of field work and have recently started including more research roles including plant health
Find
out more about the types of jobs advertised by CJS here.
Is it right for me?
If you're interested in, looking for work (paid or voluntary), looking for staff, already working in or wanting to get involved in anything to do with the countryside then CJS is the place for you.
Where do I start?
Either return to the home page and click on the coloured headers to see each section or on one of the links to go directly to a job, training course or news item of interest or click on the main section links above (top left).
If you get totally lost (we know it's a big site which can seem scary at first) if you click on the CJS logo you'll go straight back to the home page.