Details of the numbers of types of job advertised by CJS during 2025.

Posts

Posts advertised during 2025	Advertised vacancies
Type of jobs	Number	% of total
Administration	39	1.7
Administration - IT e.g. GIS and web	27	1.2
Arboriculture	94	4.2
Community project work including outreach and health, e.g. green prescription	103	4.6
Countryside Ranger	356	15.9
Countryside Ranger - practical	80	3.6
Ecology and biodiversity	226	10.1
Education and training  includes lecturers in higher and further education	20	0.9
Environmental Education and Interpretation	55	2.5
Estate Management	68	3.0
Farm conservation / management	93	3.9
Field sports, fisheries and estate management	12	0.5
Fieldwork and surveying	68	3.0
Forestry - commercial plantations and timber production	87	3.9
Grant administration and fundraising	23	1.0
Heritage including archaeology	7	0.3
Horticulture	43	1.9
Manual workers e.g. fencing	23	1.0
Manager, Director, Chief Executive level vacancies	158	7.1
Outdoor Activity Instructors	3	0.1
Policy and advice (Countryside Officer)	168	7.5
Project Officer / work*	165	7.1
Promotion and membership recruitment	35	1.6
Research (excluding practical fieldwork)	4	0.2
Public Rights of Way / access posts	32	1.4
Rural affairs	3	0.1
Student Placements, internships & apprenticeships	76	3.4
Sustainability projects including energy efficiency and waste management	17	0.8
Visitor services includes recreation	41	1.8
Volunteer Co-ordinators and youth work	46	2.1
Wildlife and Zoology work (not research)	59	2.6
Miscellaneous, unusual posts not normally within CJS remit	2	0.1

Total number of adverts: 2333.

NB posts may have more than one area of responsibility.

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*NB the numbers of posts includes 140 free linage adverts published in CJS Weekly but not appearing online. In addition to the online adverts there were also 665 listings in the CJS Digest – both only available in CJS Weekly meaning that nearly one quarter of all vacancies were only available to CJS Weekly readers.

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