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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.
We are seeking Conservation Scientists to join the RSPB’s UK Marine Science team in an exciting fixed-term role for a minimum of 6 months, work will be both field-based and analytical/desk-based. The role provides a great opportunity to work at the cutting edge of research to improve our understanding of seabird distribution, movements, and behaviour.
Location: Flexible in UK
Salary: £36,577.00 - £39,267.00 Per Annum
Contract: Minimum 6 months
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
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.
Operations Officer – South - NatureScot
Starting salary £31,719
Hours: 35 hours
Temporary – Fixed term to 26 June 2026
Location: Edinburgh, Cupar, Dumfries, Galashiels or Stirling
NatureScot is Scotland’s Nature Agency, protecting and restoring nature, and inspiring everyone to value our natural world. In this role you will contribute to NatureScot’s vision for a nature-rich future for Scotland by encouraging actions to protect, restore and value nature as part of the ‘National Operations South’ team.
Licensing Officer – Policy & Legislation - NatureScot
Starting salary £38,242
Hours: 35 hours
Temporary – Fixed term to 31 March 2026
Location: Scotland, flexible (Home and hybrid working will be considered)
The post-holder will be a key member of NatureScot's licensing team in the Wildlife Management Activity Team undertaking a range of duties supporting the delivery of NatureScot’s licensing function. The main focus of the role is on legislative and policy development in particular for areas of new licensing responsibility.
Licensing Officer – Casework (2 Positions) - NatureScot
Starting salary £38,242
Hours: 35 hours
Permanent
Location: Scotland, flexible (Home and hybrid working will be considered)
The post-holder will be a key member of NatureScot's licensing team in the Wildlife Management Activity Team undertaking a range of duties supporting the delivery of NatureScot’s licensing function. The main focus of the role is managing and delivering licensing casework responses, particularly for novel and contentious cases and cases involving new areas of licensing responsibility.
Project Officer - Nature Connections - RSPB
We are looking for a Nature Connections Project Officer with a passion for nature and its benefits to people to develop and deliver our work with NHS Lothian Charity in Edinburgh’s Western General Hospital, as part of a wider programme of Giving Nature a Home (GNaH) activities.
Location: Edinburgh
Salary: £25,723.00 - £27,614.00 pro rata
Hours: Part-Time, 22.5 hours pwk
Contract: 6 months fixed-term – start after 1st May 2024
This role will continue to build on the successful pilot project delivered in the hospital grounds and wards in 2023.
(Assistant) Forest Manager & (Senior) Forest Manager - Scottish Woodlands Ltd
/>Admin Officer - Scottish Ornithologists' Club
£22,393-£26,874 (under review for 2024-25)
Full time, Permanent (job-share considered)
Aberlady, East Lothian
This is an ideal opportunity for someone who is highly organised and thrives on a varied work schedule. The successful candidate will play a key role in assisting the Club Manager in the running of the Club. They will become the key initial point of contact for members and others and fundamental to the smooth running of member services.
Countryside Access Officer - Dumfries & Galloway Council
Contract type - Full Time 36 hrs per week, permanent
Salary: £36,285 - £38,952 per annum
An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen within the Council’s Environment Team for the position of Countryside Access Officer.
If you have an interest in public access to the countryside, are a good communicator with a proven track record in solving problems and dealing with people, this may be the ideal opportunity for you. You’ll make full use of your skills as you fulfil the Councils duties under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act on responsible public access, manage the network of core paths and public rights of way in Dumfries and Galloway, covering maintenance and enforcement.
Woodland ACTION Officer - Dumfries & Galloway Woodlands
Dumfries & Galloway Woodlands is a new initiative with ambitious goals. We want to provide a local and tangible response to the biodiversity and climate crises, supporting trees, habitats and the people that depend upon then.
Trees are a vital part of what we do and we are now recruiting for a Woodland ACTION Officer to inspire and support broadleaf and native woodland creation across the region.
We need someone with experience of, and love for, trees to really help us make a difference!
Scientist - Fish Ecology - Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Salary: £35,831 - £39,585
Contract: Permanent – Full Time
Location: Flexible
We are looking for a highly motivated scientist with excellent communication skills. The successful applicant will contribute to SEPA’s freshwater fish ecology work across the whole of Scotland.
Wildlife Ranger Manager - Forestry and Land Scotland
Location: West Calder
Salary: £33,360 - £35,590 + 27% employer pension contributions
Contractual hours: 37
Basis: Full time
We are looking to recruit a Wildlife Ranger Managers to join the FLS Central Region Wildlife Management Team. The post will be based working out of our West Calder Office covering the Scottish Lowlands Area of Central Region. Occasional support to elsewhere in the Region West towards Aberfoyle may occur.
Project Manager - Green Action Trust
Location: Central Scotland
The Green Action Trust are a trusted delivery partner for the Scottish Government and a wide range of stakeholders including local authorities, regional partnerships, landowners, environmental groups, and local communities. We are passionate about delivering positive environmental and social change in Scotland and are seeking candidates who have a similar passion to help us deliver and grow our activities. 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 Manager. Our Project Managers lead on the design and delivery of complex projects and programmes that help to realise the Trust’s vision and ambition at scale through multi-agency partnerships.
Ranger - East Coast - Scottish Wildlife Trust
Salary: £24,000-£25,600 FTE dependant on experience
Status: Full time Fixed term until end February 2025
Field location: various reserves over East Coast of Scotland
Office location: West Livingston with flexibility and hybrid approach
We are looking for a well organised individual with the skills to deliver a practical and ecological work programme across 17 wildlife reserves. Working with volunteers and contractors this post carries a significant level of responsibility and offers great potential for the right person to make a real impact.
SCRAmble Editor - Scottish Countryside Rangers' Association
A new volunteer Editor for the Scottish Countryside Rangers' Association (SCRA) Magazine, SCRAmble is sought!
The current SCRAmble Editor will be stepping down at the AGM in April, so SCRA Council are now looking for a new Editor. With 3 editions a year, and working with a wonderful Designer, the Editing of SCRAmble is an excellent addition to any CV. You don't have to be a 'serving' Ranger in Scotland, but you do need to be someone who cares about Rangering in Scotland and knows people and places.
Botanical Ecologist - Scotland - Bowland Ecology
Competitive salary (£25K plus)
Bowland Ecology is a well-established and thriving ecological consultancy. Due to continued growth, we are seeking to appoint a Botanical Ecologist to our friendly and supportive team. The role will be based at our office in central Glasgow with the option for flexible home working. The successful candidate must be able to travel throughout Scotland as required.
Staff wellbeing underpins all that we do, and you will have the opportunity to develop and grow alongside the company.
Climate FORTH Project Officer - RSPB
Salary: £25,723.00 - ££27,614.00 Per Annum
This is a Fixed-Term Full-Time role until 31st July 2026.
Location: Skinflats and Black Devon Reserve - Hybrid
In this Project Officer role you will support project delivery by leading business and tourism sector engagement activity that supports the delivery of our sustainable tourism objectives.
Trainee Gardener - Historic & Botanic Garden Training - English Heritage
Salary: National Living Wage
Job type: 12 months fixed-term, full time
Location: Various Placement Gardens within the UK
Applications are now open for the Historic and Botanic Garden Training Programme (HBGTP). The HBGTP is managed by English Heritage and provides a truly exceptional opportunity for passionate and committed gardeners to develop their career in horticulture. Trainees are paid to work full-time, as a trainee gardener, in a prestigious UK botanic or historic garden. Placements are for 12 months and start in September each year.
Seasonal Field Surveyors - Ecology Solutions
Competitive salary plus expenses
Ecology Solutions is a leading consultancy with an extensive range of expertise, specialising in ecology planning solutions for numerous, diverse high-profile clients within both the public and private sectors nationwide. Our Hertfordshire office is seeking to recruit Seasonal Field Surveyors to be involved in protected species survey and translocation work in various locations across the UK.
Seasonal Bat Surveyor - Wild Surveys Ltd
Hourly rates start at £16.50 and will go up from there based on experience.
Wild Surveys are currently welcoming applications from candidates available to undertake bat emergence surveys around dusk time between May and September on a regular basis, in particular in locations across the west and East of Scotland.
Professional Practice Manager - CIEEM
Salary: £36,430 - £39,246 p.a. FTE
Full-time: 37.5 hours per week (30 hour part-time option considered)
Location: Flexible depending on location with office base near Romsey, Hampshire
These are exciting and challenging times to be an ecologist or environmental manager. There is much work to do, and we are looking for someone with energy, enthusiasm and insights into professional practice, who never wants to stop learning in the role. The successful applicant will be a member of the management team and will play a key role in CIEEM’s ambition to raise the profile of our profession and ensure that members have the tools and resources needed to lead action to address biodiversity and climate emergencies.
Nature Recovery Leadership Programmes – Programmes Manager - Common Purpose
Salary: £26,000 to £28,000 per annum, depending on level of experience
Permanent role
Location: Remote in UK
This is a full-time permanent role based in the UK as part of the Common Purpose team, which is responsible for leading and developing the organisation’s environmental work - a key strategic priority for Common Purpose. Our Programmes Manager will work independently, with support from colleagues to plan, manage, set-up and deliver on two exciting new Nature Recovery Leadership Programmes, run in-person and online for emerging leaders involved in nature recovery. The Programmes Manager will be someone who has excellent administrative and logistics skills and is a clear communicator.
Nature Recovery Leadership Programmes – Programmes Director - Common Purpose
Salary: £38,000 to £42,000, depending on level of experience
Role: One year contract, fixed term
Location: Remote in UK
We are seeking a dynamic and ambitious Programmes Director to specifically work on two new Nature Recovery Leadership Programmes, which we are about to launch in the North of England and in Scotland. The Programmes Director will be responsible for designing and delivering the Nature Recovery Leadership Programmes, leadership development programmes run in-person and online for emerging leaders involved in nature recovery in the UK. They will be an experienced facilitator and someone who can build and maintain strong relationships with new and existing stakeholders.