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GIS Survey Technician - Forestry and Land Scotland
Location: Multiple (See JD)
Salary: £31,611 - £33,125 + 27% employer pension contributions
Contractual hours: 37 / Basis: Full time
Forestry and Land Scotland manages and protects Scotland’s national forests and land. Join us and take pride in helping look after Scotland’s national forests and land.
East Region is looking for two Survey GIS Technicians to join the Planning and Environment team. As a Survey GIS Technician, you will carry out quality assurance checks on survey contractors, lead on plant health issues in your area and work alongside the regional GIS technician to ensure that our sub-compartment database is kept up to date.
Programme Manager - Species Survival Fund - RSPB
We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, skilled and passionate Programme Manager to lead our Species Survival Fund programme.
Location: Flexible in England
Salary: £38,389.00 - £41,212.00 Per Annum
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week / Contract: Fixed-term to 28th February 2026
Species Coastal and Wetlands: more, better, bigger, joined has secured funding from the Species Survival Fund.
Guided by the Lawton principles of more, bigger, better, more, this programme will deliver transformative landscape-scale restoration across 14 sites for the benefit of species abundance, people, and communities.
Project Manager - Species Survival Fund - RSPB
We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, skilled and passionate Project Manager to play a leading role in our Species Survival Fund programme.
Project Manager - Species Survival Fund - Fixed Term
Location: Flexible in England
Salary: £32,022.00 - £34,377.00 pa
Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours pwk / Contract: Fixed-Term until 28/02/2026
Species Coastal and Wetlands: more, better, bigger, joined has secured funding from the Species Survival Fund. Guided by the Lawton principles of more, bigger, better, joined, this programme will deliver transformative landscape-scale restoration across 14 sites for the benefit of species abundance, people, and communities.
Field Officer - Gough Island - RSPB
Location: Gough Island
Salary: £26,379.00 - £28,319.00 Per Annum
Duration: Until 31 October 2025
The RSPB is looking to recruit a Field Officer to carry out research on Gough Island. This work will primarily include 1) field and captive trials assessing House Mouse Mus musculus behaviour and the effectiveness of eradication measures, and 2) the monitoring of the two land birds (Gough Moorhen Gallinula comeri and Gough Bunting Rowettia goughensis).
Field Team Leader - Gough Island - RSPB
Salary: £29,200.00 - £31,347.00 Per Annum
This is a Fixed-Term role until 31st October 2025 for 37.5 hours per week.
Location: Gough Island
The RSPB is looking to recruit a Field Team Leader to carry out research on Gough Island. This work will primarily include 1) field and captive trials assessing House Mouse Mus musculus behaviour and the effectiveness of eradication measures, and 2) the monitoring of the two land birds (Gough Moorhen Gallinula comeri and Gough Bunting Rowettia goughensis). In addition, it will also involve 3) a limited amount of seabird monitoring, and likely 4) the control of an invasive plant Sagina procumbens.
Research Officer, Citizen Science - WWT
Location: Slimbridge
Salary: £27,847.00
Vacancy Type: Fixed Term
WWT’s Conservation Evidence department comprises a rapidly growing team of scientists, which provides the evidence that underpins the work of WWT. We use a wide range of inter-disciplinary methods across the social and ecological sciences to deliver high-quality conservation science. We work in collaboration with multiple NGO and academic partners, and a number of PhD students, across the UK and overseas.
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.
Assistant Nature-Based Solutions Officer - Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
Salary: £22,000 - £24,000 gross per annum depending on skills and experience
Full Time - 35 Hours per week
Fixed Term Contract
Location: Beechcroft House, SO32 2DP
This post is held within our Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) Department. In order to achieve our ambitions for nature’s recovery, the Assistant Nature-based Solutions Officer will assist in the delivery of the survey and monitoring of externally funded project work, through our ecological consultancy, Arcadian Ecology & Consulting Ltd. Projects vary, but mainly include a large woodland restoration project. Duties will primarily include assisting officers with field survey work including bats, butterflies, bumblebees, dormice, moths, reptiles, habitat surveys, habitat management, and data entry using spreadsheets and Geographical Information Systems (GIS), reporting and equipment maintenance.
Kent’s Plan Bee Project Officer - Bumblebee Conservation Trust
A unique opportunity to join a successful and growing conservation charity!
FTE for 20 months
Salary £23,140
The Bumblebee Conservation Trust (the Trust) is looking for a full-time Kent’s Plan Bee Project Officer to join the conservation team and lead on the delivery of Kent’s ‘Plan Bee’, the pollinator action plan for Kent County Council. This role is a secondment to Kent County Council.
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.
£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.
National Forest Inventory & Trees Outside Woodland Surveyor - Browning Forestry Ltd
Full time sub-contracting role located in: Central/Eastern Southern England.
Period – July 2024 to June 2025 with possible extension.
Payment: Variable (dependant on complexity of work).
Specific areas of skills & knowledge include navigation, NVC, advanced tree & basic ground flora identification, habitat identification, knowledge of silviculture, pests, diseases & mensuration.
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.
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.
Project Officer - Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Based in Horncastle, Lincolnshire with flexible working options
Circa £25,000 pa
Saltmarsh Restoration and Sand Dune Enhancement
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust is seeking a Project Officer to work with our partners to deliver our joint pioneering Wilder Humber Project with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust for the next 5 years. Trialling the combined restoration of dune, saltmarsh, seagrass and native oyster habitats in collaboration with and supported by Ørsted, a leading global renewable energy company.
Assistant Surveyor - Teesdale Special Flora Trust
Two part-time, self-employed Assistant Surveyor Posts
Three days a week for 16 weeks from June to September 2024 at £250 per day.
Teesdale Special Flora Trust is seeking two part-time, self-employed assistant surveyors from June to September this year to learn the important skill of surveying the presence of rare plant species. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a nationally-renowned botanist in Upper Teesdale in the North Pennines National Landscape area. This is one of the UK’s five ‘botanical hotspots’, famous for its unique collection of rare and scarce plant species – the so-called ‘Teesdale Assemblage’.
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: £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.
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.
Bat Survey Assistants (Casual) - Angela Graham Bat Consultancy Service Ltd
I'm looking for assistants to help on a casual basis with dusk-emergence and dawn return-to-roost surveys, mainly in and around Manchester/Lancashire, from May to September inclusive.
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.