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Practical Land and Habitat Management Jobs

Browse the latest practical land management vacancies, the jobs doing the hands-on conservation tasks: digging the ditches and knocking in the fence posts. This section covers all UK practical and manual outdoor work, including estate work, footpath and bridleway maintenance, some agricultural vacancies, country and field sports.

If a role requires muddy boots, hi-vis and hard hats and, the job description says willing to work outdoors in all weathers, it belongs here. Typical titles include conservation grazing assistant, estate worker, stockperson, gamekeeper and habitat management officer.

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Assistant Senior Ranger - Country Parks - Thurrock Council

Salary: £34,638 - £39,309 per annum (pro rata if part-time)

Contract Type: Permanent / Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Location: Civic Offices, Grays, Essex, RM17 6SL

The Ranger Service sits within Thurrock Council’s Place Directorate and is responsible for managing, conserving and protecting sites which are designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest and Scheduled Ancient Monuments. The team works to protect and enhance biodiversity, maintain high-quality public open spaces and provide engaging opportunities for residents and visitors to enjoy the countryside. The Assistant Senior Ranger plays a key role in supporting these objectives through practical site management, conservation work and visitor engagement.

Closing Date: 08/11/2026
Location: Civic Offices, Grays, Essex, RM17 6SL
Level: Management
Posted: 14/10/2026

Land Management Project Officer (Wading Birds and Habitats) - Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority

Salary: £32,046 to £37,563, per annum

Contract: Full time (37 hours per week) fixed term until 31 March 2029

Location: Grassington, near Skipton, with opportunities for blended working

Do you want to play a role in helping some of the Yorkshire Dales' most iconic bird species thrive? We're looking for a Land Management Project Officer to join our Land Management Section and deliver nature recovery across the National Park. This is an exciting opportunity to lead and develop our Dales-wide wading bird conservation work, building on successful pilot projects and delivering practical habitat improvements that support upland breeding populations.

Closing Date: 26/10/2026
Location: Grassington, near Skipton, BD23 5LB
Level: Main
Posted: 13/10/2026

Forest Creation Manager - Forest of Marston Vale

This is a full-time position of 37.5 hours per week, across a fixed term of three-years

Starting salary of up to £45,000 (experience dependant)

The Forest of Marston Vale Trust is seeking an experienced and motivated Forest Creation Manager to lead the delivery of large-scale tree planting, woodland creation and habitat enhancement projects across Bedfordshire and the surrounding area. This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in one of the region's most significant environmental programmes and help deliver a greener future for all.

Closing Date: 06/11/2026
Location: Bedfordshire
Level: Management
Posted: 12/10/2026

Wildlife Manager - National Trust

Location: Borrowdale, Bowe Barn, Keswick, CA12 5UP

Contract Type: Fixed term until 28th February 2029

Salary: £34,437 per annum

Ready to lead wildlife conservation at landscape scale in the Lake District? As Wildlife Manager, you'll use evidence-based approaches to manage wildlife populations, assess ecological impacts and deliver practical conservation action, sustainable outcomes for wildlife and people.

Closing Date: 25/10/2026
Location: Borrowdale, Bowe Barn, Keswick, CA12 5UP
Level: Management
Posted: 12/10/2026

Newt Conservation Partnership Warwickshire Project Officer - Freshwater Habitats Trust

Help deliver great crested newt and wider biodiversity conservation across Warwickshire and the West Midlands.

Permanent, full-time contract

Home-based / Warwickshire or elsewhere in the West Midlands

£28,000 per annum

We are seeking an enthusiastic, experienced Project Officer to deliver habitat creation, restoration and management projects, with a particular focus on ponds and great crested newts.

Closing Date: 11/11/2026
Location: Midlands
Level: Main
Posted: 09/10/2026

ACT Rainforest Squad Supervisor - Argyll & The Isles Coast & Countryside Trust

Salary: £30-35,000 depending upon experience

Hours: 35 hours per week

Are you ready for an opportunity to help save Argyll's rainforest? Join our Rainforest team, where we're working with communities and landowners to protect, regenerate and expand the rainforests of Argyll. The ACT Rainforest Squad are responsible for practical regeneration, expansion and maintenance projects across Argyll. The Squad is designed to ensure there are Argyll based contractors and volunteers with the skills, knowledge and qualifications to take Argyll's Rainforest Strategy forward.

Closing Date: 16/10/2026
Location: Argyll & Bute
Level: Management
Posted: 09/10/2026

ACT Rainforest Squad Operative - Argyll & The Isles Coast & Countryside Trust

Salary: £25-29,000 depending upon experience

Hours: 35 hours per week

Are you ready for an opportunity to help save Argyll's rainforest? Join our Rainforest team, where we're working with communities and landowners to protect, regenerate and expand the rainforests of Argyll.

The ACT Rainforest Squad are responsible for practical regeneration, expansion and maintenance projects across Argyll.

Closing Date: 16/10/2026
Location: Argyll & Bute
Level: Main
Posted: 09/10/2026

Site Supervisor - JPR Environmental

Type of appointment: Permanent, full-time

Location: Standish, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire

Salary: £31,200 - £36,332 depending on skills and experience

JPR Environmental is an environmental contracting company based in Gloucestershire and we are expanding our workforce due to an increase in work. Our work includes wetland creation and enhancement, erosion control, ecological improvements, vegetation clearance, planting and landscaping. Reporting to the Site Manager and/or Operations Manager, you will help ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, and within budget.

Closing Date: 25/10/2026
Location: Standish, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire
Level: Management
Posted: 09/10/2026

Fencing Labourer / Fencer / Lead Fencer / 360 Operator - Smallridge Fencing

Competitive salary, dependent on experience

Full-time

North Devon

We are looking for reliable and hardworking individuals to join our fencing team. The role may involve: Agricultural and stock fencing; Post and rail fencing; Timber and concrete posts; Gate installation; Domestic and security fencing; General fencing and groundwork; 360 excavator operation.

Delete Date: 19/11/2026
Location: North Devon
Level: Main
Posted: 08/10/2026

Grounds Manager - Horndean Parish Council

Scale Range 24-28 (£36,581 - £40,444)

37 hours per week | Permanent

Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO8 9SU

Help us shape the future of our parks, open spaces and recreational facilities. As Grounds Manager, you will have responsibility for the operational management, enhancement and sustainability of the Council’s parks, recreation grounds, nature reserves, amenity areas, play areas, closed churchyard and other Council-owned land and environmental assets.

Closing Date: 02/11/2026
Location: PO8 9SU
Level: Management
Posted: 08/10/2026

Planning Support Assistants x 2 - Forestry and Land Scotland

Type: Permanent

Location: Fort William, Scotland

Salary: £34026 - £35656 per annum + 28.97% employer pension contributions

The Planning Support Assistants based in Torlundy and Lochgilphead provide technical, administrative and fieldwork support to Forest Planners and the programming team. The role performs field surveys, data collection and GIS management with planning and consultation activities, helping to prepare forest plans, regulatory submissions and supporting documentation that underpin sustainable forest management across the region.

Closing Date: 28/10/2026
Location: Fort William, Scotland
Level: Main
Posted: 07/10/2026

Grey Squirrel Control Officer - Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels - Scottish Wildlife Trust

Salary: £25,095 per annum

Status: full time / fixed term until 31st March 2028

Hours: 35 hours per week

Location: Scottish Borders, South East Scotland

The Grey Squirrel Control Officer will contribute to a programme of targeted grey squirrel control to protect key populations of Scotland’s red squirrels, in accordance with the Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels plan to protect red squirrels in priority landscapes in the Scottish Borders. Delivering grey squirrel control, including supporting grey squirrel control volunteers and Red Squirrel Networks in the SSRS Priority Areas for Red squirrel Conservation (PARCs).

Closing Date: 25/10/2026
Location: Scottish Borders
Level: Main
Posted: 06/10/2026

Projects Officer - Woodland Creation - Hertfordshire County Council

Salary: £32,578 progressing to £35,570 per annum

Contract Type: Fixed Term until March 2028 / Hours: 37

Location: Stevenage Campus

If you have a passion for the environment and are keen to make a vital contribution within our team to fulfil our commitment to establish 1.8 million trees across Hertfordshire by 2030, then this could be the role for you.

We are looking for an individual keen to take the next step in their career and join our Land Management team as a Woodland Creation Projects Officer. You will be involved in everything from identifying woodland creation opportunities to securing funding, planning and delivering tree and hedgerow planting.

Closing Date: 08/11/2026
Location: Stevenage Campus
Level: Main
Posted: 05/10/2026

Part-time Countryside Ranger (Habitats) - Teignbridge District Council

£28,608 - £30,515 (pro rata) per annum

29.6 hours per week over 4 days

Fixed-term contract for up to 4 years

Love all things involving wildlife and people. An exciting opportunity is available for a Countryside Ranger for up to four years. The purpose is to lead on and undertake a packed program of practical hands-on habitat restoration and improvement works across eight of our wonderful diverse Local Nature Reserves and County Wildlife Sites.

Closing Date: 19/10/2026
Location: Teignbridge
Level: Main
Posted: 01/10/2026

Green Spaces Officer - Newport & Carisbrooke Town Council

Salary: SCP 15 (£31,015 per annum)

Full Time / Permanent

Newport & Carisbrooke Town Council is seeking an enthusiastic and practical Green Spaces Officer to help manage and improve a diverse range of community green spaces across the Isle of Wight. This is a varied, hands-on role with responsibility for recreation grounds, allotments, play areas and open spaces. You will be the first point of contact for allotment holders, undertaking site inspections, helping to resolve issues, monitoring plot standards and supporting the ongoing management and improvement of allotment sites.

Closing Date: 16/10/2026
Location: Newport, Isle of Wight
Level: Main
Posted: 25/09/2026

Radnorshire Rivers Intern - Radnorshire Wildlife Trust

The Radnorshire Rivers project aims to restore and reconnect Radnorshire’s riparian habits strengthening their role as vital corridors for wildlife. Working with local farmers and landowners, this project will evidence both the need and the success for a change in land management use, specifically within 3 identified priority zones along key Radnorshire rivers.

This internship is an exciting opportunity for someone interested in getting into conservation work. The job will be focused on providing training and hands on experience.

Closing Date: 26/10/2026
Location: Warwick House, Warwick House, High Street, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, LD1 6AG
Level: Apprentice/Intern
Posted: 23/09/2026

Forest Craftsperson / Ranger - Hampton Estate

Hampton Estate, Surrey

Hampton Estate, a 910-hectare family-run rural business in the Surrey Hills, is looking for an enthusiastic, hands-on Forest Craftsperson/Ranger to join its small and dynamic team. This is a varied, seasonal role split between practical woodland management and public engagement.

Closing Date: 30/10/2026
Location: GU10 1HL
Level: Main
Posted: 22/09/2026

Peatland Officer - WildLand Nature

Hours: 40 hours per week; permanent; full time

Location: Working across multiple Wildland sites across the Highlands

At WildLand, conservation is the Heart story, and our why, protecting our most valuable asset and restoring these landscapes to their former richness. This role will see you working onsite across Sutherland and the Cairngorms, along with time in office. You’ll be hands on in leading the planning and delivery of our peatland restoration programme, liaising with both internal and external stakeholders and acting with an informed, forward thinking and solutions focused mindset.

Closing Date: 18/10/2026
Location: Cairngorms and Sutherland
Level: Main
Posted: 22/09/2026

Community Woodland Manager - Broadford and Strath Community Company

Part time (0.6 FTE, some flexibility may be possible)

£32,000 pro rata / 3 year post – may be extended subject to funding

Hybrid role based in Broadford, Isle of Skye (min. 60% of time) and home

This is an exciting opportunity to help regenerate and develop our community-owned woodland in south Skye. Broadford and Strath Community Company (BSCC) is an award-winning community development charity dedicated to creating a strong, self-sufficient, inclusive and eco-friendly community. BSCC has recently acquired a new area of woodland on behalf of the community, supported by the Scottish Land Fund and Highlands & Islands Enterprise. We are seeking a part-time Woodland Manager to lead the project to develop the expanded woodland as a community asset.

Closing Date: 19/10/2026
Location: Broadford, Isle of Skye
Level: Management
Posted: 21/09/2026

Ecologist - Advance Northumberland

Salary: £32,000 to £45,000 (depending on experience) with incentive scheme and excellent benefits.

Location: You will be working at our offices located in Ashington, Northumberland. There will be an expectation that you will need to travel to other locations within Northumberland.

Our newly formed Ecology and Sustainability team is responsible for creating and managing the third largest habitat bank in the country, as well as ensuring that our activities are sustainable. As an Ecologist within the Advance Green Futures division, you will be at the forefront of managing our ecology programme, supporting the work on our habitat banks and providing advice and guidance to colleagues across the business.

Closing Date: 23/10/2026
Location: Ashington, Northumberland
Level: Main
Posted: 18/09/2026

Head of Land Management - Borders Forest Trust

This is an opportunity for an experienced land and team manager with knowledge and passion for landscape restoration. Over the last 30 years Borders Forest Trust (BFT) has led the way in landscape scale restoration in the South of Scotland. Our work has helped nature recover and we’ve also reached and inspired people and communities to act for nature and our changing climate. To build on this, we are seeking a knowledgeable and experienced Head of Land Management.

Closing Date: 18/10/2026
Location: Monteviot Nurseries near Jedburgh
Level: Senior
Posted: 16/09/2026

Estate Woodsperson - Mulgrave Estate

Permanent, Full Time - 39 hours per week

Based near Whitby, North Yorkshire

Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

Mulgrave Estate is a historic and continually evolving rural estate on the North Yorkshire Coast, extending across 13,800 acres of mixed woodland, productive farmland, internationally important coastal and moorland environments, interspersed with thriving village communities. We are seeking a skilled and enthusiastic Estate Woodsperson to join our growing forestry team. This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about woodland management and enjoys working outdoors in all seasons.

Closing Date: 19/10/2026
Location: Based near Whitby, North Yorkshire
Level: Main
Posted: 14/09/2026

Woodsman / Estate Worker - JBWT

Permanent post

Dedicated and kind Woodsman / Estate Worker for management of various woodlands including SSIs and general work on traditional agricultural estate in South Cambs.

Delete Date: 16/10/2026
Location: South Cambridgeshire
Level: Main
Posted: 11/09/2026

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