Title, Employer,
Location:, Basis: (contract details
if known).
Senior
Ecologist (level 2 bat-licensed) CGO Ecology Ltd. home based working
nationwide. (full or part time, start asap)
Wetland
Restoration Officer, Forestry England. Based Lyndhurst (but currently
working from home) Estate
Manager, Horsell Common Preservation Society. Woking, Surrey
Digital
Marketing Officer, Surrey Wildlife Trust. Surrey (Full time or 4 day week
considered)
Ecologist
– West Midlands, Midland Ecology Ltd. West Midlands
Bat
Ecologist, Lockhart Garratt Ltd. Midlands area but hours and location are
flexible including part-time and home-working
Ecologists
/ Ecological Consultants, Lockhart Garratt Ltd. Midlands area but hours and
location are flexible including part-time and home-working
Land
Management Director, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife
Trust. Based: BBOWT Offices and homeworking (Permanent, full-time 35hpw)
Operations
Coordinator, BASC. Horsham, South East England
GIS
Technician, Middlemarch Environmental Ltd. Coventry (Permanent, 40hpw)
Animal
Care Manager & Land-Based Studies Technician (two posts), Mary Hare
School. Location: RG14 3BQ
Vegetation
Operative, Ecosupport Ltd. Based in Lee on the Solent, Hampshire, most sites
within the South East of England.
Recreation
Ranger, Forestry England. Based at Alice Holt, Farnham (Weekend working
required)
Visitor
Services Officer x 2, Forestry England. Hamsterley Forest, County Durham
(0.3 full-time equivalent - 11 hpw)
Public
Rights of Way Enforcement Officer, Worcestershire County Council. Worcester
(Permanent, 35hpw)
Two
Assistant Public Rights of Way Officers, Worcestershire County Council.
Worcester (Temporary, 36 hpw)
Forest
Centre Operations Manager, Forestry England. High Lodge Forest Centre,
Thetford Forest, Brandon (Fixed term to 31 March 2022)
Beat
Manager x 2, Forestry England. Based at Queen Elizabeth Country Park or
Micheldever, Hampshire
Woodland
Manager / Consultant, Oakbank Game & Conservation Ltd. Based in East
Anglia
Projects
Officer - Land Management, Hertfordshire County Council. Countywide (Fixed
Term, 37 hpw)
Housekeeper / Estate Maintenance Couple, Ardverikie Estate.
Inverness-shire
Senior
Reserves Officer, Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Hertfordshire &
Middlesex
Assistant
Manager (Food Growing),Glasgow City Council. Location: 231 George Street,
Glasgow, G1 1RX
Community
Engagement Officer. North Pennines AONB Partnership. AONB Office,
Stanhope (Temporary to end March 2022, part time, 30hpw)
Invasive
Species Officer, South West Lakes Trust. Base: Roadford Lake office and home
working also required to travel to Devon, Dorset, Cornwall and Somerset sites
(37.5hpw on flexible basis to include weekends, Bank Holidays and some
evenings)
National
Wildflower Centre Projects Manager, Eden Project. Bodelva, St Austell (Fixed
term to August 2023, 32-40 hpw)
Forest
Manager / Senior Forest Manager, Scottish Woodlands Ltd. Fort William, North West Scotland
Freelance, Self-employed and Contracts
Out to Tender
Bat
Survey Assistants (Casual), Angela Graham Bat Consultancy Service Ltd.
Manchester
Apprenticeships, Interns and paid trainee
roles
Trainee
Projects Officer Land Management, Hertfordshire County Council. Across
Hertfordshire. (Fixed term until 31/03/2023, 37 hpw)
The Mammal Society want volunteers for the first
on-the-ground national survey to shed light on distribution and numbers
of Scottish mountain hares.
The survey is calling on
hillwalkers, naturalists and other outdoor enthusiasts to record
sightings of the charismatic animals as they are out and about. No
previous experience of wildlife surveys is necessary to take part. [more]
PTES are looking for people to particpate in the National Water Vole Monitoring Programme. [more]
Spread the word, share CJS Professional with your friends colleagues and anyone interested in the countryside sector and ivite them to sign up to the mailing list. [more]
CJS sponsors...
In 2020 we ran our short
readership survey and every completed survey went towards sponsoring
plants with former featured charity Plantlife or birds with the Wildlife
Trusts, offering you the choice as to which you'd pick. We've been
sharing details of the resulting adoptions / sponsorships across our
social media since January, here are details of what we've sponsored and
some of the reasons why. [more]
Another article from our 2021 featured charity Campaign for Parks: National Parks - 70 years on: 'if you make it about the people, you protect the place'
This year’s National Park Week (17-25 April) coincides with another special date - the 70th anniversary since the first National Park, Peak District National Park, was created in the UK on 17 April 1951. It paved the way for the creation of the 15 National Parks here today. The launch of Peak District National Park was closely followed in 1951 by Lake District National Park (9 May), Snowdonia National Park (18 October) and Dartmoor National Park (30 October). [more]
The importance of protecting Wales’ Celtic Rainforests by Jane Cook of Woodland Trust.
Temperate rainforest, also known as Atlantic or Celtic rainforest, is
an incredibly rare habitat, and even thought to be more threatened than
tropical rainforest. Temperate rainforest is also one of the most biodiverse habitats
found in the UK. The high humidity and low temperature range create the
perfect conditions for moisture-loving lichens and bryophytes (mosses
and liverworts); a good example of this kind of habitat could contain
over 200 different species of bryophytes, and 100-200 species of lichen. [more]
Helping young people keep it wild in 2021
Action
for Conservation (AFC) is a UK charity working to empower the next
generation of environmental leaders. AFC’s newest Programme
Coordinators, Charlotte Nwanodi, Omar Abu-Seer and Sophie Jones, share
why it’s important for young people to remain engaged in environmental
action as we emerge from the lockdown and how programmes like WildED
arehelping young people drive a fairer, greener future. [more]
Survey water voles on your land by Henrietta Pringle, Key Species Data & Monitoring Officer at PTES
Britain’s
water voles are in trouble. The arrival of non-native American mink and
loss of suitable habitat have led to them becoming one of our fastest
declining mammals. The main aim of PTES’ National Water Vole Monitoring
Programme (NWVMP) is to revisit sites that were originally surveyed in
the 1990s. [more]
Time to put an end to Voluntary Traineeships? An opinion piece
Spring
is the season of change, growth and opportunity as the
hedgerows explode into life and the skylarks start displaying. This is
also the time of year when career seekers will be scouring CJS in search
of a seasonal foot-in-the-door. Increasingly, however, that includes
not just traditional seasonal contracts and project funded posts, but
also “voluntary traineeships”.It’s not a new phenomenon, but it is a
growing one and has never been more relevant. When many hours of unpaid
work are an essential prerequisite to even applying for a job, we end
up choosing our workforce on the basis of means rather than talent or
potential, and have to question how “voluntary” these roles really are. [more] (opportunity to have your say on our Facebook page here)
Want to express your own opinion on a subject that's close to your heart or gets you hot under the collar? Find out how here.
The power of community gardens – growing people and places by Stacey Aplin, PR and Communications Coordinator, Groundwork
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s fair to say eyes have
been opened to the importance of access to well-maintained, supported
and funded outdoor spaces -and the benefits this can offer. Community gardens play a big role in this. When done right, these
spaces provide local people and places with so much more than
aesthetics. They ensure that local communities have access to a space
that is tailored towards the needs of the area through employment and
training opportunities and physical and mental health provision. [more]
Stress Awareness Month: the outdoors as a means of reducing stress
Now that we are in April – officially ‘Stress Awareness
Month’ – Tracey Evans CEO of the Outdoor Partnership looks at how being in the outdoors benefits mental as well as
physical health. [more]
Most recent edition is in association with the National Federation of Parks and Green Spaces (NFPGS) with Parks Community UK and was CJS Focus on Volunteering, published on 22 February - read it in full here.
The next edition will be CJS Focus on Careers in Ecology in association with CIEEM, it is due for publication on 20 September.
A good mix of news across all areas this month including good news
for many bird species and butterflies too. Several stories featuring
visitor management as well as the launch of the updated Countryside Code
- say hello! - a little on green recovery and several pieces
mentioning the global impact of Covid-19, announcements from a range of
organisations about aims to become net zero and generally more
sustainable in response to the climate crisis.
And finally: the winners of our featured charity Campaign for Parks Park Protector Awards.
Calendar of events and short courses occurring in June plus additions made over the past month.
Two adverts this month: Kate Shipley offering Forest School Training and WildMinds running environmental education activities in South Derbyshire
The next edition of CJS Professional will be published on: 13 May
Got something to share or want to advertise? The deadline is: 5pm Monday 10 May
Got something to share or want to advertise? The deadline is: 5pm FRIDAY 2 April (Monday is a Bank Holiday)
Contact us by email: ranger@countryside-jobs.com (don't reply to this email)
If you have any suggestions about areas we could or should include please let us know and we'll try to fill in the gaps. Likewise if you have any information, events etc that you'd like featured please contact us (ranger@countryside-jobs.com) and we'll tell you what we can use and how to send it.
You are welcome to circulate your email notification within your organisation. If anyone in your department would like to receive their own reminder direct to their inbox, please send their details to CJS and we will add them to the mailing list.
CJS Newsletters and updates:
CJS Weekly: subscription only weekly newsletter. Receive details of all vacancies and information advertised with CJS. Find out more here. Instant access here.
Daily email with details of latest vacancies, news and general information. Sign up free here.