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Advisor £28,000 to £34,000
Assistant Advisor £22,500 to £27,000
With increased demand for our services this is a fantastic opportunity to join the growing group of professionals at FWAG South East as a Farm Environment Advisor or Assistant Advisor (depending on experience and qualifications) with the Kent & East West Sussex team.
FWAG South East provides environmental advice to farmers and land managers on a wide range of agri-environment topics. We also work with other organisations to deliver projects and on a landscape scale with a number of farm cluster groups.
Coastal Officer - Tir Canol - RSPB
Location: Dyfi Estuary or local surroundings
Salary: £26,397.00 - £28,319.00 Per Annum, Pro Rata
Contract: 20 months
Hours: 4 days per week.
This is an exciting opportunity. The role is fixed-term for 20 months and will deliver the Changing Tides—a Community Guide to a Resilient Coast project funded by the Heritage Fund. You will focus on creating a handbook for coastal adaptation based in the Dyfi Estuary but with wider applications. This project will use a series of co-design and co-production workshops.
£25,000 - £35,000 per annum
Eco 360 are looking for a full time ecologist who is able to complete various types of ecology survey work and report writing. We welcome applicants from all over the country.
Researcher – Adders Up Project - North Pennines National Landscape
Salary: Grade 8 - £30,296 to £33,945 per annum
Employment Location: North Pennines National Landscape Office, Stanhope (hybrid working options available).
The “Adders Up” project is a three-year programme from the North Pennines National Landscape team (hosted by Durham County Council) of public engagement to locate and raise awareness of adders, and land management activity to conserve and restore populations of adders in the North Pennines. As the Researcher you will lead on the field surveys of adders with support from the Field Research Assistant. You will lead on data recording and management in the field, and ensuring data, field photographs and camera trap images are stored in a secure and systematic manner.
Field Assistant – Adders Up Project - North Pennines National Landscape
Salary: Grade 2 - £ 22,737 to £23,114 per annum
Employment Location: North Pennines National Landscape Office, Stanhope
We have a new opportunity as a Field Assistant for a period of 4 months to join the team at the North Pennines National Landscape. As the Field Assistant you will work supporting the Researcher in the field survey of adders and with recording habitat variables on site using established survey and sampling techniques. You will help with data collection and recording in the field, entering data onto excel and GIS software, and with collating and storing field photographs. You will assist the Researcher with planning all survey work including seeking landowner permissions, completing health and safety checklists, and preparation and maintenance of equipment.
Temporary part-time position of 0.5FTE (17.5 hours per week) until 30th September 2025
We are recruiting two part-time project officers, one to work in the Mid Wales area with a focus on the areas of Welshpool and Llanidloes and one to work in the South Wales area with a focus on the areas of Swansea, Cardiff and Merthyr Tydfil. Are you passionate about invasive species and biodiversity? Are you confident at public-facing events? We have developed two new roles with the Wales Resilient Ecological Network (WaREN) project team helping to raise awareness and management of invasive species across Wales.
Species Recovery Partnership Manager - RSPB
Salary: £38,389.00 - £41,212.00 Per Annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract: until mid-January 2027.
Location: RSPB Northern Ireland HQ Belfast, Home Hybrid
Rethink Nature is a partnership of seven leading species conservation organisations whose aim is ‘to combine their extensive knowledge and experience to catalyse the action that species need across the four nations of the UK’. We are looking for a highly organised and passionate individual with a good working knowledge of priority species in NI, the mechanisms needed to deliver for them, and the ability to bring stakeholders together. You will be responsible for managing the project to sure that that the following key outcomes are delivered within budget and on time.
Project Delivery Officer – Upper Irthing PRISM Landscape Recovery Project - Forestry England
£29,863 - £31,526
2 Year Fixed Term appointment
North District Office, Eals Burn, Bellingham, Northumberland, NE48 2HP
The Delivery Officer will work closely with the Project Team during the initial 2-year funding development period to develop detailed delivery plans for long term management of the project area. The successful candidate will report back to the Project manager and the project partnership (comprised of landowners and other key stakeholders) on their own key areas of work.
Project Manager – Upper Irthing PRISM Landscape Recovery Project - Forestry England
£29,863 - £31,526
2 Year Fixed Term appointment
North District Office, Eals Burn, Bellingham, Northumberland, NE48 2HP
The Project Manager will have oversight of the whole PRISM (Peatlands, Rivers, Invasives, Species Recovery and Meadows) project programme and team. They will be the primary point of contact for all project related matters, especially for project partners (including local FE teams) who are key to the effective development of the project.
Water Vole Project Officer - Gwent Wildlife Trust
Salary: £25,827 – £28,414 pro rata (depending on experience)
Contract type: Fixed term – 18 months from start date.
Working hours: Full-time. Some evening/weekend work may be required (flexible hours, according to the needs of the volunteers/communities).
Location: Working principally on the Gwent Levels. Working flexibly from home and any GWT Office.
As Gwent Wildlife Trust’s Water Vole Project Officer, you will be responsible for the coordination and undertaking of survey work relating to habitats, Water Vole and Mink on the western end of the Gwent Levels. This survey work informing the production of a Water Vole Reintroduction Feasibility Study and if appropriate licence application. The role will also involve landowner liaison, educational events and involving/upskilling volunteers to support your work.
Ecologist - Senior or Principal - RSK Group
Senior Ecologist - Up to £39,000 per annum, dependent on skills and experience.
Principal Ecologist - Up to £45,000 per annum, dependent on skills and experience.
ADAS, part of the RSK Group, is seeking a Senior Ecological Consultant / Principal Ecological Consultant to join our highly skilled ecology team on a full-time permanent basis (we are happy to consider part-time applicants). This is a hybrid home and office-based position with flexibility in the split. We are seeking applicants across the whole of the UK, our main offices are located in Aberystwyth, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Leeds, Oxford, Scotland & Wigan but we are happy to consider people based in other areas.
Environmental Contracting Technician - Brindle & Green
Salary £25 - 31k per annum
Brindle & Green are looking for two full-time environmental contractors to join our environmental contracting division based at our Derby Office. The successful candidates will work closely with our Ecology, Arboriculture, and Landscape teams to implement mitigation schemes, habitat creation and habitat enhancement recommended and approved within our reports, under the supervision of the departmental manager.
GIS Technician - Forestry and Land Scotland
Location: Multiple (See JD)
Salary: £31,611 - £33,125 + 27% employer pension contributions
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 something incredibly valuable to the people of Scotland and its visitors – Scotland’s national forests and land. North Region covers Northern Scotland, from Fort Augustus to Borgie, where the national forest estate extends to around 137,000 hectares, including The isle of Skye, Glen Affric and part of the Cairngorms National Park.
Hoo Peninsula Project Manager - Species Survival Fund - RSPB
We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to lead on the delivery of habitat enhancement projects in North Kent and beyond. Working closely with landowners, tenant farmers and the RSPB, you will help design, consent, tender and deliver wetland restoration that will benefit breeding waders and other wildlife.
Location: Hoo Peninsula
Salary: £32,022.00 - £34,377.00 Per Annum
Hours: Full-time, This is a Fixed-Term role for 37.5 hours per week.
Contract: Fixed until 28/02/26
Location: Hinton Ampner, Bramdean, Alresford, SO24 0LA
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
Salary: £26,832 per annum
You’ll report to our Countryside Manager, completing a team of five at Hinton Ampner all focussed on the delivery of our Reimagining a Hampshire Estate Project. Together we form a Countryside department with a small team of Rangers looking after our commons in North East Hampshire. We collaborate with property colleagues alongside specialists in Estates, Farming, Trees, Archaeology all helping us achieve our ambition.
£31,000 pa, plus a £6,000 car allowance, based on 37hr week plus pension contribution, mileage and expenses.
2 year contract (until May 2026), and subject to funding may be extended.
Would you like to be part of a Landscape Recovery Project on Dartmoor that aims to deliver a huge increase in the resilience and sustainability for farming, nature and people across a large proportion of the National Park? We are looking for a Farm Conservation Coordinator who will be working with farmers to develop plans to maintain a resilient, profitable farm business via regenerative, low carbon, high nature agricultural management that balances environmental and economic benefits.
National Landscapes Project Officer - East Devon District Council
£33,945 to £40,221 per annum
Permanent, full time x 37 hours
An exciting opportunity has arisen to help deliver the Council’s obligations to conserve and enhance one of England’s finest landscapes at a time of great change. Reporting to the East Devon National Landscape Manager, you will co-ordinate and facilitate the planning, design and implementation of projects and initiatives that will contribute to the delivery of the East Devon National Landscape Management Plan, working with a wide range of agencies, organisations, landowners, farmers and local communities.
Tarmac is the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business. Our innovative products and solutions not only deliver the infrastructure needed to grow the UK economy today, but also help to create a more sustainable built environment for the country’s long-term future.
We are currently seeking a Restoration Manager to join our Restoration team here in Land and Natural Resources.
We are looking for a new Wet Grassland Adviser to work with landowners across the Norfolk Broads and Suffolk Coast to deliver habitat design, creation and improvement projects aimed at breeding waders, but with benefits for a range of other wetland wildlife.
Location: Home based/Travel throughout Norfolk Broads and Suffolk Coast
Salary: £32,022.00 - £34,377.00 Per Annum
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week / Contract: Fixed-term until 28 February 2026
Wader populations have declined dramatically across the UK in recent decades. The RSPB and its partners are working to try and reverse these declines in Norfolk and Suffolk.
Commons Coordinator - Central Dartmoor Landscape Recovery - Central Dartmoor Farm Cluster CIC
£31,000 pa, plus a £6,000 car allowance, based on 37hr week plus pension contribution, mileage and expenses.
2 year contract (until May 2026), and subject to funding may be extended.
Would you like to be part of a Landscape Recovery Project on Dartmoor that aims to deliver a huge increase in the resilience and sustainability for farming, nature and people across a large proportion of the National Park? We are looking for a Commons Coordinator to work with participating Commoners to develop management visions and integrated land management plans to help achieve this, working in conjunction with third party advisors and local stakeholders.
Conservation Projects Officer and Idle Catchment Host - Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
Salary: £15,217 pa (which equates to a full time salary of £25,362 pa) plus pension and other benefits
Part time, Permanent
Based at Idle Valley Rural Learning Centre in Retford
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to deliver our biodiversity conservation and Living Landscape aspirations in Nottinghamshire. You will be helping with and leading on a range of nature recovery project work, including administering and supporting the delivery of externally funded projects, responding to planning applications, providing conservation land management advice to landowners and undertaking the role of Idle Catchment Host.
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.
Dungeness National Nature Reserve Ranger - Romney Marsh Countryside Partnership
£23,388 - £26,807 per annum
Full time. Permanent
Are you passionate about the natural world? Do you want to make a difference to one of the busiest National Nature Reserves in the country, but also one of the richest in terms of biodiversity? Then this opportunity may be for you…
Romney Marsh Countryside Partnership (along with the White Cliffs Countryside Partnership) is a small not-for-profit organisation with just over 20 staff, which has three focus areas for its work: Managing Wild Spaces, Inspiring Local Communities and Reducing Our Climate Impact.
Project Development Officer - Fair to Nature Advisory - RSPB
Salary: £32,022.00 - £34,377.00 per annum
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Fixed-term for 12 months
Location: Flexible in Central England
We are looking for a Fair to Nature Advisory and Project Development Officer. This advisory role will play a key contribution to help grow the RSPB’s Fair to Nature programme and improve habitats to protect and restore nature and wildlife on UK farms with one specific major business partner, and with a wide range of other farmers and businesses.
Apprentice Countryside Rangers - Kent Wildlife Trust
We are currently seeking five passionate and motivated individuals to join our team as a Countryside Ranger Apprentice on a fixed term contract of 29 months, starting between June and September 2024. As a countryside ranger assigned to a specific area within Kent, you will have the chance to work in some of the most beautiful and diverse landscapes in the country, playing a pivotal role in conserving wildlife and protecting the environment.
We have partnered with Sparsholt College to deliver this Level 4 Countryside Ranger apprenticeship through a blend of virtual and face-to-face training. This training, complemented by comprehensive on-the-job experience with Kent Wildlife Trust, ensures a full learning experience.
Nature Based Solutions Manager - London and Slough - WWT
Location: London
Salary: £34,405.00 (plus a London weighting allowance of £3,714 depending on base location)
This is a fixed term contract until 31st March 2027, 37.5 hours per week working 5 days in 7
As our Nature Based Solutions Manager, you will be at the forefront of the co-creation of NBS that change peoples' lives and the places they live in two projects - Project Sponge in Slough and Community Bluescapes in Richmond, London. Alongside the other team members, you will demonstrate the power of urban wetlands and other blue infrastructure to help communities to adapt to climate change and build better, safer, more natural places to live.
Ecology Officer (Planning) - The Highland Council
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Highland Council’s Environment Team, a small team of specialist officers that advise the Council on issues affecting the Scottish Highland’s exceptional countryside, heritage and natural resources. Highland Council is the largest Local Authority in the UK with the longest coastline and home to many of the country’s most important and iconic habitats and species. The successful candidate will deliver significant biodiversity enhancement improvements across the region and shape biodiversity policy.
Senior Ecology Officer - The Highland Council
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Highland Council’s Environment Team, a small team of specialist officers that advise the Council on issues affecting the Scottish Highland’s exceptional countryside, heritage and natural resources. Highland Council is the largest Local Authority in the UK with the longest coastline and home to many of the country’s most important and iconic habitats and species.
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.
Farming in Protected Landscapes Officer - Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
Salary of £30,824 to £36,647 per annum
Full time (37 hours per week)
Fixed term until March 2025
Grassington, near Skipton, with the potential for some home working
Are you an experienced farm adviser looking for an opportunity to work in one of the most beautiful landscapes in Britain? If so, we have a fantastic opportunity to join our Farming in Protected Landscapes team and make a real difference. The role is integral to the successful delivery of the Defra funded programme within the Yorkshire Dales National Park and will include: Helping to develop project ideas with farmers and land managers; Assessing applications; Providing recommendations to the Local Assessment Panels; and Providing monitoring and feedback on the progress of the scheme to Defra.
Conservation Officer - Initiative for Nature Conservation Cymru (INCC)
Working Hours - Four days / 28 hours per week
Term - Fixed Term - three years
Salary - £27,000 (Pro-rata)
Role Location – Various locations within the Glamorgan uplands (headwaters of the Afan, Rhondda, and Cynon Valleys). Also working from home and at INCC’s office at the National Botanic Garden of Wales.
Thanks to funding from the Pen-y-Cymoedd Vision Fund, INCC are looking to appoint a Conservation Officer to oversee our three-year upland Water Vole conservation project in the Glamorgan uplands, South Wales.
Are you looking to take the next step in your career, with opportunities to progress and grow your skills. Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, like reviewing research, and enjoy implementing mitigation strategies to promote ecological sustainability? If so, we want you to be a part of our team!
Ecology Solutions is a leading consultancy specialising in ecology planning solutions, offering an extensive range of expertise to numerous and diverse high-profile clients within both the public and private sectors.
Ecologist - Norfolk Rivers Trust
Purpose: To complete baseline habitat, species and Biodiversity Net Gain surveys and reporting in Norfolk.
Location: Office at Bayfield near Holt. Visits across Norfolk, Cam and Ely Ouse (CamEO) and potentially further afield. In the first year, work will primarily be in North Norfolk.
Job term: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary details: Grade 3: £32,473-£33,540 (9% employer Pension Contribution)
Norfolk Rivers Trust’s ambition is to deliver catchment-scale change to our water environment, protecting our watercourses from pollution, improving habitat and ecological functioning of streams and rivers, and enhancing resilience to climate change.
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.
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.
Site Manager - Galloway Reserves - RSPB
Salary: £38,389.00 - £41,212.00 Per Annum
This is a permanent, full-time role for 37.5 hours per week.
Location: Dumfries and Galloway Office
Are you looking to combine your passion for nature with your land management and communication skills? If so, this may be the perfect role for you! We are looking for an organised, dynamic, and passionate Site Manager to lead the team and deliver the work programmes on these varied and exciting nature reserves. Key elements of reserve management include managing the team, budgeting/financial management, H&S, compliance, project management, management planning, reporting and public relations.
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.
Senior Project Manager - Fens Priority Landscape - RSPB
Salary: £38,389.00 - £41,212.00 pro rata
Hours: Part-time, 30 hours per week
Contract: 2 years fixed-term
Location: Fens Area Office, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4QG
Our ambitious Hanson - RSPB Wetland project at Needingworth, creating Ouse Fen reserve, is the largest planned nature conservation restoration scheme following mineral extraction in Europe. When complete, it will include the UK’s largest reedbed, covering 460 hectares (that’s 644 football pitches of land well managed for nature!) Recreating some of the lost wetland habitat that once dominated the entire fenland landscape and creating wildlife successes for species such as bitterns and bearded tits. As the Senior Project Manager for the area, you would be responsible for the effective delivery of projects and ensuring the RSPB delivers on project objectives, outcomes and outputs.
Project Manager (Species Survival Fund) - WWT
£20,643 (FTE £34,405)
Part time 22.5 hours per week
Fixed term until 28th February 2026
Steart Marshes, Somerset
We have an exciting opportunity to oversee the management of a 2 year funded project: Wetter For Waders: Enhancing Somerset’s Coastal Wetlands. You'll be part of our team based at the Steart Marshes and Bridgwater Bay National Nature Reserves. A predominantly capital based project which will include the coordination and management of internal resources, contractors and consultants. You will oversee the management of consultants and contractors, take responsibility for projects and prioritise resources accordingly whilst working alongside the site manager.
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.
Ecology Advisor - Hertfordshire County Council
Starting Salary: £32,076 Progressing to £34,834
Hours: 37 per week / Contract: Permanent
The LEADS team (landscape, ecology, archaeology, development sustainability) supports the County and most District planning authorities in Herts. You will also join the Team at a very exciting time as Biodiversity Net Gain and the Local Nature Recovery Strategy are implemented, a sea change in the profile and importance of ecology and the natural environment in planning and placemaking, and you will have an opportunity to be part of improving the ecology and biodiversity in this varied and attractive county.
Ecologist - Whitcher Wildlife Ltd
Salary between £26,000 & £45,000 dependent on experience.
Full or part-time (full time preferred).
Permanent role
Barnsley / Hybrid
Whitcher Wildlife Ltd are looking for a number of ecologists at various stages of their career to join our small but growing business. Having been operating for over 25 years, currently with twelve staff, we are looking to increase our workforce to meet the ever growing demand for ecological services.
Conservation Manager - Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust
Salary: £31,638 to £36,252
Contract: Full time, permanent.
Location: IoSWT office, Trenoweth, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, TR21 0NS
We are looking for an experienced and talented nature conservationist with leadership experience or potential, who excels at project development and partnership working. Ideally you will also have substantial ecological knowledge. We need an inspirational and collaborative person who will contribute a great deal to the Trust team. We seek someone who is excited by the opportunities – and challenges – of life in Scilly, and who shares our passion for keeping Scilly special.
£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.
Site Manager - West - Sussex Wildlife Trust
Location: Woods Mill, Henfield.
Salary: £34,052
Contract Type: Permanent / Hours: Full Time, 35hrs per week
This role will manage our western portfolio, covering over 750ha (1800 acres) you will oversee the management of these dynamic, highly designated nature reserves. Your reserves will include Butcherlands, our pioneering Rewilding project consisting of flower-rich meadows and newly developing wood pasture with scrubland bursting with Nightingales.
Ure Connected Project Intern - Lower Ure Conservation Trust
Paid Position
We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate to assist with the delivery of our two-and-a-half-year National Lottery Heritage Fund project ‘Ure Connected – Engaging People with Nature in the Lower Ure Valley’. The project’s aim is to increase capacity for nature conservation and restoration on undermanaged Priority Habitats in the area while also increasing engagement with the local community.
Based primarily at Nosterfield Nature Reserve, you will carry out a variety of tasks, taking in aspects of both practical conservation and community engagement.
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.
Countryside Partnership Officer (PT, Temporary) - Medway Valley Countryside Partnership
The role is 3 days a week currently for 8 months (with possible extension).
Location: Maidstone, Kent
Medway Valley Countryside Partnership (MVCP) are a not-for-profit conservation organisation in Kent. We are looking for an experienced individual who can run our weekly volunteer action group and deliver sympathetic habitat management tasks at a variety of sites in the Maidstone and Tonbridge and Malling boroughs. Tasks are seasonal and varied and may include tree planting and felling, scrub clearance, coppicing and construction such as creating new dipping platforms or woodland steps (for example).
'Making Space for Nature for Dorset' Project Vacancies - Dorset Wildlife Trust
Dorset Wildlife Trust is currently looking to fill four exciting job roles to help deliver a major new initiative to increase wildlife abundance in Dorset. The initiative is funded by a grant worth over £1 million from the Government’s Species Survival Fund, and supported by individual givers.
Making Space for Nature in Dorset aims to create thriving wildlife hubs, which will help drive wildlife conservation throughout Dorset. The project will create and revitalise over 500ha of habitats across 18 distinctive nature reserves, as well as help neighbouring landowners to enhance the wildlife habitats on their land.
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.
Senior Conservation Grazing Officer - Essex Wildlife Trust
Salary: £29,150.00 per annum
Contract type: Permanent / Working hours: Full time
Location: Blue House Farm Nature Reserve, Blue House Farm Chase, North Fambridge, Essex, CM3 6GU
We have an opportunity for a suitably qualified grazier and passionate ecologist to join us in this residential role, responsible Trust’s livestock at our Blue House Farm site, and other grazing areas across Essex. The Senior Conservation Grazing Officer is responsible for the day-to-day implementation of the Trust’s county-wide grazing programme across its nature reserves and Nature Discovery Parks. The postholder will assist the Grazing Manager in ensuring the annual completion of each nature reserve’s grazing plan and provide good day-to-day liaison with the Ranger teams and volunteer wardens throughout the grazing season.
Senior Ecologist - EMEC Ecology
Salary: £34,653.82 - £36,766.21 per annum
Contract type: Permanent / Working hours: Full time
Location: Hybrid (Remote/The Old Ragged School, Nottingham) with regular travel within the Network Rail's Eastern Region
Initially you will work primarily with one of EMEC’s most significant clients, completing an innovative regional biodiversity project for a national infrastructure provider to deliver large-scale biodiversity improvements across their estate. You will be an ecological lead for a section of the project and collaborate with a varied team of ecologists including senior industry leaders, to ensure the best ecological practice is incorporated into our clients new biodiversity processes. Your knowledge and expertise will be utilised to produce Biodiversity Action Plans and Habitat Management Plans, creating a framework for long-term Biodiversity Net Gain at a regional scale.
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.
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.
Data, Evidence and Engagement Officer - Westcountry Rivers Trust
This is a permanent, 37.5 hour per week contract after a successful 6 month probation period.
The starting salary for this role is between £23,300 and £25,500 per annum (dependent on experience).
The Evidence & Engagement Team is instrumental in collating, analysing and presenting visually engaging data to ensure that the Trust is delivering the right measures, in the right places, and in monitoring and reporting the impacts of our work. A key element of this role will be to provide GIS, data, evidence and engagement support to the Trust’s on-going work in using evidence led, catchment based/whole ecosystem approaches across the river catchments of the South West and beyond.
Community Grants Manager - Trust for Oxfordshire's Environment
Hours of employment – Part time, three days (21 hours) per week, negotiable
Salary - £25,000 - £33,000 (dependent on experience)
Established in 2011, the Trust for Oxfordshire's Environment (TOE) is an independent environmental funder based in Oxfordshire. Since its inception, TOE has disbursed more than £3.4 million in grants to fund over 450 high-impact, locally led projects across Oxfordshire, supporting biodiversity, access to green spaces and public engagement with nature. TOE has been successful in raising funds from a range of sources including the Landfill Communities Fund, local authorities, charitable trusts and the corporate sector.
Bat Surveyor - Phillips Ecology
Due to an increasing workload we are looking for additional bat surveyors to join our team of trusted sub-contractors in the Hampshire area and neighbouring Counties. We are looking for both experienced surveyors and those who wish to gain experience in bat surveying. Training from a friendly team of experienced and licensed surveyors will be provided during April 2024.
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.