Reserves Officer (Great Fen - Peatland Progress) | Wildlife Trust for Beds Cambs & Northants

Join a small and dedicated team who are delivering the restoration of the Great Fen, an important living landscape. As part of National Lottery Heritage funded Peatland Progress Project, you will be responsible for delivering practical conservation land management, lead with weed burden control operations as well as getting to grips with a wide variety of other land management techniques and ecological monitoring.

Contact details

Enquiries about the role: david.metcalfe@wildlifebcn.org

Applications to: recruitment@wildlifebcn.org

This role will lead in coordinating and delivering weed management across the site, so an understanding of various control methods is desired. You will be delivering practical land management ranging from site maintenance, tree works and regular tractor work using various implements. You will complete site condition surveys, varied ecological surveys and champion spreading the word about the Great Fen.

It is an exciting time to join the team, we are just starting a new programme of wetland creation and evolving our grazing management from traditional systems to No Fence collar systems on our more established wetland areas. You will also provide assistance to the Grazing management lead, helping to meet our ecological aims.

You will join a passionate and hard-working team who are getting to grips with the challenges of managing and understanding a landscape scale project. There are lots of opportunities for learning, personal development and the satisfaction of knowing that work we are doing contributes towards the climate change mitigation and the future of wildlife in the Fens.

If you would like to apply for our Reserves Officer (West Cambs) in addition to this role, please specify this clearly in the box provided on the application form and state your role preference. You will only need to submit one application for both roles and provide evidence against the role that is your preference.

Working Hours:

37.5 hours per week. Full Time.

Type of Contract:

Permanent.

Closing Date:

Monday 18^th November 2024, 9am.

Interview Date(s):

Week commencing 2^nd December 2024.

Equality Diversity and Inclusion Statement

“We’re wild about inclusion! We want our people/staff to be as diverse as wildlife. As an inclusive employer we recognise that our workforce needs to better reflect the communities in which we live and work. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and cultures. We believe that a diverse workforce will help us create our vision of ‘people close to nature, with land and seas rich in wildlife.”