Countryside Jobs Service Weekly® CJS - The original, the biggest and the best in the field, THE countryside specialists since 1994 The original weekly newsletter for countryside staff Every Friday : 8 January 2021 CJS is endorsed by the Scottish Countryside Rangers Association and the Countryside Management Association. Featured Charity: Campaign for National Parks www.countryside-jobs.com [email protected] 01947 896007 CJS®, The Moorlands, Goathland, Whitby YO22 5LZ Created by Anthea & Niall Carson, July ’94 Happy New Year from the CJS Team. Well, this isn't quite what I'd thought I'd be writing to you today. As we enter a new lockdown rest assured CJS is here and, as before, will continue to work through the restrictions, however long they last, posting jobs, news and information. As the last lockdown showed (see reports in the news headlines) nature and the countryside was much needed and highly valued by many. We're here to support everyone working in and for the British countryside, tell us what you want to see, what you'd like to read and we'll do our best to find it for you. And as before we'll try to incorporate as much good news and spirit lifters as we can, feel free to send and share your own. All our COVID-19 updates can be found here. We're still hoping that 2021 will be a better one than 2020. It's going to be a year of rebuilding (with luck and a following wind!), of standing strong but remaining flexible enough to bend with whatever comes next. As before everyone is still working from home on flexible hours to fit round family commitments which once again includes home schooling - sigh. To work with this the team is normally available between ten and four but you may receive responses at other times. Facebook Live session with Richard Dodd of Wildwood Ecology on 13 January. Richard says “Many ecologists find it hard to gain their first job or develop themselves professionally because their “real lives” have gotten in the way. When people stop learning, though, they hurt their chances of succeeding in their career. Our online academy teaches the skills every professional ecologist needs to know to secure that job or bring greater value to the company they work for.” Richard has worked as a professional ecologist since 2000 in the public, voluntary and private sectors. He is a writer, contributing to articles on ecology and business management, and a guest lecturer at the Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester. His company, Wildwood Ecology, is the first to be Certified as a B Corporation and helps people resolve their planning and development issues where ecological surveys and expert advice is needed. Each year they support over 300 clients and have a 100% success rate in obtaining protected species licences, such as for bats and newts. They were recognised by CIEEM as ‘Ecological Consultancy of the Year’ in 2019, which enabled Richard to recruit a great team and expand their services, including the launch of the Ecology Training Academy (https://wildwoodecologytraining.thinkific.com/). Follow us on social media: ● Website ● Twitter ● Facebook ● Instagram ● LinkedIn REF 1-DIRECT-5/2 JOB ASSISTANT TO SENIOR GRADE ECOLOGISTS BE4 7/2/21 LOC SCOLE, SOUTH NORFOLK / HOME PAY 17000 – 30000 FOR PRACTICAL ECOLOGY LTD We are currently looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly team based in South Norfolk. We are considering candidates with a range of experience from Assistant to Senior. Experience in an ecological consultancy setting preferred, along with a good grounding in Phase 1 survey technique and good botanical ID skills. A protected species licence and mitigation experience is desirable for those applying for any grade beyond Assistant. A good understanding of a range of protected species survey methodologies is required and the successful candidate will also be familiar with the equipment and methods employed in bat activity surveys. We are looking for candidates with great interpersonal skills and, for the more senior grades a person who is able to oversee the running of projects with some experience of managing a team. Bachelor’s degree in relevant subject required and affiliation to CIEEM for senior grades. Please email your CV to: [email protected] CJS Weekly®: 8 January 2021 Please remember to mention CJS® when responding to adverts REF 2-ONLINE-15/1 Swale Area Warden Permanent / full-time Closing Date: 13 January 2021 at midday Interview Date: 21 January 2021 Salary Range: Up to £25,000 dependant on experience Based at Mayton Oast, near Canterbury, but we have an agile working policy where staff can work from home, office or other agreed remote location. Globally and nationally wildlife is in steep decline. We appear to be reaching critical tipping points around the loss of biodiversity as well as around climate change, both being interlinked. Human society cannot prosper without wildlife and healthy ecosystems. Kent’s wildlife needs to be restored to much higher levels. We can no longer allow common things to become rare. We can only do this by restoring large-scale habitat from degraded land. Doing this will contribute to solving global problems. But we won’t be able to do this unless we publicly aspire to a higher level of impact and show that we can deliver this. The Job: Kent Wildlife Trust is seeking an experienced Warden to manage the Trust’s internationally important North Kent Marshes nature reserves at South Swale and Oare Marshes, near Faversham and several reserves on the Kent Downs. The Warden will also work with other colleagues on devising and implementing strategies to reduce human disturbance on a range of our coastal reserves. You: You are an enthusiastic, positive person who can demonstrate a good background in land management techniques, ecological principles, wildlife and habitat monitoring, all while ensuring a safe working environment. You will be able to engage with a wide range of people to champion Kent’s wildlife and deliver practical results by leading and managing volunteers and contractors. Contact details: If you would like to discuss the post further, please email [email protected] or [email protected]. For an application pack and to apply, visit our website at www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk. The Kent Wildlife Trust Group is Wild About Inclusion. To us, this means inspiring, empowering and engaging people from all backgrounds, cultures, identities and abilities, to change the natural world for the better. It also means cultivating inclusive workspaces that are free from discrimination, where differences are celebrated, everyone can be themselves and flourish, just like nature! REF 3-ONLINE-22/1 Activity Leader Tir Coed 2 year fixed term contract / 17.5 hours per week. £21000 pro rata. Location: Elan Valley, Powys. Tir Coed is a charity that engages people through outdoor learning in order to improve their wellbeing and meet longer-term goals for education, employment or volunteering. We are seeking an enthusiastic and engaging person to provide accredited training, practical learning opportunities, volunteering and wellbeing activities to a wide range of people. You will be a natural leader, confident to work with people of all ages and backgrounds. You will have good practical skills including carpentry or green woodworking and experience of practical conservation and estate management with the ability to plan and deliver training effectively. The position is based in the stunning 73 square mile Elan Valley estate in Mid Wales within which spectacular stone built Victorian dams and reservoirs are situated. The Elan Valley includes internationally designated conservation areas and is a dark sky reserve. Working in this unique environment gives scope to tailor training to your skills and ambition. If you would like to discuss the post further please contact Anna on 01597 811527 or email [email protected]. For full details of the post and to download an application pack http://tircoed.org.uk/work-with-us. REF 4-ONLINE-29/1 Assistant Ecologist We manage over 30,000 hectares of woodland throughout Great Britain. The properties managed are remarkably diverse, ranging from species rich ancient broadleaved woods to extensive conifer plantations, and from small farm woodlands to whole estates. After a record year throughout the country, we are seeking an Assistant Ecologist for a 2 year fixed term appointment (with the potential for a permanent contract), based in Brampton Bryan, Nr Knighton, Powys, to cover Wales, Marches and West England to fulfil the expanding need for surveys and reports on our sites in the public, private and third sector. Candidates must be self-motivated and ambitious, ready to conscientiously support a team with an expanding portfolio. Good candidates will be able to demonstrate: • Educated to degree level (or higher) in an ecology/ relevant subject. • We will consider applicants with a wide range of experience, but demonstration of managing UK based ecology projects is highly desirable. • Licence holder for at least one protected species, ideally dormouse. • Member (or eligible) of CIEEM is desirable, but not essential. As an Assistant Ecologist, you would be supporting the Senior Ecologist and local forest managers to deliver ecology surveys, Ecological Impact Assessments (EIA), Preliminary Ecological Appraisals, peatland restoration assessment surveys and protected species surveys in relation to woodlands and areas for woodland creation. The following attributes are also essential: • Critical thinking to solve problems. • Customer focus, the ability to actively listen and deliver accurately to meet the needs of the client • Computer literacy: QGIS, GPS & mobile surveying apps, Microsoft 365 (particularly Excel, Word & Outlook), bespoke web applications and all video conferencing formats. • A full clean UK driving licence and a willingness to travel to other parts of the UK if required.