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Land Management Adviser - Somerset Wildlife Trust
Salary: Banding Level 3 £18,600 for 3 days (£31,000 FTE)
Contract type: Fixed term for 1 year
Working hours: Part time, 22.5 hours per week
Location: Callow Rock, Shipham Gorge, Cheddar – Hybrid with opportunities for home working and site visits as required
In this role you will initially spend your time acting as the key point of contact for the Mendip Hills farm cluster and lead the promotion of nature based actions on their landscape; administering the project and reporting to the funding authority.
Countryside Ranger - BCP Council
£28,598 - £31,022 per annum pro rata
30 hours per week (4 days)
Location: Hengistbury Head or Steamer Point
BCP Council are looking to appoint a Countryside Ranger to be part of our Countryside Team, supporting all areas of countryside management, including practical work, engaging with stakeholders about our local environment and delivering sustainable habitat management and improving the biodiversity of our Countryside sites.
Woodland Creation Officer - North Devon UNESCO Biosphere
Salary: £32,500 PAYE (subcontractor considered)
Hours: 37.5 per week (flexible)
Location: Main office in Barnstaple but hybrid/home working possible. Site visits across Devon.
Position Term: Until end of March 2027 – (subject to funding review in March 2026)
A Woodland Creation Officer role has become available with the Biosphere’s Devon Woods team – a rewarding opportunity for someone who aspires to put their skills to the test delivering diverse woodland creation projects. The team provides woodland creation advice and facilitates grant applications and capital works on behalf of farmers and other land managers across Devon.
Beaver Habitat Restoration Officer - Devon Wildlife Trust
Salary: £25,672 per annum (£32,090 FTE) plus 7% pension
This is a part-time (30 hours per week), fixed term role until 31 March 2027.
The role is based at Cricklepit Mill in Exeter and will require frequent field visits to the River Otter catchment in East Devon.
Are you passionate about restoring natural processes and supporting the recovery of healthy functioning wetlands and thriving nature-rich river corridors? Are you excited about the prospect of working alongside wild living beavers to increase flood resilience, improve water quality and enhance biodiversity? We are looking for a motivated and skilled person who can lead on wetland habitat restoration in the River Otter, to deliver benefits for beavers and local communities.
Assistant Conservation Officer - Barn Owl Trust
Starting Salary: £24,557.72.
Initial 12-month contract (renewable).
Ashburton, Devon, TQ13 7HU
Would you like to join our team and help conserve Britain’s favourite farmland bird? The Barn Owl Trust is a small, national, Devon-based charity engaged in practical and advisory work, research, education, and owl care. We respond to 4,000 enquires a year from across the UK. We’re looking for someone who’s highly motivated, with a keen interest in owls, and a good working knowledge of UK farmland birds and habitats.
Evidence and Engagement Officer - Westcountry Rivers Trust
Contract: Permanent Contract
Hours: Full time (37.5 hours)
The starting salary for this role is £25,700.00 - £28,300.00 (dependent on experience)
Location: Westcountry Rivers Trust’s office is in Stoke Climsland and whilst we have adopted hybrid working there is an
The Evidence and Engagement Officer will work across the department but have a particular focus on community engagement and project management. The role will require the holder to be technically competent, passionate about the environment and have a keen interest in engagement and the communication of scientific data.
Life on the Edge Trainees - South Hams District Council and West Devon Borough Council
Salary details: £23,656 per annum (Level SCP02 - £12.26/hr)
Hours: 18.5 hours per week
Job Term: Fixed-term – 6 months
Location: Follaton House, Plymouth Road, Totnes, TQ9 5NE
We are looking for 2 trainees as part of the National Lottery Heritage Fund supported, Life on the Edge Project (LotE). One Trainee will specialise in assisting with our engaging program of community activities as our Communities Trainee, the other position will specialise in assisting with our conservation work as our Conservation Trainee. LotE is aiming to create, restore and conserve important habitats on the South Devon coast, working towards securing a future for 30 rare and threatened invertebrates. Species include Mediterranean oil beetle, Long-horned bee and the rarest bee in Britain, the Six-banded nomad bee. Our trainees will help us deliver this important work, shadowing our Conservation and Communities officers.
Estate Officer - South - Wiltshire Wildlife Trust
Salary: £28,000 – £30,500 (depending on experience)
Contract: Permanent Full Time
Hours: 37.5 hours per week with a requirement for occasional weekend and evening work (Mon – Sun)
Based at: Langford Lakes South Nature Reserve Wiltshire, with daily travel to sites within central and southern Wiltshire, occasional travel to sites in north Wiltshire
As an Estate Officer you will lead in the management and maintenance of our outstanding nature reserves. This role will be based in south Wiltshire and you will work over a diverse range of very special sites, from SSSI ancient woodlands and floodplain meadows to urban nature parks. This role will work closely with other members of the Farm and Estate and Conservation Team to deliver an active and diverse work programme, using your own practical skills, in addition to engaging, recruiting and supervising contractors and volunteers.
Ranger - Exmoor National Park Authority
Salary of £31,586 to £35,235 per annum
37 hours per week
Permanent
Exmoor House, Dulverton, Somerset (field based, working across Exmoor)
As a Ranger, you will provide a visible, uniformed, ambassadorial presence across Exmoor, helping residents and visitors enjoy, understand and protect its special qualities. Specifically, you’ll develop and maintain strong working relationships with local communities, ensure excellent visitor experiences, and lead on maintaining and improving public rights of way and access networks. In this varied and rewarding role, you will also support conservation and land management projects, run guided walks and activities, and work closely with volunteers, schools and under-represented groups.
Countryside Management Contractor - M & G Countryside Developments Ltd
£34,000-£40,000 per annum + benefits depending on experience
Full time
Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire
M&G Countryside Developments are undergoing a period of business growth and as such we would like to recruit another team member with countryside, land management skills and qualifications. This is to help M&G deliver immediate contract commitments and to support a full 2025 forward order book. The ideal candidate will come with supervisors/foreman experience and have either Forestry/Countryside/land management experience. Ideally the candidate will also have further vocational and technical training or qualifications around vegetation management, tractors and machines, fencing, brush cutting, spraying, forestry operations, chippers and woodland establishment and maintenance.