CJS Vacancies advertised in March

Use the links to see each sector online.

Administration, support and IT	8	all administration and support roles.
Arboriculture	11	working with and for trees, woodland and in forestry, includes tree nursery.
Community and Volunteers	31	projects looking at community involvement and countryside volunteer management.
Countryside	96	Ranger posts, including those in greenspace and urban parks and estate workers. You'll also find vacancies for countryside officers, rural policy makers.
Ecology	45	roles covering ecology, biodiversity, mitigation, consultancy roles e.g. Ecological Clerk of Works and advice provision also fieldwork such as bat surveys and EIA.
Environmental and outdoor education	34	interpretation, field work tutors, public engagement, adventure activities instructors also higher and further education roles.
Horticulture	14	gardening and plant health vacancies.
Fundraising and Publicity	16	public relations, promotion including social media, grant applications and administration and fundraising. This section also includes membership promotion and recruitment roles.
Rights of Way	4	access and all public rights of way related work.
Visitor Management	8	visitor services and management including event management.
Wildlife work and animal care	14	wildlife projects dealing with one specific species, working with animals such as wildlife hospital workers. also animal handling e.g. zoos and aviculture.

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CJS Professional: March edition

The latest edition of CJS Professional is now online, read it in full here: www.countryside-jobs.com/Professional/current.htm   You may need to refresh your browser.

Jobs advertised in this Month's edition:
Senior Conservation Officer, RSPB Location:  Mid & South Wales Basis: full time 2 year contract
Local Wildlife Sites Officer, Sussex Wildlife Trust Location: based in Henfield Basis: 35 hpw, fixed term for 3 years with possible extension
2 Seasonal Field Ecologists, Crestwood Environmental Ltd Location: Surrey Basis: Temporary 3 - 4 mth contract, 4 - 5 hours per day)
Project Manager & Data Manager, Caring for Gods Acre Both posts - Location: Craven Arms, Shropshire Basis:  4 dpw fixed term contract to April 2022
Grounds Manager, Lake District Private Estate Location: Lake District
Conservation Ranger & Assistant Parish Ranger, Chorleywood Parish Council Location: Hertfordshire
Seasonal Ecologist, Surrey Wildlife Trust Ecology Services Basis: Short term contract April to October
Rangers, Severn Trent Water Locations: Carsington (Derbyshire), Draycote (Warwickshire), Staunton Harold (Leicestershire) Basis: 12 month placements
Area Head of Business Development, The Land Trust. Location: Home based with substantial travel
Senior Warden, Earth Trust Location: South Oxfordshire Basis: full time permanent position
Senior Sites Manager, RSPB Location: Wat Tyler Country Park in Essex Basis: full time, permanent post)

CJS Notices
Second article from our Featured Charity: The Vincent Wildlife Trust, Volunteers help with the return of the pine marten to Wales.
The British Wildlife Photography Awards 2018 are now open for entries. CJS is delighted to be sponsoring the Botanical Britain category once again.
CJS Focus on Volunteering in full with PDF download option. Read it here http://c-js.co.uk/CJSFocus
Details of additions to Surveys and Fieldwork section, 2 new listings this month
Surveys and Citizen Science: . Click here to see additions made during February.

Top headlines from the past month: Click here to read

Training Calendar Click here to read
Short Courses and Events in May. 21 pages
Plus details of recent additions to the Training Directory
Send information about your training courses today to training@countryside-jobs.com or submit online here. 

Print length this edition: 166
That's a lot to read however CJS Professional is set so that you can skim the headers and pick out the articles that are appropriate for you or use the links above to go direct to each section. and now with navigation at the top of the edition.

The next edition of CJS Professional will be published on: 12 April 2018
Got something to share or want to advertise? The deadline is: 5pm Monday 9 April
Contact us by email: ranger@countryside-jobs.com

Now published: CJS Focus on Volunteering in association with the National Trust

35 pages in total with 46 placements, 85 regular volunteer positions and details of projects, groups and work parties. 5 articles: In the lead article from the National Trust, a spotlight is thrown on volunteer management, the way the Trust involves, supports and manages volunteers directly impacts on the volunteers ability to support and champion the cause. Keep Wales Tidy sees Corporate Social Responsibility as an opportunity to make significant positive changes to local communities and the environment across Wales. CSR is also a very good for a company’s image & the wellbeing of staff. Lancashire Wildlife Trust’s Biodiverse Society Project has succeeded in updating knowledge of Local Wildlife Site systems through engagement of volunteers, local naturalist groups & provision of wildlife survey training. Volunteers working across the 15 members of the UK National Park family are recognised at the annual Volunteer Awards. They provide much-deserved recognition for those generously donating their time. Since the launch of the Canal & River Trust in 2012 volunteer numbers have risen from a few hundred to today’s 2700 volunteers delivering 540,000 hours. CRT realises they need to know what volunteers want and act on suggestions to ensure those volunteers are happy. Read it here http://c-js.co.uk/CJSFocus

CJS Professional: February edition.

The latest edition of CJS Professional is now online, read it in full here: www.countryside-jobs.com/Professional/current.htm   You may need to refresh your browser.


Jobs advertised in this Month's edition:
Seasonal Rangers, Finlaystone Country Estate. Location: Langbank, PA146TJ Basis: from May till July
Tomintoul & Glenlivet Landscape Partnership: Land Management Officer, Cairngorms National Park Authority. Basis: Fixed term to 9/10/20, 22.5 hpw (job share)
Various Summer Field Surveyor Roles, ECOSA. Location: Primarily based in Hampshire & Gloucestershire
ECOSA is also looking for suitable candidates for our 2018 spring/summer work placement scheme.
Senior Fundraising Officer, RSPB Wales. Location: Cardiff. Basis: Full Time. Maternity cover contract - up to 1 year
Membership Development Officer, RSPB. Location: Lancashire and Cumbria. Basis: Full time, Permanent
Community Engagement Officer, RSPB. Location: Northern England. Basis: Part time, Fixed term - February 2018 to April 2019
Finance & Administration Officer, The Land of the Fanns Landscape Partnership. Location: Thames Chase Forest Centre, Upminster, RM14 3NS. Basis: Part-time fixed term contract (March 2018 to March 2022)
Works Supervisor, Forestry Commission England. Location: Kielder North Beat
Land Use Field Surveyor, JBA Consulting. Location: throughout the UK and Ireland. Basis: Temporary - Full-time 40hrs/wk - March/April until September 2018
Countryside Officer, Eastleigh Borough Council. Basis: Full time 37 hours - some weekend working maybe required
Senior Site Manager, RSPB Scotland. Location: Forsinard, Sutherland, North Scotland.  Basis: Full time - permanent position
Seasonal Environmental Birthday Party/Events Tutor, Surrey Wildlife Trust. Basis: Saturdays and Sundays (daytime) during April to July, September to October
Ecologist, Surrey Wildlife Trust Ecology Services. Basis: Full time, Permanent
Trainee Upland Path Workers x 8, Outdoor Access Trust for Scotland - The Mountains and The People Project  Location: Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Basis: Full time - Fixed term 6 month contract starting 23rd April.
Bat Ecologist, Abbas Ecology Ltd. Location: South West region. Basis: from the 1st April.
Ecology Team Leader, Sefton Council Merseyside Environmental Advisory Service. Location: Sefton Council, Bootle, Merseyside. Basis: Full Time: Permanent
Community Involvement Ranger, RSPB. Location: Eastern and Burbage Moors, Derbyshire.  Basis: Full time, Permanent
Senior Administrator, RSPB. Location: Dungess Reserve, Kent.  Basis: 22.5 hours per week - permanent contract.
Education Officer (South Devon Wildlife Champions), Devon Wildlife Trust. Location:  based at the Start Bay Centre, Slapton, Devon.  Basis: part-time (22.5 hours per week), three-year fixed term appointment
3 posts: Project Manager, Data Manager & Community Coordinator, Caring for God's Acre's The Beautiful Burial Ground Project. Location: Craven Arms, Shropshire. Contract: 4 days a week (29.6 hours) fixed term contract until end April 2022.
Senior Policy Officer - Agriculture &; Environment, Scottish Land & Estates
Policy Officer, Wales Environment Link. Location: Baltic House, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff. Basis:  Full time contract (maternity cover) until end of March 2019
River Wiske Project Officer, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. Location: primarily in the Vale of Mowbray area of the Region. Basis: Maternity cover to April 2019 - 3 days per week
Nene Valley Land Adviser, The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire. Location: Northampton. Basis: Full Time: 37.5hrs per week for 3 years
Hedgehog Officer, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust. Basis: 12 months from April 2018, Full-time 35 hours/week
Ranger, Essex Wildlife Trust. Location: Langdon Nature Reserve. Basis: Permanent, 37.5 hours per week
Area Conservation Manager, RSPB. Location: Denby Dale Office, Huddersfield  Basis: Full time, Permanent
People and Wildlife Assistant, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. Location: Based in Skipton. Basis: 28 hours per week
Charnwood Forest Development Manager, The National Forest.  Location: Charnwood rises in the north west corner of Leicestershire. Basis: to lead an 18-month Development Phase starting in April.
Retail Assistant, RSPB Wales. Location: Newport Wetlands, Wales.  Basis: 15 hours per week - permanent role
Assistant Ecologist, E3 Ecology. Location: new office set within the Northumbrian countryside. Basis: Potential for a two year appointment
Experienced Arborist, E3 Ecology. Location: based in Northumberland near Hexham
Forestry Worker, Bathurst Estate. Location: Gloucestershire.
General Workers and Chainsaw Operators, Knighton Countryside Management. Location: based at Piddlehinton, Dorchester working across southern England and Wales. Basis: Immediate Start
Visitor Experience Assistant, RSPB Wales. Location: Newport Wetlands, Wales.  Basis: 22.5 hours per week - permanent role
Fencer and Grounds Maintenance Person, Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm. Location: close to Bristol. Basis: Permanent Role
Project Manager - Surrey Biodiversity Information Centre, Surrey Wildlife Trust
Parks and Countryside Team Supervisor, Maldon District Council. Vacancy type: Permanent full time
Countryside Ranger, Waverley Borough Council. Location: South West Surrey. Basis: 37 Hours
South West Coast Path National Trail Officer,  South West Coast Path National Trail. Basis: 37.5 hpw.
Senior Ecologist, OpenSpace. Location: based on the edge of the Lake District
East Cairngorms Moorland Partnership Officer, Cairngorms National Park. Location: Office base is either Ballater or Grantown on Spey, but extensive travel in the East of the CNP will be required. Contract: Fixed term for 2 years 22.5hpw
Freshwater Lead Adviser, Natural England. Location: Cumbria
Land Management Assistant, B H Sporting. Location:  Perth  
Area Conservation Manager, RSPB Location:  Lancashire. Basis: Full time, Permanent
ECoW/Terrestrial Ecologist, SLR Location: Stirling.  Basis: Full time, fixed term contract (12 months)
Farm Instructor, Lambourne End Centre. Location: south west Essex.
Seasonal Field Surveyors, Ecology Solutions. Location: offices in the Cotswolds and Hertfordshire, working in various UK locations. Basis: summer season mid March to October

Details of additions to Surveys and Fieldwork section, 2 new listings this month
Surveys and Citizen Science: . Click here to see additions made during Januaryr.

Top headlines from the past month: Click here to read

Training Calendar Click here to read
Short Courses and Events in April. 15 pages
Cairngorms National Park Wildlife Identification at Speyside Wildlife 12 month course, starting 24 March 2018 [more]
Plus details of recent additions to the Training Directory
Send information about your training courses today to training@countryside-jobs.com or submit online here. 

Print length this edition: 79
That's a lot to read however CJS Professional is set so that you can skim the headers and pick out the articles that are appropriate for you or use the links above to go direct to each section. and now with navigation at the top of the edition.

The next edition of CJS Professional will be published on: 8 March 2018
Got something to share or want to advertise? The deadline is: 5pm Monday 5 March
Contact us by email: ranger@countryside-jobs.com

CJS Vacancies advertised in January

Use the links to see each sector online.

Administration, support and IT	17	all administration and support roles.
Arboriculture	17	working with and for trees, woodland and in forestry, includes tree nursery.
Community and Volunteers	28	projects looking at community involvement and countryside volunteer management.
Countryside	98	Ranger posts, including those in greenspace and urban parks and estate workers. You'll also find vacancies for countryside officers, rural policy makers.
Ecology	46	roles covering ecology, biodiversity, mitigation, consultancy roles e.g. Ecological Clerk of Works and advice provision also fieldwork such as bat surveys and EIA.
Environmental and outdoor education	42	interpretation, field work tutors, public engagement, adventure activities instructors also higher and further education roles.
Horticulture	11	gardening and plant health vacancies.
Fundraising and Publicity	16	public relations, promotion including social media, grant applications and administration and fundraising. This section also includes membership promotion and recruitment roles.
Rights of Way	2	access and all public rights of way related work.
Visitor Management	12	visitor services and management including event management.
Wildlife work and animal care	13	wildlife projects dealing with one specific species, working with animals such as wildlife hospital workers. also animal handling e.g. zoos and aviculture.

To access all of these adverts you need to subscribe to our Weekly newsletter which also has details of voluntary (64 adverts) and apprenticeship (8 adverts) roles, news for each week, monthly calendars of training and professional events as well as details for forthcoming practical work days and conservation tasks plus lots of other industry relevant information.

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How about some good news?

Yes, of course.
We're delighted to tell everyone that once again we've kept advertising rates at the same low prices as for the last few years, download the latest rates card here (PDF).  And of course free advertising is available for virtually everything! For jobs in CJS Weekly, for voluntary roles in CJS Weekly and online, for training courses and professional events in the online Training Directory and the monthly calendars in the newsletters.
 
A couple of others you might not know about, if you're running a volunteer taster day send us 50 words and that's free too, email us.  The same goes for grants, bursaries and funding, these are here: https://www.countryside-jobs.com/Information/Grants.htm.
 
And for the readers? CJS Professional (the monthly edition) is sent free of charge to offices, sign up here: https://www.countryside-jobs.com/Professional/Reminder.htm; the daily email is also totally free, sign up for that here: https://www.countryside-jobs.com/jobs/email.htm.
 
But to get everything in one handy package, with more jobs than appear online!, then its CJS Weekly you need and although that's not free (sorry, we wish it could be) it's as low priced as we can make it, less than £1 a week for online access, more information here.

Appreciate a Dragon today

The dragon is a powerful symbol in mythology all over the world, from Europe to Asia and beyond. Appreciate A Dragon Day (today in case you were wondering) encourages you to explore the cultural significance of the dragon in your society and history!
You don't need to head to Beijing or even Westeros the UK has plenty of our own resident dragons.  Most obviously the red one on the Welsh flag and the hoard that appear at the Millennium Stadium to support the Rugby Team and in local legends you'll find dragons going by many names here in the north east, they are often wyrms or worms the most well known one being the Lambton Worm.  Moving from the fantastic to more down to earth matters all you need do is head to your local pond (if you're lucky enough) to find small amphibious dragons - otherwise known as newts!  Find out more with Froglife and take part in their flagship Dragon Finder project which brings together practical conservation, surveying, data collection and interactive educational activities to help conserve reptiles and amphibians in the UK.
Froglife received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to run London Dragon Finder which began in October 2012 and finished in March 2017.  Scottish Dragon Finder  started in January 2014 and will run for four and a half years and River Nene Dragon Finder started in January 2015 and will also run for four and a half years, both funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Follow the links to find out more about Dragon Finder, see what’s going on in your area and find out how you can become a Dragon Finder!
http://www.froglife.org/dragonfinder/

CJS Professional: January edition

The latest edition of CJS Professional is now online, read it in full here: www.countryside-jobs.com/Professional/current.htm   You may need to refresh your browser.

Send us your volunteer adverts for CJS Focus on Volunteering, deadline 2 February.
Lots of news including from over the Christmas break

Jobs advertised in this Month's edition:
Education Development Officer Bough Beech, Kent Wildlife Trust (part time, fixed contract for 3 years to December 2020)
Meanwood Valley Heritage Ranger, Leeds City Council (22.2 hpw, fixed for 2 years)
Membership Development Officer, RSPB in Newport Wales
Assistant Ecologist / Ecologist / Senior Ecologist, Swift Ecology Ltd in Central England
Project Officer - New Life on the Old West, Cambridgeshire ACRE Location: Ely (full time, initial contract for 12mths, poss 3 yr extension)
Seasonal Avicultural Warden - Internship Opportunity, Pensthorpe Natural Park in Norfolk (Fixed term for summer 2018, April to October)
Retail Manager at Carsington Water Reserve, RSPB
Outdoor & Environmental Education Tutor, Nottinghamshire County Council at Sherwood Forest NNR (0.8 FTE, initially for 2 years)
2 Level 3 Apprentices for the Rusland Horizons Apprenticeship Programme. Location: Haverthwaite (full time, fixed term contract for 18mths)
Visitor Experience & Marketing Manager, RSPB. Location: Denby Dale, Huddersfield (full time, maternity cover, max 12mths)
Rights of Way Officer, Via East Midlands. Location: West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire (part time, 18.5hpw)
Regional Director Eastern England, BASC. Ideally based in Norfolk, Suffolk or Essex
Learning Assistant, RSPB at Pulborough Brooks Reserve, West Sussex (22.5 hpw, March to October contract)
Landscape Heritage Officer, Beacons of the Past, The Chilterns Conservation Board in Chinnor, Oxon (22.5 hpw, fixed for 3.5 years)
Wales Deer Liaison Officer (DLO), The Deer Initiative based in Wales
Hillforts Projects Manager, The Chilterns Conservation Board in Chinnor, Oxon (37.5 hpw, fixed for 3.5 years)
Senior Site Manager on the Saltholme Reserve, RSPB in Middlesbrough
Countryside Ranger, Hart District Council. Location: Fleet Pond SSSI, N Hampshire (full time, 2 year contract)
Executive Director, The Deer Initiative in Wrexham
Site Operative, RSK ADAS based in Bristol
Community Heritage Officer, Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority. Location: Wensleydale
2 Learning Assistants, at RSPB Pulborough Reserve, West Sussex (18 hpw on 16 wk contracts)
Senior Open Spaces Warden, Ilminster Town Council
Site Supervisor, RSK ADAS. Location: Bristol
Learning Assistant, RSPB Newport, Wales (30 hpw on 4 mth contract)
Operations Manager, RSK ADAS in Bristol

CJS Focus on Volunteering
The next edition is in association with National Trust, due for publication on 12 February. Submissions are now open with a deadline of 2 February.

Details of additions to Surveys and Fieldwork section, 2 new listings this month
Surveys and Citizen Science: . Click here to see additions made during December.

Top headlines from the past month: Click here to read

Training Calendar Click here to read
Short Courses and Events in March. 7 pages
Plus details of recent additions to the Training Directory
Send information about your training courses today to training@countryside-jobs.com or submit online here. 

Print length this edition: 66
That's a lot to read however CJS Professional is set so that you can skim the headers and pick out the articles that are appropriate for you or use the links above to go direct to each section. and now with navigation at the top of the edition.

The next edition of CJS Professional will be published on: 8 February 2018
Got something to share or want to advertise? The deadline is: 5pm Monday 5 February
Contact us by email: ranger@countryside-jobs.com

Happy New Year everyone!

We hope everyone had a good Christmas break and that Father Christmas brought you everything you asked him for (you did write didn't you? Gasp - you didn't? Well, of course you didn't get your heart's desire this year but there's always next year)

The CJS Team is actually delighted to be back in the office* and ready to go….

The inbox is overflowing, the press releases and newsfeeds number in the tens of thousands.  It's all hands on deck.  We'll make our way steadily through the messages and get back to everyone in due course, please bear with us if we're not quite as swift as usual or if you get the answerphone when you phone.  The first jobs have started to go live and updates should start filtering through soon.

*it's been a strange break which included: two funerals, a wedding, visits to A&E, calls to 111 and a possibly written off car!

Happy Christmas from The CJS Team

The CJS office is now closed until Friday 5 January.
First job adverts will be uploaded on Friday 5th and the first news will be posted on Monday 8th.

The CJS Team with every one a happy and peaceful Christmas and send best wishes for 2018.

CJS Vacancies advertised in December

Use the links to see each sector online or view all the information here.

Administration, support and IT	9	all administration and support roles.
Arboriculture	12	working with and for trees, woodland and in forestry, includes tree nursery.
Community and Volunteers	7	projects looking at community involvement and countryside volunteer management.
Countryside	51	Ranger posts, including those in greenspace and urban parks and estate workers. You'll also find vacancies for countryside officers, rural policy makers.
Ecology	22	roles covering ecology, biodiversity, mitigation, consultancy roles e.g. Ecological Clerk of Works and advice provision also fieldwork such as bat surveys and EIA.
Environmental and outdoor education	16	interpretation, field work tutors, public engagement, adventure activities instructors also higher and further education roles.
Horticulture	7	gardening and plant health vacancies.
Fundraising and Publicity	3	public relations, promotion including social media, grant applications and administration and fundraising. This section also includes membership promotion and recruitment roles.
Rights of Way	4	access and all public rights of way related work.
Visitor Management	5	visitor services and management including event management.
Wildlife work and animal care	5	wildlife projects dealing with one specific species, working with animals such as wildlife hospital workers. also animal handling e.g. zoos and aviculture.

To access all of these adverts you need to subscribe to our Weekly newsletter which also has details of voluntary (22 adverts) and apprenticeship (2 adverts) roles, news for each week, monthly calendars of training and professional events as well as details for forthcoming practical work days and conservation tasks plus lots of other industry relevant information.

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CJS Professional: December edition

The latest edition of CJS Professional is now online, read it in full here: www.countryside-jobs.com/Professional/current.htm   You may need to refresh your browser.



Details of CJS deadlines and publication dates over Christmas and New Year. Here.
Download your copy of the handy CJS Calendar for 2018 (pdf)

Jobs advertised in this Month's edition:
Community Information and Tourism Officer, RSPB Scotland location: Loch Gruinart Reserve, Argyll (Full time - 7 month contract)
Programme Manager, Farming and Wildlife Officer, Heritage and Engagement Officer, Programme Support Officer (part-time 3pw), Revitalising Redesdale Landscape Partnership, Northumberland (5 yr contract)
Warden, Cambridge Past, Present & Future
Environmental Site Manager / Senior Site Manager, Five Rivers Environmental Contracting Ltd, Location: Woodford valley, Wiltshire
Parks Project Officer (2 posts), enable leisure & culture, Location: Battersea Park  (Fixed term contract 18 months, 24hpw)
Assistant Ecologists and Field Team Leaders, Taylor Wildlife Location: sites across Scotland (Team Leaders will start early April and Assistant Ecologists will start between mid-April and the beginning of May.)
Gateway Team Leader - Stirley Community Farm (maternity cover), Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Technical Support Role to PCA Invasive Weed Control Group, Property Care Association Location: Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Community Gardener and Engagement Officer, Cumbria Wildlife Trust. Based at Gosling Sike, Houghton, nr Carlisle. (2 year fixed term, 28hpw)
Urban Ranger, Southway Housing Trust. Location: Didsbury, Manchester
Ecology Team Leader, Sefton Council
NIA Advisory Officers x 2, Devon Wildlife Trust. Location: Cookworthy, North Devon (Permanent roles, with funding secured up to 2020. The roles are full time, but job shares would also be considered)
Ashdown Forest Ranger (North Chase),  The Conservators of Ashdown Forest. Location: North Chase of Ashdown Forest
Game and Gamekeeping Officer, BASC. Location: Head Office, Wrexham
Regional Officer South East England, BASC.  Home based in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire or Bedfordshire
Animal Carers - couple required. Small private facility. Location: SW Scotland. (Hoping to achieve a start date of April / May 2018.)
Parks Participation and Communications Officer, enable leisure & culture, Location: Battersea Park 
Ecologist / Senior Ecologist, Ecological Survey & Assessment Limited (ECOSA). Location: Ecologist or Senior Ecologist, head office in rural Hampshire.  Senior Ecologist based in the Bristol / Gloucestershire region
Aquatic Ecologist / Senior Aquatic Ecologist,   Five Rivers Environmental Contracting Ltd. Location Head Office, Woodford valley, Wiltshire

Introducing our Featured Charity for 2018: The Vincent Wildlife Trust
CJS Surveys
Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete our surveys last month.  We've received some really great suggestions and wonderful feedback.  Some small changes have already been made and there are several more major ones in the pipeline including a new look CJS Professional for January.
You don't need to wait for a survey to send us your thoughts, please contact us whenever you have a suggestion, complaint or feedback of any type.
And congratulations to Steve, Briony & David who are now members of Countryside Management Association; James who will receive CJS Weekly for a year and new Plantlife member Joanne.  We hope you enjoy your 'rewards'.

Details of additions to Surveys and Fieldwork section, 2 new listings this month
Surveys and Citizen Science: . Click here to see additions made during November.

CJS Focus on Arboriculture and Forestry in association with The Ancient Tree Forum, in full or download a PDF copy (with adverts, contacts and sources) alternatively click through to read each article:
Lead article: Veteran trees; their importance and management, Ancient Tree Forum
Update on Tree Health, Forest Research
The orchard habitat, PTES
Ash Dieback - the threat to our non-woodland trees, The Tree Council
Managing ancient woodland and how that differs to managing other woodland, Woodland Trust
Forestry education and learning - building your career, Royal Forestry Society
Forestry - a fascinating topic and a hugely rewarding career, Bangor University
Amelia Williams, Tree Officer for Test Valley Borough Council - a typical day in my life

Top headlines from the past month: Click here to read

Training Calendar Click here to read
Get that graduate level job! - Cost-free ecology course in Canary Islands: one week Feb 2018.
Short Courses and Events in  February.  8 pages
This month's calendar includes details of courses available on an ad hoc or regular basis.
Plus details of recent additions to the Training Directory
Send information about your training courses today to training@countryside-jobs.com or submit online here. 

Print length this edition: 118
That's a lot to read however CJS Professional is set so that you can skim the headers and pick out the articles that are appropriate for you or use the links above to go direct to each section. and now with navigation at the top of the edition.

The next edition of CJS Professional will be published on: 11 January
Got something to share or want to advertise? The deadline is: 5pm Monday 8 January
Contact us by email: ranger@countryside-jobs.com

5 December is International Volunteers Day.

Organised by the UN it's a day to say thanks to our volunteers and recognise all their hard work and the difference it makes.
Find out about this day here.
Here in the UK we have a lively, active community of volunteers, from 'clicktavists' (online activists and petition signers) to full time unpaid workers in all sectors. In the countryside sector our volunteers give hundreds of thousands of hours of unpaid work making the difference between doing only what's absolutely essential to being able to run those schemes that really have a positive impact. Read about some of the amazing things our volunteers have achieved in the CJS In Depth section here. If your volunteers need a boost there are some articles about how to keep a happy crew, how to recruit and what to do to say thank you. Perhaps the day or the stories will make you want to get involved - check out the short and occasional voluntary roles here or for a larger commitment see what's available by clicking here.

CJS Featured Charity 2018: The Vincent Wildlife Trust

Everyone who works within the countryside sector knows how important our charities are. That's one of the reasons why CJS offers free advertising in CJS Weekly, we'd much rather the charities spent their hard earned money (your generous donations) on actually conserving something than on splashy advertising. You're reading CJS, you don't need to be told how wonderful RSPB or your local Wildlife Trust is to make you want to work for them - you already know. CJS supports charities financially too and we've made it possible for you do so by adding a small donation to your subscription or when you get a job and no longer need your Weekly edition to donate the value of the remainder to our charities. 

Each year CJS choses one Featured Charity giving them the opportunity to highlight their cause and good works to CJS readers.  We try to select one of the smaller, perhaps less well known organisations.

CJS is delighted to welcome our new featured charity and for them to introduce themselves.

The Vincent Wildlife Trust

From the groundbreaking national surveys that documented the catastrophic decline in the otter and water vole populations in the 20th century, to the recent reintroduction of the pine marten to mid Wales, The Vincent Wildlife Trust (VWT) has been at the forefront of mammal conservation in Britain and Ireland for over 40 years. The Trust was founded in 1975 by the late Vincent Weir, a philanthropist, naturalist and visionary. The Trust does not have a membership, but does have a strong ‘Friends of VWT’ supporters group and many loyal and totally indispensable volunteers.

Read on to find out more about what they do and how you can help.