CJS Professional: Spetember 2021 edition.
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Contents:
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Title, Employer, Location:, Basis: (contract details if known)
Environmental
Education and Care Farming Officer, Magdalen Environmental Trust. Near
Chard, Somerset. (Full time)
Estates
and Conservation Manager Central & West Hampshire, Hampshire & Isle
of Wight Wildlife Trust. Southampton
Works
Supervisor - Kielder West, Forestry England. Kielder Forest,
Northumberland
Land
Use Policy Officer x 2, RSPB Cymru. Location flexible (permanent)
Visitor
Experience Officer, RSPB Cymru. Conwy (permanent part-time, 15hpw)
Senior
Fisheries Biologist / Fisheries Manager, Cromarty Firth Fishery Board.
Cromarty Firth District
Forest
Planner, Scottish Woodlands Ltd. South West Scotland (Full-time
Permanent)
Catchment
Partnership Officer, Don Catchment Rivers Trust. Location: The Don
Catchment. Hybrid working arrangement: office available in Doncaster, home
working an option, site visits required. (3 year fixed term contract, 32 hpw)
Countryside
Warden, Derbyshire County Council. Hayfield Countryside Centre, High Peak
(Permanent, 37 hpw)
Supporter
Communications Manager, RSPB. Location: Sandy or Remote (12 month
contract)
Park
Manager (Grafham Water), Anglian Water. Grafham Water Fishing Lodge (Full
Time – Permanent Contract, Annualised hours – 1924 hours per year)
Tees
Swale Access Officer, North Pennines AONB Partnership. AONB Offices,
Stanhope (Temporary until 31st July 2025, 21.5 hpw)
Connecting
Communities Project Lead, South West Lakes Trust. Base: Roadford Lake office
and home working. Also required to travel to Devon, Cornwall and Somerset (Fixed
term to 31 March 2023, 37.5 hpw on a flexible basis; including weekends, Bank
Holidays and some evenings)
Naturally
Native Project Manager (Maternity Cover), Durham Wildlife Trust. Rainton
Meadows, Houghton-le-Spring, DH4 6PU (fixed term part time (0.6FTE) contract for
6 months)
Cairngorms
Nature Engagement Officer, Cairngorms National Park Authority. Grantown on
Spey (3 year fixed term contract, 37.5hpw though part time of 30 hpw may be
considered)
Local
Nature Reserve Project Officer, The Prospects Foundation. Accrington, east
Lancashire (contract to end of March 2023, 37 hpw over 5 days including
Saturdays)
Estate
Worker, Kedleston Estate. Derby
Works
Supervisor - Ennerdale & Thornthwaite, Forestry England
Part-Time
Visitor Experience Officer, RSPB. Ham Wall, near Glastonbury (permanent,
part time 30 hpw)
Part-Time
Visitor Experience Assistant, RSPB. Ham Wall, near Glastonbury (permanent,
part time 15 hpw)
Wildfowling
Consenting Officer, British Association for Shooting and Conservation.
Flexible location
Wildfowling
Officer, British Association for Shooting and Conservation. Flexible
location
Forest
Planner, Forestry & Land Scotland. Various locations across Scotland
Horticultural
Nursery Supervisor, Mires Beck Nursery. near Pocklington (Mon-Fri, 39
hpw)
Moor
House Upper Teesdale NNR Reserve Manager, Natural England. Langdon Beck, nr.
Barnard Castle, Co. Durham (37 hpw)
Harvesting
Manager - Highlands, Euroforest Limited.
International Day of Charity was 5
September
Some of the ways CJS supports charities, from offering
free advertising, promoting one Featured Charity each year, to sponsoring and
adopting species and a call for suggestions to next year's Featured Charity. [more]
We are proud supporters of A Focus on
Nature
The youth organisation aims to connect, support and inspire
young people, aged 16-30, with an interest in nature and conservation. They work
really hard to give advice and support to those trying to break in to our
sector. See more about AFON and click through for our other endorsements and
partnerships.
Did you watch the Ask the Ranger facebook
live session? run by Kate and Charles from South Downs National
Park
In the talk they both revealed how they got on to the career
ladder and what their jobs involve. Various questions were answered including
can you get into a paid conservation job straight out of university and how easy
it to career change in to conservation. If you missed it don't worry you watch a
recording on our facebook page [more and link to recording]
REMINDER: A year's free subscription to
CJS Weekly for students graduating this year.
Details here and
please share. More info here and sign up is here. Please share.
2021 featured charity, Campaign for National Parks are launching their annual photo competition this years the theme is Documenting Climate Change
Following on from the release of our National Parks and the Climate Emergency report this summer, and as we prepare for COP26 in Scotland in November, we wanted to use our annual photography competition as an opportunity to further move people to understand the climate crisis impacting our National Parks and take action to help protect them.
The competition, which is now open for entries. [more]
Features and In Depth Features
Tackling Climate
Change using Nature Based Solutions By Dr Juliet Staples, Senior
Project Manager URBAN GreenUP
Liverpool is a front-runner city in the EU
funded, Horizon 2020, URBAN GreenUP project, whose remit is to retrofit a range
of nature-based solutions (NBS) across the city and to monitor them for their
multiple environmental, social and economic benefits.This 5-year and €4m
pioneering research and innovation-led project of using nature to deliver
ecosystem services in Liverpool has provided an opportunity for the city to
visibly deliver on agendas for climate change adaptation, resilience and
biodiversity. [more]
Race For Nature’s Recovery - the scheme diversifying the
environmental workforce By James Adeleke, Director, Generation Success.
On behalf of the Race for Nature partnership.
In December 2020 a scheme was
launched that had been many months in the making. Race for Nature’s Recovery is
a new employment initiative, pioneered by a group of environmental and youth
empowerment organisations. Its aim is to create new roles in the UK’s
environmental sector for unemployed 16-24 year olds from predominantly Black
Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. [more]
The Green Flag Award Scheme celebrates its silver
jubilee
2021 will see the prestigious Green Flag Award for parks and
green spaces presented for the 25th Year.
The Green Flag Award® scheme
recognises and rewards well managed parks and green spaces, setting the
benchmark standard for the management of recreational outdoor spaces across the
United Kingdom and around the world. Originally developed by the industry in
response to declining standards, 2061 parks in the UK currently fly the flag,
having achieved the highest benchmark as set out in the award criteria. [more]
Job
profile: Vet careers: David Couper, at RSPCA's West
Hatch Wildlife Centre.
Having been fascinated with all animals, and
particularly wildlife, since childhood, I am lucky to have built a career over
the last 18 years with the RSPCA working at West Hatch Wildlife Centre, which
aims to rehabilitate sick and injured British wildlife. For me, this work is a
great fusion of zoology and veterinary medicine; the position allows me the
opportunity to work hands-on with wild animals, while at the same time improving
their welfare, learning about the conditions which affect them, and helping the
public who have found them in distress. [more]
An opinion piece
on Internships/Traineeships and Careers in the Environmental Sector By
Kat Hinton
I read an excellent article recently by Brian Heppenstall that got me
reflecting, not only on the expectation for volunteering, but also careers
generally within the environmental sector. Kat asks: "Why do we make it so hard
for these youngsters, so full of optimism, enthusiasm and ideas, to get a
foothold in the sector? Over the years I have seen so many people that I know
give up on these ideals and seek employment elsewhere, in education or
healthcare, for instance." [more]
Conservation K9s – A helping Paw to find endangered
Species
Louise Wilson is the Director and founder of Conservation K9
Consultancy (CK9C), where she trains and handles specialist detection dogs for a
range of conservation purposes, from ecological surveys, research searches to
wildlife monitoring for endangered or invasive species. She discusses what makes
a good detection dog and what she's looking for in her own rescued dogs as well
as demonstrating their amazing capabilities. [more]
World Clean Air Day: why air pollution is not just an urban
problem by Larissa Lockwood, Director of Clean Air from Global Action
Plan
If you ask a certain generation of urban dweller, they will tell you
about dark skies and smog caused by the burning of coal. As we gaze upwards on
#WorldCleanAirDay don’t be fooled that the problem is solved. Nor that air
pollution is just an urban problem. Air pollution is the biggest environmental
threat to human health. Every year across the world air pollution kills seven
million people – that’s over 19,000 people each day. But air pollution doesn’t
just damage human health, it can also damage animal and plant health. [more]
Our top tips for National Inclusion Week 2021 from Inclusive
Employers
National Inclusion Week 2021 will take place from 27 September – 3
October. Inclusion Week is designed to celebrate everyday inclusion in all its
forms. This is the 9th year Inclusive Employers has brought organisations
together from across the globe to celebrate, share and inspire inclusion
practices. In true Inclusive Employers style we are here to help and are going
to be sharing with you some of our top tips for making the most of the week. [more]
CJS Focus
Free advert
anyone?
The next CJS Focus is looking at careers in ecology &
biodiversity in association with CIEEM. We are in the business of jobs and this
publication will seek to provide information about working in ecology &
biodiversity via some fabulous articles from individuals & organisations
including Ecology Training UK, ArbTech, Ecosulis & Ecology Academy amongst
others. You can advertise alongside the articles.
It will take just minutes
to upload your advert and you’ll reach over 100,000 people who work or are
looking to work in the ecology & conservation sectors.
Find out more here and you’ll need to be
quick. The deadline is tomorrow, 10 September.
IPCC report that climate change is widespread, rapid and inensfying plus responses whilst the UK government stragnethened the Environment Bill to 'halt biodiversity loss'. The impact of all forms of pollution from microplastics to light has been witnessed this past month. There was incredible news of a long-distance bat and good news for beavers, hen harriers and London's hedgehogs. Several new projects launched with funding from the Green Recoery fund and lottery.
Calendar of events and short courses occurring in November plus additions made over the past month.
The next edition of CJS Professional will be published on: 14 October
Got something to share or want to advertise? The deadline is: 5pm Monday 11 October