CJS Professional: June 2024 edition
Contents:
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43 adverts for posts plus
one for a trainee post included in this edition.
Please
note adverts are deleted as they reach the closing date.
Apprenticeships, Trainees and Interns
RFS Forestry Roots Paid Traineeships for people aged 18-30 years old, run by Royal Forestry Society, 8 placements available this year.
The benefits of
volunteering are myriad to both the organisation and the volunteer [more]
If you'd like to join our amazing army of
volunteers giving their time and skills to make a massive difference to our
countryside, conservation and wildlife, see what's needed across the sector and
available near you by wandering through our online Volunteer Directory.
This July,
Countryside Jobs Service will celebrate 30 years since the first edition was
published in 1994. Over our thirty years CJS has become the trusted
countryside specialist, we've never focused on providing large numbers of
applications, instead we've always offered highly targeted advertising. [more]
The fourth article from
our Featured Charity for 2024: The Rivers Trust.
Not just for nerds: Why data makes a difference,
written by Rebecca Duncan, Media & Events Lead
In our last article, we put the spotlight on our fantastic
technical team, so this time we’re mixing it up and highlighting some of the
non-technical roles that are such essential cogs in the Rivers Trust machine [more]
Another happy customer. We like to think we go above and beyond for the professionals we work with in the conservation sector. It’s lovely to hear when our customers think so too. [more]
Are you thinking of recruiting Volunteers? It’s a fact of life that the countryside sector needs a vast army of volunteers to help keep everything ticking over and CJS advertises hundreds of voluntary roles, over 400 adverts were published in 2023. Whilst it might seem the perfect fix to a perpetual problem of needing more hands but no available funds there is actually more to it than handing out jobs without impacting your budget. Find out more in this article from CS Editor Kerryn published to coincide with Volunteers Week
Features and In Depth Features
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Plotting the Polecat’s Recovery, by Katherine Morley, Carnivore Conservation Officer at Vincent Wildlife Trust
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Unleashing the Power of Volunteering: A Transformative Journey at Celtic Harmony Camp by David Leigh-Ellis, Project Manager - Lavina's Legacy at Celtic Harmony
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20-26 May was Invasive Species Week. CRISEP: Tackling Invasive plants on waterways by Charles Hughes, Environmental Scientist & INNS Project Manager at Canal & River Trust Invasive non-native species (INNS) are one of the top global threats to biodiversity.
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National Garden Wildlife Week was last week, 31 May to 6 June. And what better way to celebrate than to look at one of the longest running citizen science projects? BTO Garden BirdWatch and feeding data back to volunteers by Rob Jaques, BTO Garden BirdWatch Supporter Development Officer at the British Trust for Ornithology
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Working in photography, We asked a few questions of Ben Andrew, Picture Researcher at RSPB
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International Day for Biological Diversity was on 22 May. This year’s theme is all about “being part of the plan”; a call to action for all stakeholders to collaborate to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity so we asked National Biodiversity Network to re-introduce themselves with an Organisation Profile. Being part of the Plan: Making data work for nature by Mandy Henshall, Communications and Engagement Manager, NBN Trust CJS is proud to be a corporate supporter of the Trust
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A young person's thoughts for World Environment Day on 5 June.Think Beyond Business as Usual, by Ellena Jenks part of the Young People's Trust for the Environment. Ellena says: As a young person in the current climate, I can only see a future for myself working in environmental protection.
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9Trees Wins National Micro-Business of the Year award at the FSB Awards
9 Trees help CJS with our sustainability by planting trees on our behalf to help offset our small footprint.
Current Edition: CJS Focus on Volunteering in association with Chester Zoo. Published on 6 February 2024, read it here
Next Edition: CJS Focus on Visitor Management in association with Visitor Studies Group, due for publication 24 June More information about this edition here. NB: Deadline for adverts is TOMORROW 14 June so you'd better be quick!
Features from CJS Focus on
Volunteering
Green
spaces need friends! – The why, what and how of Friends Groups By Dave
Morris, Chair, National Federation of Parks and Green Spaces
More information here or read the article
here
Volunteering – Discover the New You By:
Marie Harvey, Communications Officer, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs Countryside
Trust
More information here or read the article here
News from the month
Calendar of events and short courses occurring in August plus additions made over the past month.
Free copy of ‘30 years of Red Squirrel Conservation Research on the Isle of Wight’: After 30 years of study into red squirrels and their habitat, Wight Squirrel Project Manager and founder, Helen Butler MBE, has published her reports and experience in red squirrel conservation on the Isle of Wight. [more]
The next edition of CJS Professional will be published on: 12 July
Got something to share or want to advertise? The deadline is: 5pm Monday 8 July
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