CJS Professional: July 2024 edition
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30 adverts for posts plus one self employed
position included in this edition.
Please note adverts are deleted as they
reach the closing date.
This July we are celebrating our 30th anniversary. Who’d have thought in July 1994 that the Countryside Jobs Service would still be here thirty years later, never mind that it would have become the all encompassing countryside information service it is today? [more]
In celebration of our anniversary we have launched a Photography Competition. Open for 9 weeks we want to throw the spotlight onto all the aspects of working in the countryside. We want the nitty gritty, life behind the scenes the less polished aspects the visiting public usually don't see. [more]
CJS Photography Competition Trophy for the overall winner. The reasons behind why we made our first commission for the competition [more]
The CIEEM 2024 Awards. We were honoured to sponsor the NGO Impact Award and are excited that the winner is also an organisation CJS supports. [more]
Features and In Depth Features
2024 is the UN Year of Camelids. A Day in the Life of Danielle Hearne – Deer and Antelope Keeper at Whipsnade Zoo
15 July is World Youth Skills Day. The next generation in nature, by SCRA's Scottish Junior Rangers
The nature skills gap, by Chris Seekings, Deputy Editor of IEMA’s Transform magazine for Green Careers Hub
Small Charities Week ran from 24 to 28 June. Whitby Wildlife Sanctuary, our journey and how you can be part of something special
New task force for tackling crimes involving hen harriers, UK National Wildlife Crime Unit
In celebration of plastic Free July. Plastic Pellets - a significant but overlooked source of global microplastics pollution, by Jamie Clarkson, The Great Nurdle Hunt Project Officer
Nature-Friendly Farming: How producing food and protecting biodiversity must work together, by the Nature Friendly Farming Network
Job Profile: Countryside Ranger for the Parks and Countryside Service at Durham County Council
Job Profile: Mycologist Chris Knowles
In case you missed it, 4 features worth revisiting
CJS Focus on Visitor Management was published on 24 June and is included in full here
Next Edition: CJS Focus on Forestry and Arboriculture, in association
with Royal Forestry Society. Due for publication on 7 October 2024.
This edition will contain articles about working in this area, job profiles and
anything associated with careers in forestry and arboriculture. [Find out more here]
Features from CJS Focus on Volunteering in
Association with Chester Zoo
The benefits of Volunteering By Abbie Johnson, People and Volunteering Manager, Kent Wildlife Trust
More information here or read the article here
News from this month
Calendar of events and short courses occurring in September plus additions made over the past month.
The next edition of CJS Professional will be published on: 8 August
Got something to share or want to advertise? The deadline is: 5pm Friday 2 August
Contact us by email: ranger@countryside-jobs.com