CJS Professional: May edition

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Jobs advertised in this Month's edition:
Title, Employer, Location:, Basis: (contract details if known)
Teacher Trainer, Surrey Wildlife Trust, Surrey (Part-time post, 28 hours)
Senior Reserves Manager, Wildlife Trust Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire
Countryside Warden - Devon, South West Lakes Trust, based at Roadford Lake (Contract - June-October 2019 (with potential to be extended), 24hpw)
Calling all landscaping legends... Ecosulis, Crawley (required asap)
Ecologist (development), Davies Ecology, Somerset / Bristol based.(Part-time fixed term with a possibility of full time post / extension)
Project Officer - Mid Calder & Tributaries Project, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, based at Stirley Community Farm (35 hours per week)
Assistant Foreman, Grosvenor Estate, Reay Forest Estate, Achfary, Sutherland
Reserves Assistant - West,Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, (14 Hours per Week)
Community Ranger - Chalk, Cherries and Chairs Project, Chiltern Rangers are working in partnership with the Chilterns Conservation Board, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire (Permanent full-time post, 37.5 hpw)
Seasonal Survey Assistants x 2, The Ribble Rivers Trust, Ribble Catchment (seasonal)
Interpretation Officer, Westmorland Dales Landscape Partnership Scheme, Friends of the Lake District, Tebay (four-year period to the end of April 2023)
Forestry Manager, Leeds City Council, (Permanent Appointment, 37hpw)
Head Gardener - 3 posts available, English Heritage, Eltham Palace, Kenwood or Marble Hill House. (Permanent)
Community Engagement Officer, Trees for Life, Scotland (full-time post for 2 years)
Marketing & Education Ranger, Hart District Council, Fleet, NE Hampshire (Permanent full-time position)
Head Gardener, Lee Valley Regional Park, Myddelton House (permanent)
Assistant Warden, RSPB, Lancashire Full-time, Permanent)
Landscape Operatives, Chainsaw Operatives and Fencing Operatives, ATM Ltd, Weston-Super-Mare and Boroughbridge (Full-time, Permanent)
Programme Manager - Living Levels Landscape Partnership, RSPB, Newport (Full time, Maternity Contract)
Stakeholder Engagement Officer, Scottish Wildlife Trust,Stromness, Orkney (Full-time position. Fixed term for 18 months)

Apprenticeships
Apprentice Gardener, Countryside Apprentice and Landscape Apprentice, Oxford Direct Services, Cutteslowe Park Offices
Trainee placements, the Marches Mosses BogLIFE project at Shropshire Wildlife Trust, based at the Natural England base at Whixall (Full time, 1 year fixed term from 24th June 2019)

Volunteers
48 adverts for voluntary posts added this month
All adverts for volunteers are posted online free of charge but if you do want to make a splash and add a logo or even a video there's a 50% discount on standard rates. You can also take one of promotional options to boost your coverage even further. [more]

Surveys and Fieldwork
29 new and updated listings made during April, covering all sections: from leopard slugs to hedgehogs. plus events happening nationwide such as a range of Bioblitzs happening across Yorkshire.
Now includes information on survey and sightings apps you can download to make records on the go.

NEW SECTION: Features and In Depth articles
Introduction to Invasive Species Week 13 - 17 May from Non-Native Species Secretariat
Lots of anniversaries to celebrate this month:
Living Streets celebrates 90 years of putting walking first
Cleveland Way National Trail -  celebrating 50 years
50 years of unlocking diverse talent everywhere by The Open University
CFE 10 years on -  continuing to promote good environmental management through productive farming practice; and a new name: Championing the Farmed Environment

CJS Focus
The most recent edition looked at Volunteering. The next edition will be published next Monday (20 May)
And is looking at: Recreation in association with the Outdoor Recreation Network.

CJS Information and other articles
CJS 25th birthday wishes from RSPB [more] and Tom Freeland at Canal and River Trust has written about his relationship with CJS. [more]
Birthday gifts - a lovely collection of 6 RSPB Conservation Handbooks, decide which you'd like. [more]
CIEEM has changed their membership structure to include a new grade: Qualifying - designed to help early career ecologists and environmental managers get where they want to be. [more]
Going social with to boost your advert coverage. Everyone's doing it - spending all their time on social media, walking around so engrossed in what's on their phone that they walk into lamp posts and fall into water features. So why not take advantage of that and place your advert right in front of them? [more]
CJS newsletters and social networks. We hope you enjoy reading your monthly edition of CJS Professional. A monthly update is long time to go without your vital countryside, conservation and wildlife information so why not sign up to one of our other newsletters or follow us on social media. [more]

Top headlines from the past month: Click here to read

Training Calendar Click here to read
Feature: 50 years of unlocking diverse talent everywhere by The Open University
Calendar of events and short courses occuring in - July, plus details of short courses available on an ad hoc basis, 21 pages
A new MSc from Edge Hill University, several distance learning courses by Ptyxis Ecology Training plus two new provider listings added during the past month.
Send information about your training courses today to training@countryside-jobs.com or submit online here.

Grants and sources of funding
Only one new listing this month: Women and Leadership International

Classified
One new advert: GIS Training from GeoData

Print length this edition: 92
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. Now with navigation at the top of the edition.

The next edition of CJS Professional will be published on: 13 June
Got something to share or want to advertise? The deadline is: 5pm Monday 10 June
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