CJS Professional: April 2021
The latest edition of CJS Professional is now online, read it in full here: http://www.countryside-jobs.com/professional/ (you may need to refresh your browser)
Title, Employer, Location:, Basis: (contract
details if known).
Senior
Ecologist (level 2 bat-licensed) CGO Ecology Ltd. home based working
nationwide. (full or part time, start asap)
Wetland
Restoration Officer, Forestry England. Based Lyndhurst (but currently
working from home) Estate
Manager, Horsell Common Preservation Society. Woking, Surrey
Digital
Marketing Officer, Surrey Wildlife Trust. Surrey (Full time or 4 day week
considered)
Ecologist
– West Midlands, Midland Ecology Ltd. West Midlands
Bat
Ecologist, Lockhart Garratt Ltd. Midlands area but hours and location are
flexible including part-time and home-working
Ecologists
/ Ecological Consultants, Lockhart Garratt Ltd. Midlands area but hours and
location are flexible including part-time and home-working
Land
Management Director, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife
Trust. Based: BBOWT Offices and homeworking (Permanent, full-time 35hpw)
Operations
Coordinator, BASC. Horsham, South East England
GIS
Technician, Middlemarch Environmental Ltd. Coventry (Permanent, 40hpw)
Animal
Care Manager & Land-Based Studies Technician (two posts), Mary Hare
School. Location: RG14 3BQ
Vegetation
Operative, Ecosupport Ltd. Based in Lee on the Solent, Hampshire, most sites
within the South East of England.
Recreation
Ranger, Forestry England. Based at Alice Holt, Farnham (Weekend working
required)
Visitor
Services Officer x 2, Forestry England. Hamsterley Forest, County Durham
(0.3 full-time equivalent - 11 hpw)
Public
Rights of Way Enforcement Officer, Worcestershire County Council. Worcester
(Permanent, 35hpw)
Two
Assistant Public Rights of Way Officers, Worcestershire County Council.
Worcester (Temporary, 36 hpw)
Forest
Centre Operations Manager, Forestry England. High Lodge Forest Centre,
Thetford Forest, Brandon (Fixed term to 31 March 2022)
Beat
Manager x 2, Forestry England. Based at Queen Elizabeth Country Park or
Micheldever, Hampshire
Woodland
Manager / Consultant, Oakbank Game & Conservation Ltd. Based in East
Anglia
Projects
Officer - Land Management, Hertfordshire County Council. Countywide (Fixed
Term, 37 hpw)
Housekeeper
/ Estate Maintenance Couple, Ardverikie Estate. Inverness-shire
Senior
Reserves Officer, Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Hertfordshire &
Middlesex
Assistant
Manager (Food Growing),Glasgow City Council. Location: 231 George Street,
Glasgow, G1 1RX
Community
Engagement Officer. North Pennines AONB Partnership. AONB Office, Stanhope
(Temporary to end March 2022, part time, 30hpw)
Invasive
Species Officer, South West Lakes Trust. Base: Roadford Lake office and home
working also required to travel to Devon, Dorset, Cornwall and Somerset sites
(37.5hpw on flexible basis to include weekends, Bank Holidays and some
evenings)
National
Wildflower Centre Projects Manager, Eden Project. Bodelva, St Austell (Fixed
term to August 2023, 32-40 hpw)
Forest
Manager / Senior Forest Manager, Scottish Woodlands Ltd. Fort William, North
West Scotland
Freelance, Self-employed and Contracts Out to
Tender
Bat
Survey Assistants (Casual), Angela Graham Bat Consultancy Service Ltd.
Manchester
Apprenticeships, Interns and paid trainee roles
Trainee
Projects Officer Land Management, Hertfordshire County Council. Across
Hertfordshire. (Fixed term until 31/03/2023, 37 hpw)
The Mammal Society want volunteers for
the first on-the-ground national survey to shed light on distribution and
numbers of Scottish mountain hares.
The survey is calling on
hillwalkers, naturalists and other outdoor enthusiasts to record sightings of
the charismatic animals as they are out and about. No previous experience of
wildlife surveys is necessary to take part. [more]
PTES are looking for people to particpate in the National Water Vole Monitoring Programme. [more]
Features and In Depth Features
Another article from our 2021 featured charity Campaign for Parks:
This year’s National Park Week (17-25 April) coincides with another special date - the 70th anniversary since the first National Park, Peak District National Park, was created in the UK on 17 April 1951. It paved the way for the creation of the 15 National Parks here today. The launch of Peak District National Park was closely followed in 1951 by Lake District National Park (9 May), Snowdonia National Park (18 October) and Dartmoor National Park (30 October). [more]
The importance of protecting Wales’ Celtic Rainforests by Jane Cook
of Woodland Trust.
Temperate rainforest, also known as Atlantic or
Celtic rainforest, is an incredibly rare habitat, and even thought to be more
threatened than tropical rainforest. Temperate rainforest is also one of the
most biodiverse habitats found in the UK. The high humidity and low temperature
range create the perfect conditions for moisture-loving lichens and bryophytes
(mosses and liverworts); a good example of this kind of habitat could contain
over 200 different species of bryophytes, and 100-200 species of lichen. [more]
Helping young people keep it wild in 2021
Action for
Conservation (AFC) is a UK charity working to empower the next generation of
environmental leaders. AFC’s newest Programme Coordinators, Charlotte Nwanodi,
Omar Abu-Seer and Sophie Jones, share why it’s important for young people to
remain engaged in environmental action as we emerge from the lockdown and how
programmes like WildED arehelping young people drive a fairer, greener future.
[more]
Survey water voles on your land by Henrietta Pringle, Key Species
Data & Monitoring Officer at PTES
Britain’s water voles are in
trouble. The arrival of non-native American mink and loss of suitable habitat
have led to them becoming one of our fastest declining mammals. The main aim of
PTES’ National Water Vole Monitoring Programme (NWVMP) is to revisit sites that
were originally surveyed in the 1990s. [more]
Time to put an end to Voluntary Traineeships? An opinion
piece
Spring is the season of change, growth and opportunity as the hedgerows
explode into life and the skylarks start displaying. This is also the time of
year when career seekers will be scouring CJS in search of a seasonal
foot-in-the-door. Increasingly, however, that includes not just traditional
seasonal contracts and project funded posts, but also “voluntary
traineeships”.It’s not a new phenomenon, but it is a growing one and has never
been more relevant. When many hours of unpaid work are an essential prerequisite
to even applying for a job, we end up choosing our workforce on the basis of
means rather than talent or potential, and have to question how “voluntary”
these roles really are. [more] (opportunity to have your say on our Facebook page here)
Want to express your own
opinion on a subject that's close to your heart or gets you hot under the
collar? Find out how
here.
The power of community gardens – growing people and places by Stacey
Aplin, PR and Communications Coordinator, Groundwork
Since the start
of the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s fair to say eyes have been opened to the
importance of access to well-maintained, supported and funded outdoor spaces
-and the benefits this can offer. Community gardens play a big role in this.
When done right, these spaces provide local people and places with so much more
than aesthetics. They ensure that local communities have access to a space that
is tailored towards the needs of the area through employment and training
opportunities and physical and mental health provision. [more]
Stress Awareness Month: the outdoors as a means of reducing
stress
Now that we are in April – officially ‘Stress Awareness
Month’ – Tracey Evans CEO of the Outdoor Partnership looks at how being in the
outdoors benefits mental as well as physical health. [more]
Most recent edition is in association with the National Federation of Parks and Green Spaces (NFPGS) with Parks Community UK and was CJS Focus on Volunteering, published on 22 February - read it in full here.
The next edition will be CJS Focus on Careers in Ecology in association with CIEEM, it is due for publication on 20 September.
Spread the word, share CJS Professional with your friends colleagues and anyone interested in the countryside sector and ivite them to sign up to the mailing list. [more]
CJS sponsors...
In 2020 we ran our short readership survey and every completed survey went towards sponsoring plants with former featured charity Plantlife or birds with the Wildlife Trusts, offering you the choice as to which you'd pick. We've been sharing details of the resulting adoptions / sponsorships across our social media since January, here are details of what we've sponsored and some of the reasons why. [more]
A good mix of news across all
areas this month including good news for many bird species and butterflies too.
Several stories featuring visitor management as well as the launch of the
updated Countryside Code - say hello! - a little on green recovery and several
pieces mentioning the global impact of Covid-19, announcements from a range of
organisations about aims to become net zero and generally more sustainable in
response to the climate crisis.
And finally: the winners of
our featured charity Campaign for Parks Park Protector Awards.
Calendar of events and short courses occurring in June plus additions made over the past month.
Two adverts this month: Kate Shipley offering Forest School Training and WildMinds running environmental education activities in South Derbyshire
The next edition of CJS Professional will be published on: 13 May
Got something to share or want to advertise? The deadline is: 5pm Monday 10 May
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