Handa Island Ranger

Applications from both job-share or individual candidates will be considered

Location:         Handa Island, Sutherland

Term:             20 March – 17 September 2019 (26 weeks)

Salary:             £14,500 per annum (based on 35 hour week)

Hours:             Job-share, 24.5 hours per week each individual
Individual, 35 hours per week

(Accommodation provided is suitable for one sharing couple taking up a job-share arrangement, or for one individual ranger).

An outstanding opportunity for a passionate, highly motivated and skilled job-share couple or individual person to effectively manage this remote and beautiful island, its wildlife and 7000-plus visitors.

This demanding role requires excellent organisational skills, coupled with a high degree of flexibility.  You will be responsible for organising work programs for yourself and a team of volunteers, constantly adapting your plan according to changing conditions. Living and working with your team, and a constant succession of weekly volunteers will test your people skills, and you will need to be comfortable in a highly sociable environment.   You will need good physical fitness, and the desire to work out-of-doors in a remote location.  Familiarity with Handa Island would be an advantage.  Weekly trips to Scourie (the nearest, but remote village) are necessary to do laundry, banking, shopping and exchange gas bottles.   Therefore, a current driving licence and access to a vehicle are both essential for the role.

Accommodation for the post is provided free of charge in the purpose-built Ranger's bothy.

The successful candidate(s) will:

• have a high degree of emotional maturity, resilience and flexibility
• have excellent people skills, and thrive in a very sociable environment
• be able to work under their own initiative and as part of a close-knit team
• be able to organise, supervise and motivate a small team
• have exceptional verbal communication skills to maintain relationships with stakeholders
• have good practical skills and experience to carry out or arrange necessary maintenance on the island
• have a thorough knowledge of seabird monitoring methodology and practice
• have sound knowledge of marine and terrestrial natural history
• be able to produce an annual report on the season's activities

For application pack go to

 https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/about-us/working-with-us/job-vacancies

Also available from the Head of Human Resources, at Harbourside House, 110 Commercial St, Edinburgh, EH6 6NF or tel: 0131 312 4731.

Closing date:         26 November 2018

Interviews:            Week commencing: 11 December 2018, to be held in Edinburgh