Post title: Conservation Officer
Hours of work: 21 hrs (excluding lunch break). Office hours: 9am-5pm (lunch 1-2pm)
Annual holiday entitlement: 25 days plus 5 days over the Christmas period – pro rata
Salary: £22,000 per annum, pro rata
Start date: March-April 2015
Deadline for applications: Send CV & covering letter to info@froglife.org by 16th Feb
Contract duration: Permanent
Location: Peterborough
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Conservation Officer. The post will be working on Hampton Nature Reserve (Peterborough) and will be collaborating with conservationists, species and habitat specialists, volunteers, contractors and businesses to deliver the management plan for the reserve. The reserve is a large 145ha SSSI and SAC and home to the largest known population of great crested newts in the UK. This role will require undertaking high level hands-on habitat creation/restoration as well as species surveys, primarily great crested newts but also reptiles, water voles and others. The post requires someone who can manage a diverse workload, initiate new ideas, willing to fundraise, a keen interest in science and conservation, is well organised and can work on their own initiative. The post does involve a degree of lone working and may sometimes include unsocial hours (lone working will not apply during unsocial hours). The post holder will be line managed by the Conservation Coordinator and there will be opportunities for both professional development and active participation in research projects.
For more information please read the Job Description and Person Specification
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