Tree Nursery Manager – Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Tree Nursery Manager – Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape (CALL)

£19,750  pro rata

28 hours per week

An interesting opportunity has come up in the North West Highlands for a tree nursery manager. You will be working for Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape (CALL), an expanding partnership project with a 40 year vision.  CALL is working towards landscape-scale conservation management through habitat restoration, while striving to secure local jobs, culture and arts.

CALL has successfully raised funds to establish and run a new native tree nursery near Lochinver in Assynt, Sutherland.  Your job will be to oversee the nursery construction from scratch, get seedling production underway and start to produce a supply of trees for habitat restoration schemes in the CALL area. This will be done with the support of the CALL partners and the wider local community.

The successful applicant will be employed by the Scottish Wildlife Trust, one of the CALL partners, on behalf of the partnership.

To apply you must have the practical skills necessary for tree production and experience of marketing.  Also important is a passion for native woodlands, the ability to work as part of a team, excellent communication skills, and a current UKdriving licence. For application pack see www.swt.org.uk, email recruitment@swt.org.uk or telephone  0131 312 7765.  Closing date 24^th February.  Interviews 7^th March. SWT is committed to Equal Opportunities.