Warden (two posts), Thames Basin Heaths Strategic Access Management and Monitoring (SAMM) Project

IMPORTANT:  This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders.  Other applicants need not apply.

 

Starting salary: £20,500 (pro-rata if part-time)

Location: Flexible, but must be able to travel to the Thames Basin Heaths SPA on a daily basis, with the role requiring some weekend / early morning and evening work.

Based in the Thames Valley Area Team, you will be working as part of a warden team, providing an on-the-ground wardening service on the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area (TBH SPA). Working closely with the SPA landowners and managers and other key partners (including local authorities, Wildlife Trusts, the RSPB, Ministry of Defence, Forestry Commission, and The Crown Estate), you will be engaging directly with the public to raise awareness amongst visitors of the importance and sensitivity of this internationally important heathland site.

The SAMM project, hosted by Natural England, is fully funded from developer contributions, and is overseen by the TBH Joint Strategic Partnership Board (JSPB), a body comprising 11 local authorities, and Hampshire and Surrey County Councils. The project is now in a position to implement wardening on the SPA, and you will be working as part of a new warden team being recruited in 2014.

Please note this post is offered as a Fixed Term Appointment to 31 March 2017 from the date of appointment.

Reference: IRC87838

Reporting to: SAMM project Senior Warden

Staff framework level: Adviser

Full time: 37 hours per week

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Application documents are available to download on the Information for applicants page.

Short-listing and interview dates: TBC