Reference: JAN20256685
Location: Morvern Peninsula, West Highland
Salary: £32,022.00 - £34,377.00 Per Annum
Terms: Full-Time, 19 months FTC
The Morvern peninsula contains some of Scotland's finest remaining rainforest, and there is immense potential to restore and expand this habitat for the benefit of people and wildlife. Through the RSPB-led Saving Morvern's Rainforest project, we hope to support landowners, land managers and the local community to realise their vision of a thriving, healthy rainforest.
If you would like the challenge of carrying out physically demanding habitat restoration work on a remote peninsula and islands, we are looking for a highly practical person to lead a small team dedicated to restoring rainforest across the Morvern peninsula in the West Highlands.
Key Responsibilities
* Leading, managing and supervising a small team of Rainforest Restoration Workers to deliver a works programme of practical habitat management and biological monitoring. This includes ensuring that they are fully competent, supported and equipped to deliver the work safely.
* Ensuring that all site operations are delivered in a safe and legally compliant manner and to the standards identified in best practice guidance.
* Accountable for machinery, vehicle and equipment maintenance, record keeping and systems management to ensure operator safety, legal compliance and efficiency. This includes mapping, recording and managing electronic data.
* Responsible for day-to-day relationship management with landowners and land managers to ensure positive relationships are maintained and to resolve any site-based issues.
Essential Qualifications
* Practical experience of high-quality conservation land management.
* Demonstrable experience of leading, managing and supervising a team.
* Project management experience & skills.
* Ability to operate and maintain a range of machinery, vehicles and equipment.
* Knowledge of site-based Health & Safety management.
* Excellent interpersonal skills with tact, diplomacy and negotiating skills.
* Manage staff and develop and maintain good relations with the owners/managers of land on which the team is working, and the local community.
* Ability and keenness to work outdoors in very remote places, and to meet the logistical, and physical challenges these places present.
* Experience in record keeping /data management/ IT literate.
* Ability to use own initiative to solve day-to-day problems in the field.
* Excellent personal time management and prioritisation skills.
* Ability to drive or ability to access remote locations without public transport, given the remote locations and limited public transport.
Closing: Monday, 3rd March
To complete your application online, please CLICK HERE.
This project is supported by the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund, managed by NatureScot.
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