Field Officer - Humber Beach Nesting Birds (Fixed-Term)
Reference: JAN20257059
Location: Humber Region
Salary: £23,401.00 - £25,122.00 Pro Rata
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave (pro rata)
Duration: 22 weeks - This position is a fixed-term contract from April to August 2025.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Are you passionate about protecting beach nesting birds and empowering others to take action for nature? We are looking for an enthusiastic, practical person with ecological experience and good communication skills to join our Humber conservation team. The successful candidate will support monitoring and protection of beach nesting bird populations (little tern, ringed plover, and oystercatcher) on the north bank of the Humber in East Yorkshire.
What's the role about?
As the Seasonal Field Assistant, you will support all aspects of on-the-ground survey and monitoring delivery throughout the busy breeding season (April-August) in line with project objectives. You will be based at Yorkshire Wildlife Trust's Spurn National Nature Reserve.
Activities will include:
* Monitoring breeding success of beach nesting Ringed Plovers, Little Terns, and Oystercatchers.
* Maintenance of seasonal site fencing (including electric fencing), signage, and other infrastructure as required.
* Carrying out predator monitoring duties including deploying and maintaining trail cameras on site.
* Day to day engagement with beach users to inform, educate and raise awareness of beach nesting birds and their threats to empower positive behavioural change.
* Supporting a growing team of dedicated volunteers including assisting with inductions and on-site support as needed.
* Maintaining and building relationships with existing partners and stakeholders.
Essential skills, knowledge and experience:
1. Higher level qualification in a relevant subject or ability to show equivalent work experience e.g. agriculture practices.
2. Knowledge of bird and wildlife ecology, habitat requirements, and identification to enable credibility in the role.
3. Knowledge of a range of delivery mechanisms for conservation work relevant to the operational area of this role e.g. agri-environment schemes.
4. Organisational skills e.g. maintenance and analysis of datasets, and managing conflicting priorities.
5. Ability to work effectively as a team player both internally and externally.
6. Effective communication skills (verbal, written, and presentational) - including an ability to speak confidently and cogently in public to a variety of audiences.
7. Experience of managing volunteers and setting clear work priorities.
Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:
1. Degree level qualification in a relevant subject.
2. Ability to rapidly analyse significant quantities of information, prioritise and balance a diverse workload often to tight deadlines.
3. Knowledge of the wildlife and habitats of the operational area of this role.
4. Experience of working to survey, protect and/or manage important sites, species or habitats.
5. Experience of productive partnership working.
Closing date: 23:59, Sun, 2nd Mar 2025
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position on 11th March 2025.
Interested?
If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website.
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