Assistant Warden - The Lodge & Fowlmere
Reference: MAR20254285
Location: RSPB UKHQ - The Lodge
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £27,123.00 - £28,956.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension scheme (7%), Life Assurance scheme, 26 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays)
Would you be up for a new challenge, delivering practical management work across The Lodge and Fowlmere (L&F) reserves? The Lodge, Sandy, is a unique heathland and woodland nature reserve at the heart of the RSPB, and Fowlmere is a jewel of a wetland.
What the role is about
This key role is all about working alongside the Warden to deliver practical conservation and estate work at The Lodge and Fowlmere reserves, assisting with monitoring and surveying including Natterjack Toads and Water Voles, and helping support a great visitor experience to around 100k visitors over the two reserves.
You would be joining a close-knit and friendly team based at RSPB The Lodge Gatehouse: Senior Site Manager, Warden, Visitor Experience Manager, Shop and Café team, Head Gardener and teams of enthusiastic volunteers.
What we need from you:
Essential knowledge, skills and experience:
1. Natural history knowledge
2. Maintenance and use of machinery, tools and equipment
3. Habitat management, particularly of heathland and reedbed
4. Microsoft Office packages including Word, Excel, and Outlook
5. Problem solving and coming up with well thought through practical solutions
6. The ability to work unsupervised, within a team or leading a team
7. Practical land management experience and delivering estate management works
8. Full, manual driving licence that is valid in the UK
Desirable qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience:
1. Lantra or equivalent qualifications in chainsaw, brushcutter, pesticides (PA1 and PA6)
2. Livestock management
3. Requirements of local agri-environment and cross-compliance regulations
4. Biological recording
5. Implementing and updating health and safety records and assessments
Additional information:
This role will involve lone working and working in remote locations. This role will require occasional weekend, early morning and evening working so will need someone who is able to be flexible.
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from w/c 12th May 2025.
Closing Date: 04/05/2025 Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
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