A part-time fixed term post is available for a period ending on 31 March 2026. The contract may be extended subject to funding availability. The employer is the Waterlife Recovery Trust. The purpose of the post is to remove invasive American mink from an area of north Lincolnshire to protect endangered water voles and other native wildlife and allow their populations to recover. The post is one of a number coordinating mink trapping across the east of the country. The post-holder will develop a mink control network across ‘their area’ using ‘smart’ mink traps monitored by volunteers. The project will use adaptive management techniques to maximise efficiency; the ‘best practice’ for humane mink trapping developed to date is detailed on the WRT website. (www.waterliferecoverytrust.org.uk) The post will be home-based in an appropriate location, ideally in North Lincolnshire, to develop a trapping network to cover the area. The Project Officer (PO) will be expected to use their own vehicle for travel and moving equipment but receive a mileage rate for doing so. The hours will be 25 hours per week. Some overtime outside of these hours may be required for callouts including at weekends and some weeks will be busier than others. Any hours outside your contract can be used as Time off in lieu. At least a few minutes of web-based work will be needed every day, including at weekends, to support volunteers with any problems and to ensure that our work is always carried out to the highest animal welfare standards. All necessary training will be provided. Responsibilities and duties Work with the Project Manager to develop a smart trapping network across ‘your area’. Work with landowners and occupiers to seek and inspire new volunteers who wish to protect water voles and other wildlife by managing smart traps in their local area. Distribute Mink Rafts, cage traps and automated trap monitors and support volunteers in their safe and humane use. Use an air gun to dispatch cage trapped mink humanely. Collect mink carcases, take measurements, and tissue samples for DNA analysis. Accurately record data about trap locations and details of trapped mink and promptly upload those data to the project's database. Travel throughout the area to deliver equipment and liaise with volunteers. Keep in contact with volunteers by telephone, email and in person. Provide advice to help volunteers operate safely. Provide written reports and feedback as requested. Liaise with other POs to ensure seamless coverage through the project area. Use social media and press to build awareness about riparian species. Be an ambassador for the humane control and eradication of mink. Help ensure a legacy of enthusiastic, equipped volunteers continuing to control mink after the project finishes. Personal specification Essential criteria: Own transport, with business use insurance and full driving licence. An appropriate home location to deliver the project effectively. A good ‘team player’ with the ability to communicate and build good relationships with a wide range of partners, volunteers and landowners. Flexible, enthusiastic, and self-motivated: can work unsupervised, reliably delivering the requirements of a project. Prepared to work out of doors, alone in the countryside and at weekends and outside standard office hours. Willing to humanely dispatch trapped mink. Degree in environmental subject or good wildlife knowledge and passion for conservation. Comfortable with the use of IT. Able to start as soon as possible, preferably by End of April 2025. Desirable criteria: Experience in the safe use of air guns and other weapons. Practical experience of the control of mink or other invasive species. Desire to foster continual improvement within the project. A knowledge of wildlife, farming, and country pursuits.