Reserves Assistant Brecks - Interim
Norfolk Wildlife Trust
Salary: £25,472 per annum
Contract: 1 year Fixed term
Hours: Full Time
Location: East Wretham, Norfolk, IP24 1RU
Norfolk Wildlife Trust are looking for an interim Brecks Reserves Assistant that will be based at NWT East Wretham Heath Reserve and will be expected to work at other NWT managed areas within the Brecks and Fens including the Wissey Wetlands and Brecks Heath Partnership sites.
The Brecks Reserves Assistant will be based at NWT East Wretham Heath Reserve, in Norfolk, and will be expected to work at other NWT managed areas within the Brecks and Fens including the Wissey Wetlands and Brecks Heath Partnership sites. The Reserves Assistant will be expected to undertake a variety of habitat management tasks, including fen mowing, scrub management, tractor work and maintenance of machinery and infrastructure. This role will also involve leading volunteer work parties and assisting the Grazing Team with livestock when required.
The post is demanding but presents the opportunity to work on some of the county’s most important wildlife sites and develop valuable skills in the management of nature reserves and their visitors.
The successful candidate will have a good working knowledge of wildlife conservation with good communication skills, both with colleagues and members of the public as well as the ability to work as part of a team in managing these sites and working to a busy work programme. The successful candidate will have an aptitude for practical tasks and will be willing and able to be trained in the use of tractors, brush-cutter, chainsaw, pesticide application and in first aid. Experience of livestock management is also desirable.
The hours of work will normally be 8:00am to 4:00pm (37.5 hours a week) with half an hour for lunch. There may be a requirement to work outside these hours on occasion for which time off in lieu will be given.
The closing date for receipt of applications is midday on Monday 22nd
September.
Initial interviews will take place w/c 6th October online.
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No agencies please.
About Norfolk Wildlife Trust
Norfolk Wildlife Trust is the oldest Wildlife Trust in the country. The purchase of 400 acres of marsh at Cley on the north Norfolk coast in 1926 to be held ‘in perpetuity as a bird breeding sanctuary’ provided a blueprint for nature conservation which has now been replicated across the UK.
Our vision for Norfolk: where the future of wildlife is protected and enhanced through sympathetic management and people are connected with and inspired by Norfolk’s wildlife and wild spaces.
Norfolk Wildlife Trust is the oldest Wildlife Trust in the country. The purchase of 400 acres of marsh at Cley on the north Norfolk coast in 1926 to be held ‘in perpetuity as a bird breeding sanctuary’ provided a blueprint for nature conservation which has now been replicated across the UK. Our vision for Norfolk: where the future of wildlife is protected and enhanced through sympathetic management and people are connected with and inspired by Norfolk’s wildlife and wild spaces.
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