Estate Worker - Norfolk Broads Reserves (Strumpshaw Fen)

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Estate Worker to join our team to manage our Norfolk Broads Reserves, including RSPB Mid Yare Valley, Sutton Fen and Berney Marshes.

The reserves offer a complex mix of habitats which are home to an amazing array of wildlife including some of our most iconic and threatened species such as Swallowtail Butterfly, Fen Raft Spider, Fen Orchid, Crane, Bittern, and some of the best surviving populations of breeding wading birds in lowland England.

The Estate Worker role is incredibly varied and rewarding, whether that is leading on the upkeep of visitor and estate infrastructure, checking cattle, driving the tractor or using and maintaining a variety of machinery to undertake habitat management. You will join a passionate and dedicated team working at the forefront of conservation.

If practical estate work is your thing and you’re excited about working in a dynamic outdoor environment, we would love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities

• Maintenance of buildings and infrastructure to ensure they are operating as required.
• Maintenance of livestock infrastructure and assisting with the welfare of livestock to ensure we meet all animal welfare and cross compliance legislation.
• Routine operation, record keeping, servicing and maintenance of machinery and vehicles to ensure they are operating safely and efficiently.
• Habitat management and grounds maintenance to ensure conservation and visitor experience targets are being met.
• Keeping up to date health and safety records to ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and to enable improvements to be set.

Essential qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience:

• Proven experience in delivering high-quality practical estate maintenance work.
• Experience and aptitude for operating, maintaining, and servicing machinery, tools, and vehicles including record keeping
• Experience in practical land management.
• Good people skills with the ability to build and maintain strong working relationships.
• Understanding of health and safety requirements and the ability to create risk assessments and follow safe working practices.
• A demonstrated passion for conservation and wildlife

Desirable qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience:

• Lantra or equivalent qualification in tractors, toppers, trailers, chainsaws, brushcutters, ATV, boom sprayer, knapsack sprayers, boats and vehicles.
• Livestock management.

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 will assess your application based on the essential and desirable criteria for this role. To give yourself the best chance, please make sure your application is clearly structured and demonstrates how you meet each criteria.

This is a permanent full-time role for 37.5 hours per week.

We are looking to conduct interviews for this position week commencing 06 April 2026.

For further information please contact Daniel Hercock, Norfolk Broads Estate Operations Manager [email protected] 01603 715191

As part of this application process you will be asked to complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above.

Interested in the role? We are hosting informal open days on Thursday 5th, 12th, and 19th April, and Saturday 14th April.

These sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the team and the role before applying. Please note that these are informal discussions only; all candidates will still need to complete our formal application and scored interview process to ensure a fair and consistent selection for everyone. To book a slot, please call Daniel Hercock on 01603 715191.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.