Estate Worker
| Posting date: | 24 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £24,571 to £26,231 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 August 2025 |
| Location: | Carnforth, Lancashire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Countryside Jobs Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
RSPB
The Estate Worker will help deliver a program of estate and conservation work at our Leighton Moss and Morcambe Bay Reserves.
The Estate Worker will be required to work across all of our reserves carrying out practical tasks to help maintain the variety of habitats and infrastructure, including scrub and reedbed management, fencing, path and hide repairs and the general upkeep of the reserves. Leighton Moss can attract around 100,000 visitors per year, and so the visitor infrastructure including a hide, paths, screens and viewpoints will need to be regularly maintained to a high standard by the post holder.
They will be expected to be able to work both independently and as part of a team of staff and volunteers to deliver our ambitious annual work programme. Therefore, as well as a wide set of practical skills, the post holder will also need to be a good team worker with good communication, organisational and inter-personal skills. Competency in administration tasks and computer use would be an advantage.
Essential:
• You will have knowledge and experience of delivering practical land management
• You will have knowledge and experience of practical estate and infrastructure management, maintenance and repair.
• Knowledge of operating and maintaining machinery, vehicles, tools and equipment to agreed standards
• You will have a proven track record of working and completing work alone and working within a varied team of staff and volunteers
• Good communication skills
• A manual driving licence that is valid in the UK, allowing you to drive RSPB fleet vehicles on UK public road
Desirable:
• Lantra or equivalent qualifications in using practical equipment such as brushcutter, chainsaw, and tractor
• First Aid certificate
• Implementing and updating health and safety records and assessments
• Knowledge/understanding of nature conservation and habitat management
• Experience of working with livestock
The successful applicant will join a varied and dynamic reserve team working with the Wardens, as well as alongside our visitor team, and will need to be adaptable to undertake work as required.
The timing of the work during the week will be flexible, though some tasks will need to be specifically timed to fit in with other staff and work requirements.
The Estate Worker will help deliver a program of estate and conservation work at our Leighton Moss and Morcambe Bay Reserves.
The Estate Worker will be required to work across all of our reserves carrying out practical tasks to help maintain the variety of habitats and infrastructure, including scrub and reedbed management, fencing, path and hide repairs and the general upkeep of the reserves. Leighton Moss can attract around 100,000 visitors per year, and so the visitor infrastructure including a hide, paths, screens and viewpoints will need to be regularly maintained to a high standard by the post holder.
They will be expected to be able to work both independently and as part of a team of staff and volunteers to deliver our ambitious annual work programme. Therefore, as well as a wide set of practical skills, the post holder will also need to be a good team worker with good communication, organisational and inter-personal skills. Competency in administration tasks and computer use would be an advantage.
Essential:
• You will have knowledge and experience of delivering practical land management
• You will have knowledge and experience of practical estate and infrastructure management, maintenance and repair.
• Knowledge of operating and maintaining machinery, vehicles, tools and equipment to agreed standards
• You will have a proven track record of working and completing work alone and working within a varied team of staff and volunteers
• Good communication skills
• A manual driving licence that is valid in the UK, allowing you to drive RSPB fleet vehicles on UK public road
Desirable:
• Lantra or equivalent qualifications in using practical equipment such as brushcutter, chainsaw, and tractor
• First Aid certificate
• Implementing and updating health and safety records and assessments
• Knowledge/understanding of nature conservation and habitat management
• Experience of working with livestock
The successful applicant will join a varied and dynamic reserve team working with the Wardens, as well as alongside our visitor team, and will need to be adaptable to undertake work as required.
The timing of the work during the week will be flexible, though some tasks will need to be specifically timed to fit in with other staff and work requirements.