Species Recovery Officer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 13 Awst 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £32,089 i £32,724 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 31 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | YO18 7EL |
| Cwmni: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Math o swydd: | Dros dro |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 421941/1 |
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As Species Recovery Officer, you will lead innovative nature recovery projects that deliver Forestry England’s national Biodiversity Plan.
Your role will lead on projects to restore ecosystem engineers and keystone species that help to build fully functioning ecosystems. In Yorkshire, our focus is on restoring wild living beaver populations in the Derwent Catchment and delivering a pine marten recovery feasibility project for Northeast Yorkshire. You may also lead and/or coordinate other approved species recovery projects, such as soil fungi translocations and recovery of Northern Hairy Wood Ant populations.
Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.
Where you’ll work…
The species recovery officer will work in Forestry England's Yorkshire Forest District which covers an area from Teesside to Spurn Head, stretching over the North York Moors National Park, and the Leeds metropolitan area to the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
The role will be based at our district office in Pickering, with optional blended working available. You can expect to spend up to one third of your time outdoors, often independently and remotely and you will usually be expected to manage your own time to maximise efficiency and effectiveness.
This role is funded by Defra, rather than by Forestry England generated revenue, and as such is subject to regular government spending reviews. While we expect funding to continue, Defra funding may be reduced at the end of any financial year depending on Defra’s budget allocations. In such cases, we would prioritise the retention of staff posts wherever possible. The position is being offered on a 3-year Fixed Term Appointment (FTA), as we are confident in the likelihood of continued funding.
- lead on the planning and delivery of species recovery projects across the Yorkshire Forest District.
- develop a wild-release beaver project application for the Derwent Catchment, and if successful, lead the project’s delivery with partner organisations
- coordinate and contribute to the Northeast Yorkshire Pine Marten Pathways Project, a two-year multi-partner project looking into the feasibility of pine marten recovery
- deliver practical project work either directly or through contractors -this may include habitat improvements, animal trapping and relocation, or field surveys, depending on each project’s needs
- build and maintain good relationships with partners in statutory and eNGO nature conservation organisations, including sitting on project boards and working groups
- support funding bids and project development procedures, including monitoring and reporting on project performance to funders and senior leadership
- manage and coordinating volunteers for species recovery projects
- working with the District Ecologist and external experts to produce and deliver question-led monitoring & evaluation plans
- supporting the ecology team’s wider work as required - this may include activities such as operational site assessments, contract management and supervision, and protected site management
General responsibilities
- display Forest England’s values & behaviours across all aspects of work
- minimise filing backlogs and prioritise workload to meet targets
- present a friendly and professional appearance
- be familiar with and appropriately adhere to Forestry England policies and procedures
- keep Health and Safety matters as the overriding determinant at all times and in all circumstances
- undertake any other duties, reasonably requested by the Planning and Environment Manager or Forest Management Director
And any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager.
The duties of this post require the applicant to sometimes travel to remote locations that are not accessible by public transport. You will therefore need to hold a full and current driving licence that enables you to drive in the UK. We are willing to consider any proposals put forward by applicants that would allow them to do the job by other means.
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