RSPB

Estate Worker

Reference: MAY20257943

Location: Campfield Marsh

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £24,571.00 - £26,231.00 Per Annum

Benefits: Pension scheme (7%), Life Assurance scheme, 26 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays)

We are looking for an enthusiastic and practical person to help deliver a program of estate and conservation work at our Cumbria Coast Reserves, based at Campfield Marsh.

The successful applicant will join a small team working on the reserves 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.

Essential knowledge, skills and experience:

• You will have knowledge and experience of practical habitat and estate management
• You will have a proven track record of working and completing work alone and working within a varied team
• Comfortable working with volunteers from a range of backgrounds
• A manual driving licence that is valid in the UK, allowing you to drive RSPB fleet vehicles on UK public roads

Desirable qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience:

• Lantra or equivalent qualification in using equipment such as brushcutter, tractor and ATV, PA1/6 pesticides
• Knowledge of servicing and maintaining vehicles, machinery, tools and equipment to agreed standards
• Experience volunteer recruitment and line management
• Implementing and updating health and safety records and assessments
• Reasonable birdwatching knowledge and experience of biological surveys

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.

Closing date: 23:59, Sun, 15th Jun 2025

We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from 2nd July 2025.

Closing Date: 15/06/2025 Location: Wigton

• You will have knowledge and experience of practical habitat and estate management
• You will have a proven track record of working and completing work alone and working within a varied team
• Comfortable working with volunteers from a range of backgrounds
• A manual driving licence that is valid in the UK, allowing you to drive RSPB fleet vehicles on UK public roads, Lantra or equivalent qualification in using equipment such as brushcutter, tractor and ATV, PA1/6 pesticides
• Knowledge of servicing and maintaining vehicles, machinery, tools and equipment to agreed standards
• Experience volunteer recruitment and line management
• Implementing and updating health and safety records and assessments
• Reasonable birdwatching knowledge and experience of biological surveys
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.