Senior Stockperson (Maternity Cover)
Norfolk Wildlife Trust
This will be a 12-month contract to cover maternity leave. Hours will be 0800-1600 Monday-Friday and one weekend in four.
Norfolk Wildlife Trust are looking for a Senior Stock Person (Mat Cover) to oversee the conservation grazing operation across Norfolk Wildlife Trust nature reserves and balance the conservation objectives of these sites with animal welfare requirements
Norfolk Wildlife Trust is the county’s largest environmental charity, committed to the protection and enhancement of Norfolk’s wildlife and wild places.
The successful candidate will have a good practical knowledge of livestock (cattle, sheep, ponies and goats) welfare and legislation. They will oversee the conservation grazing operation across Norfolk Wildlife Trust nature reserves and balance the conservation objectives of these sites with animal welfare requirements. They will form part of an on-call rota, including working the weekend, covering one week in four. Good people skills are just as important as livestock knowledge; they will work as part of a small team and have daily interactions with reserve-based staff and visitors.
The closing date for applications is 5pm 28th July 2025.
Interviews are likely to take place online on Thursday 7th August 2025.
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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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