Estate Worker

We are looking for an Estate Worker to help us manage our 11 sites along the Humber estuary, ensuring high quality habitat management and estate maintenance is delivered. The Humber reserves include England’s’ largest tidal reedbed, wet grassland, hay meadows and brackish lagoons, as well as 870ha of saltmarsh and a dune system on the wider reserve suite and is home to nationally important populations of bittern, redshank, marsh harrier and bearded tit.

What's the role about? 

This role will be key within the Humber Reserves team, delivering habitat management, estate infrastructure repairs and maintaining and operating reserve machinery. You will also assist in keeping health and safety and maintenance records up to date, ensure the site is clean and safe for visitors and help manage our volunteers. Part of this role will involve assisting with ecological surveys.

The post holder will be expected to work both alone and as part of a team to help maintain our diverse habitats and deliver our work program. There will be a requirement for the post holder to assist with hide repairs, fencing, track and path maintenance and assist other team members as required. Experience of computers and Microsoft Office would be an advantage.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience: 

• 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
• Good communication skills
• Be willing to undertake predator control to benefit ground nesting birds
• A full manual driving licence or ability to access remote locations

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Lantra or equivalent qualifications in using practical equipment such as brushcutter, pesticides and tractor
• Implementing and updating health and safety records and assessments
• Knowledge/understanding of nature conservation and habitat management
• Experience of working with livestock
• Ecological monitoring and surveys

This is a Permanent role for 37.5 hours per week. 

We are looking to conduct interviews for this position in August. For further information please contact [email protected]

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As part of this application you will be asked to provide a copy of your CV and complete a short form. If you wish to provide a cover letter with your application, please include this at the end of your CV document upload.

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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.

Before applying for this role, we recommend reading through the candidate guidance notes attached to the top of this advert.