Deer Wildlife Manager

This role is a great opportunity to be a key player in landscape scale deer management in the beautiful, but challenging, Lake District National Park.

We are looking for someone with the experience to lead our dedicated team of stalkers and deliver a professional approach to deer management. 

Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week. Hours are flexible - no fixed shifts, but will include some early mornings and evening work, and possibly sometimes at weekends

Salary: £32,000 to £35,000pa depending on your experience 

Contract: Permanent

Interviews: 22nd July - TBC 

If you have any questions about this role please contact: .uk

Internally you'll be known as Wildlife Manager.

You’ll be part of the Trust’s internal consultancy: a flexible resource of specialist skills and expertise. As one of a multidisciplinary team of experts, including curators, fundraisers, building surveyors and project managers, you’ll be working with others to help make things happen. 

You'll be working across our extensive portfolio of land, engaging with colleagues in the countryside management teams and specialists from our internal consultancy, along with volunteer stalkers, tenants, neighbours and external stakeholders.

You'll be responsible for all aspects of deer management, including Leadership and management of 30 unpaid contract stalkers and 2 deer larders. This entails ensuring compliance with Health and Safety, animal welfare and internal policy. You'll oversee population and census modelling, setting and delivery of cull targets, based on survey and monitoring data. 

You'll manage and deliver our Countryside Stewardship WS1 Deer Management schemes in the Lakes, including writing Deer Management Plans and ensuring impact assessments and enclosure plot monitoring data is compliant with FC requirements. 

You'll engage with a range of stakeholders including Deer Management Groups, Forestry Commission Deer Officer and Cumbria Firearms Licencing. You'll work with our tenants and neighbours and be a key member of  Lakes Wildlife Control Group, providing support and expert advice on firearms and deer issues. 

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• DSC 1 and 2, including the Wild Game Meat Hygiene Certificate (‘Trained Hunter’)
• Significant practical experience in wild deer management, including wider understanding of conservation and land management practices
• Knowledge and experience in delivering CS WS1 Deer Management schemes
• Excellent people and leadership skills. Ability to communicate effectively, build strong relationships and motivate a team
• Knowledge and experience of the relevant H&S and managing operational risk associated with firearms and deer management
• Self-motivation and able to work on your own initiative.

The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.

•Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary

•Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)

•Tax-free childcare scheme

•Rental deposit loan scheme

•Season ticket loan

•EV car lease scheme 

•Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts

•Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.

•Flexible working whenever possible

•Employee assistance programme

•Free parking at most Trust places

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