Assistant Species Recovery Officer

What you’ll do…

The Assistant Species Recovery Officer will work across the western North District and will assist the Species Recovery Officer in all areas of their work, including public and stakeholder engagement, ecological monitoring, habitat improvements and development of translocation plans.

Travel across England and some evening, weekend and on-call working will be required.

Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.

Where you’ll work…

The role will be based in Cumbria from our office in Peil Wyke, Bassenthwaite, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9YG.

Key responsibilities & accountabilities

The post holder may be expected to focus on the following key work areas:

• Assist with the development, feasibility, and, where appropriate, licence application, delivery and monitoring of species recovery initially focused on Eurasian beaver, wood ants and water voles.
• Help to plan and undertake ecological surveys to inform decision-making, including coordinating volunteers and contractors,
• Work with academic partners to enable applied research which supports the potential for peer reviewed publication.
• Support the Species Recovery Officer to share and gather information through engagement events and activities.
• Liaise with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• And any other tasks, reasonably requested by their line manager.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

How to apply…

We cannot accept applications via email. Please follow the steps outlined below. Any CVs and/or personal statements sent outside the system will not be considered for shortlisting.

If candidates pass the interview but are not the leading candidate they can be placed on a reserve list. We may offer candidates on the reserve list for this role the opportunity to be considered for other roles at the same or lower pay bands.

You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form.

The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Communicating and influencing
• Working Together

You may also be assessed on Experience, Strength based questions, and/or the Technical Success Profile at the interview. The technical element could include a presentation, practical or written task.

Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.

If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk.

If you're planning to use AI to support your application, please ensure you've read our guidelines here first.

Read more about our application process and working with us on the Forestry England website.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.