You will be joining a team of Space for Shorebirds rangers sharing your passion for wildlife with beach users, to help people to reduce their impacts upon internationally important bird populations and dune grasslands.

We need a person with a proven commitment to nature conservation and a broad understanding of ecological issues. The successful candidate will possess both the warmth and tact to positively influence people’s behaviour, but also the assertiveness to potentially pursue enforcement action.

You will have experience of public engagement, ecological survey work, habitat and access management and will have excellent verbal and written communications skills. You may have experience of educating young people and school groups. You will also have the ability and motivation to undertake extensive, ongoing ornithological and disturbance monitoring work.

With some responsibility for managing local volunteers, you will undertake a variety of roles, including awareness-raising, education, ornithological monitoring, disturbance monitoring, enforcement, designing solutions for disturbance hotspots, nest protection and control of pirri-pirri bur within dune grasslands. There will also be opportunities to assist in habitat management and creation projects.

Effective public engagement is key to the success of this project and, as well as engaging face to face with people on the coast, you will be responsible for helping to deliver compelling social media, guided walks, presentations and telling the fascinating story of coastal wildlife through the seasons and increasing public appreciation and support for it.

This is an exciting opportunity to help deliver an important initiative to conserve important wintering and breeding bird populations and dune grasslands, in one of England’s most beautiful landscapes.

Full requirements of the role can be found in the attached job description and person specification.

Frequent weekend working will be required.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Richard Willis, Senior Wildlife Ranger – richard.willis@northumberland.gov.uk, 07870 365964.

Why choose us?

We have some outstanding benefits and perks to offer you, including:

• 26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees)
• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexi scheme – up to 2 days flexible leave available per month (pro rata for part-time employees)