Applications from both job-share or individual candidates will be considered.
Location : Handa Island, Sutherland
Term : 6 Month Fixed Term from March 2025 – September 2025
Salary : £25,600 FTE per annum pro rata to suit Hours : Individual, 35 hours per week; Job-share, 24.5 hours per week each individual
Accommodation provided is suitable for one sharing couple taking up a job-share arrangement, or for one individual ranger.
An outstanding opportunity for a passionate, highly motivated and skilled job-share couple or individual person to effectively manage this remote and beautiful island, its wildlife and 8000-plus visitors.
This exciting role requires excellent organisational skills, coupled with a high degree of flexibility. You will be responsible for organising work programs for yourself and a team of volunteers, with the ability to constantly adapt your plan according to changing conditions. Living and working with your team, and other occasional guests, will play to your excellent people skills, and you will be comfortable in a highly sociable environment. This role at times can be physically demanding yet hugely rewarding and will more than satisfy your desire to work outdoors in a remote and stunning location. Familiarity with Handa Island would be an advantage however not essential. Weekly trips to Scourie (the nearest, but remote village) are necessary to do laundry, banking, shopping, and exchange gas bottles; therefore, a current driving licence and access to a vehicle are both essential for the role.
Accommodation for the post is provided free of charge in the purpose-built Ranger's bothy.
The successful candidate(s) will ideally : have a high degree of emotional maturity, resilience and flexibility have excellent people skills, and thrive in a very sociable environment be able to work under their own initiative and as part of a close-knit team be able to organise, supervise and motivate a small team have exceptional verbal communication skills to maintain relationships with stakeholders have good practical skills and experience to carry out or arrange necessary maintenance on the island have a thorough knowledge of seabird monitoring methodology and practice have sound knowledge of marine and terrestrial natural history be able to produce an annual report on the season's activities Closing date : Wednesday 8th January 2025 @ 12 noon.
Interviews : around 16th January 2025. The Trust is a passionate employer, proactive about creating a culture of diversity and inclusive workplace that promotes and values equal opportunities for all. We welcome individuals from all networks of life, backgrounds, and experiences.
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