Ranger

A unique wildlife-monitoring ranger role with an amazing opportunity to play a key part in North Devon's innovative wildlife conservation work. What it's like: Arlington is a large 2700-acre lowland estate in North Devon, where we have a drive and ambition to do more for nature, people, and climate. You'll be joining ambitious Ranger and Project Teams, who are working to break the hard lines between monocultured habitats, softening edges and creating a more mosaiced, dynamic landscape. This includes planting trees, encouraging species-rich grassland and trailing techniques to slow water flows and reconnect watercourses with their floodplains. If you want to be part of a dynamic and forward-thinking team, who care about creating abundant and diverse habitats, and who inspire, challenge and supports each other, then we would like to hear from you. What you'll be doing: This role will focus upon expanding, developing and delivering an exciting and sustainable monitoring and survey programme. You'll be working across the Arlington Estate to help us understand what we already have, documenting how it changes with differing management and what has the potential to be reintroduced. The surveys and monitoring that you conduct will span a wide array of elements, which could include grasslands, birds, bats, and invasive species. You'll be recording your findings systematically, developing survey plans and programmes, and utilising your data to draw conclusions; exploring how our changing management is impacting habitats. You'll connect with diverse communities, involving members of the public through your monitoring programme and spreading the word about our exciting nature recovery work. As such, you'll organise and run ad-hoc days, which excites people from across the social spectrum to connect with nature. Additionally, in support of your monitoring work, you'll recruit, grow, and manage a core group of volunteers. This will include setting a regular volunteering schedule and overseeing their day-to-day needs. This could involve working with university students to establish research projects which supplement and inform your work.

• hands-on experience of wildlife monitoring across a range of species groups
• ability to design and implement creative and sustainable monitoring programmes
• enjoyment and enthusiasm for building good working relationships with volunteers
• Can manage time and organise projects independently
• experience and ability to record and interpret survey work
• some knowledge and understanding of conservation land-management principles and practice for both habitats and species
• able to use machinery and equipment, with relevant certificates