Assistant Species Recovery Officer


Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Salary:	£30,105 to £30,105 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	CA13 9YG
Job type:	Temporary
Posting date:	7 Oct 2026
Closing date:	22 Oct 2026

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Summary

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.

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