Community Outreach Officer - Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels

Employer: Scottish Wildlife Trust

Location: Blairgowrie Office, Perthshire (working across the Central lowlands and Southern Highlands)

Salary: £25,000 per annum pending review

Job type: Full time (35 hrs/week), Fixed term (until 31st Ma

Sector: Environment & Agriculture

Job Description

The Community Outreach Officer will contribute to the protection of the Highland Line (HL), a coast-to-coast control zone which aims to prevent grey squirrels from moving north from Central Scotland into the red strongholds of the Highlands and Grampians. Progressed through a programme of targeted grey squirrel monitoring and control, you'll help support the protection and expansion of red squirrel populations in accordance with the Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels strategy. This role requires an approachable individual with experience recruiting, motivating, training, coordinating and managing community-based volunteers (groups and individuals) to undertake active conservation work.

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