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Estate Ranger - Woodland Trust

Company: Woodland Trust
Salary: £30,670 pa
Location: Lochinver
Date posted: 16 July 2025
Apply before: 30 July 2025

 

The Job:

The Woodland Trust is looking for an Estate Ranger in our Scotland team to work closely with the Landscape Partnership Manager and colleagues across the organisation, to help realise the vision for the South Assynt Collaboration Project - an ecological regeneration initiative to create a thriving and robust mosaic of native woodland and open habitats that improves the environment and create a healthier, more resilient home for wildlife and people.


  • Location: Scotland, Scottish Highlands
  • Industry: Environment, Conservation and Sustainability, Estate Management
  • Job type: Full-time, Permanent

Estate Ranger - Woodland Trust

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The Company:

We are the UK's largest woodland conservation charity. Our vision is a world where woods and trees thrive for people and nature.

The Candidate:

  • You have an enthusiasm for the environment and share our core values-Grow Together, Explore, Focus and Make it Count. 
  • Educated to HND / degree level or similar in conservation, forestry, land management, or equivalent experience.
  • This is a key role in our Scotland team and for candidates to stand out, we are looking for experience in supervising site management contracts and contractors and managing health and safety on site.
  • Previous experience and knowledge in wildlife and habitat conservation, including undertaking wildlife and habitat monitoring and surveys.
  • Motivated, and able to work safely in remote areas, often unsupervised.
  • Confident in building and developing partnerships with external and internal stakeholders and able to influence different audiences including communities and volunteers.
  • You will have a full clean UK driving licence.

The Package:

  • Enhanced Employer Pension
  • Life Assurance
  • Flexible & Hybrid Working Options
  • Generous Annual Leave
  • Enhanced Parental Pay
  • Employee Assistance Programme.

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