Senior Conservation Grazing Officer

Now we have a possibility for a suitably certified grazier and passionate ecologist to affix us on this residential position, accountable for the Belief’s livestock at our Blue Home Farm website, and different grazing areas throughout Essex.

The Senior Conservation Grazing Officer is accountable for the day-to-day implementation of the
Belief’s county-wide grazing programme throughout its nature reserves and Nature Discovery Parks.
The postholder will help the Grazing Supervisor in making certain the annual completion of every nature
reserve’s grazing plan and supply good day-to-day liaison with the Ranger groups and volunteer
wardens all through the grazing season.

Alongside this county-wide grazing programme help, the put up holder is the lead officer for
the grazing infrastructure and grazing oversight at two giant reserves, Blue Home Farm (287ha)
and Langdon Hills Nature Reserve (181ha). The latter website is a posh SSSI grassland, scrub
and woodland mosaic with open public entry, which is a precedence for the introduction of
fenceless grazing. Liaising with the Langdon Hills Ranger workforce, the put up holder is accountable
for the advance of the Reserve’s grazing infrastructure by capital grant purposes.
At Blue Home Farm Nature Reserve, along with the grazing operation, the put up holder will
promote a protected and welcoming setting for guests, in liaison with the Senior Ranger (South
Essex).

The position will help the Grazing Supervisor with the administration of the well being and welfare of the
in-house livestock all year long, according to the ‘5 freedoms’, and in addition the
administration of the Blue Home Farm infrastructure, the grazing equipment and all tools. The
postholder may also help the Conservation Grazing Supervisor, as and when required, within the
oversight and administration of the Belief’s grazing licensees on different nature reserves.

Grazing in Essex

Grazing in Essex performs a vital position in sustaining the area’s landscapes and biodiversity.
Essex boasts a various vary of habitats together with grasslands, woodlands, wetlands and coastal
areas. Grazing animals corresponding to cattle, sheep and ponies are sometimes employed as an efficient software
for habitat administration in these areas.

Essex’s diversified landscapes help a big selection of wildlife, together with uncommon and endangered
species. Grazing animals assist to manage vegetation development, forestall the dominance of invasive
plant species, and create numerous habitats that help a wealthy biodiversity.

Residential put up

This can be a residential put up for the postholder’s higher efficiency of their duties, which
embody shared accountability, with the Conservation Grazing Supervisor, for animal welfare
all year long and always as required.

The position would require the postholder to be out there on a call-out rota all year long (on
a rota with the Conservation Grazing Supervisor) to supply an emergency response and to have the opportunity
to supervise all livestock housed at Blue Home Farm, and at out-wintering places,
notably throughout the calving and lambing seasons and for veterinary interventions. Choices
for working canines could be mentioned at interview.

The place is a everlasting position with a beginning wage of £29,150.00 each year plus
residential lodging at Blue Home Farm. The hours of labor are 37.5 hours per week with a
workforce rota in place for grazing cowl and name out. The hire deduction might be according to the
HMRC lodging offset fee.