Assistant Warden – Frampton Marsh

We are recruiting for a permanent Assistant Warden to support the warden team with the annual
work programme at Frampton Marsh and Freiston Shore, working on a range of habitats including
coastal saltmarsh, lowland wet grassland, freshwater scrapes, reedbed, saline lagoon and a soon
to be created regulated tidal exchange.

Based out of the office at Frampton Marsh, you will deliver habitat works, infrastructure
maintenance and repairs and biological surveys. You will manage two weekly work parties,
working closely with and managing volunteers and interns and ensuring everyone works safely and
in accordance with risk assessments. You will help to implement and update health and safety
records, and lead on quality assurance inspections across both reserves. You will also support
the visitor operations and café teams when required. 

Blessed with a variety of freshwater habitats, Frampton Marsh & Freiston Shore nature
reserves near Boston, Lincolnshire provide close views of the abundant birdlife of The Wash,
one of Europe’s most special places for wildlife. Frampton Marsh has more breeding waders (ca.
500 pairs) than any other RSPB nature reserve in England, along with tens of thousands of
wintering waterbirds. Freiston Shore has an exciting future ahead of it thanks to a £2.5M
development grant which has just been secured. 

This is a fabulous opportunity to be part of an ambitious team helping to deliver highly
functioning dynamic wetland management at Frampton Marsh and Freiston Shore to provide homes
for nationally significant populations of breeding and wintering waders and wildfowl. 

You will be a crucial member of a team consisting of ca.100 volunteers and 19 paid staff,
including a Defra funded project team for the ‘Lincolnshire Wash Landscape Recovery Project’,
which is seeking to deliver even more habitat creation and management for you to assist with
the management of.

What we need from you:

 Essential skills include:

• You will have knowledge and experience of practical habitat and estate management, preferably
  in a wetland or agricultural environment.
• You will have a proven track record completing work alone and working within a varied team.
• Experience of managing volunteers from a range of backgrounds and leading work parties
• Competent user of standard IT applications (eg Microsoft Office, word, Excel).
• Excellent communication skills.
• A full driving licence which is valid for use in the UK
• Good bird identification skills and experience of biological surveys.

Desirable qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience:

• Lantra / NPTC or equivalent qualification for use of brushcutter,
• Knowledge of servicing and maintaining machinery, tools and equipment
• Experience of volunteer recruitment and line management.
• Implementing and updating health and safety records and assessments.
• Experience using GPS mapping software.
• Excellent organisation and time keeping skills

Additional information:

• This role will involve lone working and working in remote locations.
• This role will require occasional weekend, early morning and evening working so will need
  someone who is able to be flexible.

This is a Permanent Full-Time role for 37.5 hours per week. 

We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from 1st July 2024. For
further information please contact [email protected]

As part of this application process you will be asked to complete an application form including
evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels
supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world
richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of
colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate,
sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled,
we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any
additional support you may need to complete your application.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of
Offenders Act 1974.

This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship – the successful applicant will need to have
a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.