Habitat and Estates Team Leader

Thanks to an award from the Royal Countryside Fund and The National Lottery Community Fund, we
have created a new role at Watchtree with the primary objective of ‘making the most from our
land for local nature and people’.

This role will encompass the workload of our existing Habitat and Estates Team Leader who is
retiring in June, but it will also include responsibility for writing, funding, implementing
and monitoring of new Habitat Management Plans for our Woodland, Wetlands, Scrub and Hay
Meadows. As well as additional responsibilities working alongside our Education and Marketing
Teams.

You may notice that this is the second time we have advertised this role, on the first attempt
we didn’t feel we found an individual with the knowledge and experience to take on this
challenge. Therefore we have updated the Job description and increased the contracted hours of
the post to full-time.

We are looking for a motivated and skilled individual to make the most of our land for local
wildlife and people. Ensuring that habitat management plans are achieving our environmental
objectives and that they are delivered in a safe and efficient manner. They will work closely
with the Education and Marketing Teams to create a greater connection and understanding between
visitors and our habitats. As well as developing existing income streams from land management
and forging new ones, to contribute towards the reserve’s long-term sustainability objectives.