Native Woodland Lead

Native Woodland Lead

Borders Forest Trust

Join our Land Management Team as our Native Woodland Lead

This is an opportunity for an experienced professional forester or similar, with knowledge and passion for landscape restoration.

As the Native Woodland Lead you will work with landowners in the Scottish Borders to inspire and support them to create new native woodland planting schemes and identify suitable ancient woodlands to be brought into conservation management.

The role also coordinates site management on BFT’s Borders sites, including site planning, contractor management and liaising with BFT teams, e.g. those who lead our Borders volunteers, to undertake environmentally sensitive land management.

• The role balances working on your own initiative, leading our work with landowners, and working in and with support from a small and friendly team. Your week will be a mix of outdoor work, working in our small and friendly office, as well as having support to work from home should you wish.
• If you have experience of forestry, knowledge and passion for landscape restoration, excellent team-working and communication with members of the public and an aptitude for ‘hands on’ outdoor conservation we’d love to hear from you.
• The Native Woodland Lead post is funded in collaboration with Woodland Trust Scotland.

To find out more about the role before the closing date, or have a conversation about the role, please contact us [email protected]

Interviews will be on 20 October 2026 in the Scottish Borders, near Melrose.

Borders Forest Trust is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, and we recognise that the land management and conservation sector remains one of the least diverse in the UK. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation, and we particularly encourage applications from groups currently under-represented in outdoor and conservation roles.

If there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to our recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact us.