Wildlife Licensing & Deer Policy Support Officer

NatureScot; Scotland; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service Pension

Flexible working

Generous annual leave

Volunteering leave

Wellbeing programme

Discount scheme

Learning and development

Inclusion and diversity

Job summary

NatureScot is the Scottish Government’s lead adviser on wildlife management. The role supports the Licensing Team in delivering licensing functions and deer management policy across Scotland.

Wildlife Management Support Officers work with Licensing Officers to enable lawful licensing processes while contributing to biodiversity and net-zero goals. Flexible hybrid working and home office options are available.

Qualifications

• Experience gathering, handling, storing and disseminating information and data, including running reports.
• Able to work within a small and dispersed team.
• Good IT skills and ability to use internal systems.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate receipt of licence applications and upload to the licensing database.
• Assist with processing licence applications in line with policy.
• Run regular licence return reports and follow up on missing returns.
• Gather and check data, prepare documentation and respond to data requests (internal/external).
• Assist with annual cull returns and Deer Authorisations administrative tasks.
• Assist with analysis of consultation responses and drafting of reports.
• Make meeting arrangements, prepare information, and take notes at meetings.
• Use discretion and escalate issues to line manager as needed.
• Operate day-to-day systems and equipment for tasks.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal comms

Data handling & reporting

Team player

IT literacy (Outlook, Word, Excel)

Attention to detail

Initiative

Tools

Outlook

Word

Excel

Job description

NatureScot is the Scottish Government’s lead adviser on wildlife management. The role supports the Licensing Team in delivering licensing functions and deer management policy across Scotland.

Wildlife Management Support Officers work with Licensing Officers to enable lawful licensing processes while contributing to biodiversity and net-zero goals. Flexible hybrid working and home office options are available.