Wildlife Ranger: Forest Conservation & Deer Management

Malaysianwildlife; Corby; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Holiday entitlement

Free parking

Free entry to arboretums

Job summary

Forestry England is seeking a Wildlife Ranger to join the Central England team, working on the Rockingham forest area in Northamptonshire. The role reports to the Project Wildlife manager and supports the district wildlife team, championing health and safety while protecting forest habitats and biodiversity.

You will handle deer management duties, liaise with stakeholders, run ecological surveys, and ensure compliance with standards and schemes.

Qualifications

• Experience in wildlife (deer) management and wildlife conservation.
• Experience in land management and conservation.
• Good understanding of woodland management and woodland ecology.
• Experience of using effective communication skills to convey messages to a variety of audiences.
• Competent IT user with experience in MS Office suite of applications.
• Be able to manage a deer dog to Forestry England’s standard.

Responsibilities

• Promote a positive and inclusive culture, and actively promote collaboration and support across the district and with stakeholders.
• Champion our health & safety culture, using Forestry England’s systems and protocols.
• Achieve a personal, variable cull of deer and other mammals to protect our forest crop and biodiversity led by District management plans and wider organisational objectives.
• Make sure the deer larder, deer carcases and paperwork meet Forestry England standards, game dealer specification and the requirements of the British Quality Wild Venison scheme (BQWV).
• Contribute to district conservation projects and schemes.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with stakeholders.
• Liaise regularly with district colleagues and help with beat planning, monitoring and delivery including restocking plans, species choice, tree protection and infrastructure requirements.
• Do ecological and pre-operation site surveys, advising colleagues of protected species and features of ecological interest.
• Liaise with sporting tenants and sporting rights holders.
• Support district colleagues engaging with woodland users and promote positive behaviour for protecting forest habitats and infrastructure.
• Produce hazard and constraints maps and risk assessments for deer management.
• Maintain and be responsible for all equipment issued to you by Forestry England.
• Supervise wildlife management and conservation contracts to Forestry England’s policy, procedure and guidance (PPGs), deer management-related policies and industry best practice.
• And any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager.

Skills

Wildlife management

Land conservation

Woodland ecology

Communication

MS Office

Deer dog handling

Education

DMQ Deer Stalking Certs 1 & 2

Police firearms cert

Full UK driving licence

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Forestry England is seeking a Wildlife Ranger to join the Central England team, working on the Rockingham forest area in Northamptonshire. The role reports to the Project Wildlife manager and supports the district wildlife team, championing health and safety while protecting forest habitats and biodiversity.

You will handle deer management duties, liaise with stakeholders, run ecological surveys, and ensure compliance with standards and schemes.