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Affric Highlands Executive Director
Summary of role
Are you someone with a track record of making big ideas happen? Can you lead a team to achieve ambitious goals? Are you passionate about rewilding and want to contribute to solving the dual nature and climate crises? Do you understand the Scottish Highlands and its unique natural and cultural heritage as well as the challenges it faces? If you have answered ‘yes’ to most of these questions, you could be the first Executive Director of Affric Highlands.
Affric Highlands is a landscape scale initiative to rewild over 195,000 hectares of the Scottish Highlands, resulting in significant nature restoration across the area in thirty years. Founded by Trees for Life and Rewilding Europe, Affric Highlands is now recruiting its first Executive Director to lead on the next phase of the initiative.
We are looking for a strategic thinker who can lead teams, convince stakeholders and inspire communities to take action to restore the landscape. The Executive Director will also be adept at turning ideas into action, while helping to prioritise and focus efforts where they can have the biggest impact. With experience of running a charity or similar enterprise, the successful candidate will be both entrepreneurial in nature and adept at building cross-sector partnerships and collaborations.
Salary Range: £46,158-£52,917
Start Date: Ideally April 2024
Hours: 35 per week.
Location: Dundreggan/hybrid
Deadline for application: Mon 29 January
1st Interview date: Wed 14 or Thu 15 February
2nd Interview date: Thu 22 February
How to Apply
To apply please download and complete an application form and personal details form below.
Email the completed forms to jobs@treesforlife.org.uk
You will be contacted if shortlisted for an interview.
Seasonal Nursery Worker
Summary of role
As part of our Caledonian Forest restoration strategy, Trees for Life is looking for some practical help to grow 60,000 trees in our Dundreggan Tree Nursery. With guidance from the Nursery Supervisor and as part of the Trees for Life Nursery Team, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a new post to help propagate a range of native tree species, ready for planting to restore the Caledonian Forest in the Scottish Highlands. As well as seed sowing and caring for young tree seedlings, the enthusiastic post holder will have the opportunity to get involved with a range of other nursery tasks such as trialling new ways to propagate rare and hard-to-grow species, and learn from a team who have over 25 years combined experience.
This role will be based at our Dundreggan Conservation Estate in Glen Moriston. The successful applicant will have an excellent eye for detail and good motor skills, helping to ensure a high level of consistency and success. An appreciation for working outside is essential. The post involves helping to supervise teams of dedicated volunteers, so the post holder should enjoy working with a range of different people from different backgrounds.
Salary Range: £12.34 ph
Start Date: (Spring Seasonal period) 18 March – 2 August 2024
Hours: Temporary, fixed-term (18 March – 2 August 2024), 4 days (28 hours) a week, Monday through Friday for 20 weeks
Location: Dundreggan Nursery, Dundreggan Estate, IV63
Deadline for application: Sun 28 January
Interviews: Week commencing 12 February 2024.
How to Apply
To apply please download and complete an application form and personal details form below.
Email the completed forms to jobs@treesforlife.org.uk
You will be contacted if shortlisted for an interview.
Become a Trees for Life Trustee
We are currently looking for new trustees to join the board of Trees for Life, inviting applications from people who live in Scotland and are passionate about rewilding.
We are an open, friendly, and cooperative organisation that welcomes and supports individuals from all walks of life.
We have recently reviewed our recruitment process for onboarding new trustees. Applications will now be processed on a rolling basis according to candidates’ skills-based experience where there is an identified gap in the current board’s skillset. As such, we are currently looking for people with the following areas of expertise:
- Farming
- Legal
- Political influence
Interested parties can view our Trustee Role Profile here and download the application form here; Trustee Application Form.
Email the completed Trustee Application form to jobs@treesforlife.org.uk
