Community Outreach Officer
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- Saving Scotlands Red Squirrels Status: Full time (35 hrs/week), Fixed term (until 31st March 2028) Salary: £25,000 per annum pending review Location: Blairgowrie Office, Perthshire (working across the Central lowlands and Southern Highlands) Closing date: 15th June 2026 As Scotlands leading nature conservation charity, we welcome applications from individuals who are looking to join us in our journey of protecting Scotlands wildlife for the future.
From major species and landscape restoration projects, to managing our network of wildlife reserves and campaigning for nature, we work for Scotlands wildlife year-round.
We give a voice to wildlife through our policy and campaigning work, demonstrate best practice through practical conservation work, engage with people to take positive action through our education programmes and events, and so much more.
The Role: The Community Outreach Officer will contribute to the protection of the Highland Line (HL), a coast-to-coast control zone which aims to prevent grey squirrels from moving north from Central Scotland into the red strongholds of the Highlands and Grampians.
Progressed through a programme of targeted grey squirrel monitoring and control, youll help support the protection and expansion of red squirrel populations in accordance with the Saving Scotlands Red Squirrels strategy.
This role requires an approachable individual with experience recruiting, motivating, training, coordinating and managing community-based volunteers (groups and individuals) to undertake active conservation work.
Key Responsibilities and Duties: Working closely with the Monitoring and Control Officers (MCOs) Supporting and expanding volunteer networks through volunteer recruitment and onboarding Data entry and digital records Engaging and building relations with key stakeholders, landowners and local authorities Providing community network support and communications.
This will include identifying opportunities to engage difficult-to-reach people and new audiences in the Central Lowlands.
S pecifically, this includes: Recruiting, training and supporting volunteers to carry out fortnightly feeder box monitoring surveys, ensuring they have the equipment and consumables required, and providing practical support and temporary survey cover as needed.
Manage and coordinate the processing of monitoring samples and resulting data.
Tis includes the analysis of hair samples to identify and record red squirrel, grey squirrel or pine marten detections and sharing results with volunteers Alongside the SSRS HL team, engaging with and recruit new landowners/managers to undertake grey squirrel control and monitoring on their land. xxuwjjq
Developing methodologies to ensure sustained engagement and data sharing to support independent controllers across the Highland Line region Engaging and building relations with new and existing stakeholders to support the project.