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Field Manager - Alderney Seabird Recovery Project

Closing date:
Salary: £34-40,000
Contract type: Fixed term / Working hours: Full time
Location:
Alderney, 48 Victoria Street, Alderney, Channel Islands, GY9 3TA

Guillemot chick - Alderney

Help lead one of the most significant ecological restoration interventions in the Channel Islands

Contact details

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit the following to Roland Gauvain, Manager — Alderney Wildlife Trust Enterprises:

  • An up-to-date CV (maximum 3 pages) demonstrating relevant experience against the Person Specification.
  • A covering letter or supporting statement (maximum 2 pages) outlining what makes you the right person to deliver one of the first control        programmes of this type attempted in the UK, demonstrating your relevant experience and skill sets.
  • Contact details for two professional referees (referees will not be contacted without your prior consent).

Email: AWTE@alderneywildlife.org     Telephone: 01481 822935

Closing date: Friday 3rd July 2026 (applications reviewed on a rolling basis — early submission is encouraged).

Interviews: Week commencing 29th June 2026 — via video call (Teams / Zoom).

Alderney Seabird Recovery Project - Field Manager - Full Job Description

Alderney is home to some of the largest remaining seabird populations in the English Channel; yet these colonies face growing pressures including the impact of rats, which have been shown to directly effect cliff and stack nesting guillemot populations on Alderney. We are looking for an experienced Field Manager to lead the on-the-ground delivery of our seabird restoration project: managing a team of up to five field workers through the elimination phase.  They will work working hand-in-hand with specialist contractors, and ensuring our rat elimination and the subsequent biosecurity/control programme is delivered to the highest possible standard.

Essential Criteria:

  • Demonstrable experience leading field-based conservation or ecological management operations in complex, remote or island terrain
  • IRATA Level 1 (or willingness to qualify before October 2026; training fully covered)
  • Experience with rodenticide bait station programmes or other invasive species control operations
  • A strong academic and working understanding of ecology.
  • Strong working knowledge of H&S, safe systems of work and RAMS
  • Excellent field record-keeping, data management and communication skills
  • Physical fitness for sustained coastal field work and rope-access operations
  • Right to work in the UK / Channel Islands (Bailiwick of Guernsey)

Desirable Criteria:

  • IRATA Level 1 or above, with experience supervising rope-access or climbing operations in coastal or cliff-face environments
  • Experience delivering island-based rodent eradication or bait station programmes, aligned with UK Best Practice Toolkit or equivalent
  • Knowledge of seabird ecology, particularly cliff-nesting species such as guillemot, razorbill or puffin
  • Familiarity with the Channel Islands or a comparable island jurisdiction
  • Relevant H&S, STCW or first aid qualifications (training provided where not yet held)

What's on offer: Relocation and accommodation by negotiation, full IRATA/STCW training where needed, and the chance to play a lead role in restoring nesting grounds for guillemots and other cliff-nesting seabirds.

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