Field Ornithologist Traineeship

Closing date: Tuesday 7 January 2025
- Salary: £6,000 bursary for 6 months

Contract type: Fixed term / Working hours: Full time- Location:
- Wiltshire Wildlife Trust HQ, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust
Elm Tree Court
Long Street
, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 1NJ
- WSBRC, along with Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is committed to helping new starters gain that important foothold in an expanding conservation sector and contribute to the vital work of nature recovery, Project Peewit offer the opportunity to gain the focussed experience and skills required to pursue a career in bird conservation.

**Contact details**:
Job reference: WWT_TRA

**Field Ornithologist Traineeship x 2**

**Reports to**: WSBRC Project Officer

**Salary**:£6000 Bursary (6 monthly payments of £1000pcm)

**Contract**:Full Time**Traineeship 6 months

**Hours**:37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday**

**Based at**: Elm Tree Court, Long Street, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 1NJ

The Northern Lapwing (_Vanellus vanellus_) is a species of conservation concern, has declined around 60% and is on the UK Red List due to these long-term population declines. This decline has especially affected breeding lapwing across southern England. Within Wiltshire lapwing have disappeared from many areas where they once were common breeders. In the areas where they remain, anecdotal evidence suggests that the numbers have collapsed. Despite this awareness, there has been little conservation effort, no coordinated landscape efforts to quantify the changes the population is suffering or help to protect the remaining breeding pairs.

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and Project Peewit aim to clarify this situation by gaining an understanding of the number of breeding lapwing, their distribution and threats. Also, this role allows contribute towards the work of Wiltshire & Swindon Biological Records Centre (WSBRC) and learn about not only the work of The Wildlife Trust but also the work of a Local Environmental Record Centre.

While WSBRC, along with Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is committed to helping new starters gain that important foothold in an expanding conservation sector and contribute to the vital work of nature recovery, Project Peewit offer the opportunity to gain the focussed experience and skills required to pursue a career in bird conservation.

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is fully committed to safeguarding the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk. All WWT staff will receive safeguarding training and must ensure that they comply with WWT’s safeguarding policy.

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse organisation, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need talented people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side.

**Closing Date**: 9am on Tuesday 7th January 2025

PLEASE NOTE: if interest is significant we reserve the option to close the vacancy early and conduct interviews on an as required basis. Should the vacancy remain open until the stated deadline then interviews will be held on **Monday 20**th** January 2025 at Elm Tree Court, Devizes.**

**Traineeship start date**:Monday 10th February 2025

**Traineeship Pack**:
- Traineeship Role Description**Application Form**:
- Traineeship Application Form