Assistant Species Recovery Officer - Beaver
CompanyForestry Commission
Location
Coleford, England, United Kingdom
Employment TypeFull-time
Posted At4/21/2026
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Description
Coleford, South West England, GL16 8BA
Job Summary
What you’ll do…
Forestry England’s Biodiversity Plan sets out a bold ambition of nature recovery in the Nation’s Forests. Working across five principal focus areas, Forestry England aims to restore resilient biodiversity in the nation’s forests, delivering our vision to ensure that these forests provide the most valuable places for wildlife to thrive and expand in England.
What could be better than working outdoors and making a tangible difference to the restoration of beavers in our landscape? Beavers are a national priority species for Forestry England, engineering complex wetland ecosystems that are hubs of biodiversity and that store water in the landscape, mitigating the impacts of flooding and drought. Our Assistant Species Recovery Officer - Beaver will use their broad range of skills and ongoing training to directly support wild beavers in Gloucestershire through the Severn Vale Beaver Project with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust and other partners.
The post-holder will assist the Senior Specialist – Severn vale Beaver Project (based at Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust) in all areas of their work to support the successful restoration of wild beavers in Gloucestershire. Key parts of this role will be supporting the Senior Specialist in stakeholder and community engagement, as well as delivering on the reintroduction and monitoring of beaver populations.
Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.
Where you’ll work…
This role will be based in Gloucestershire and the Severn Vale, working both within Forestry England land in the Forest of Dean and in the wider county in the Frome catchment, with the primary office being our Coleford office.
Job Description
Key responsibilities & accountabilities
Stakeholder and community engagement
Job Summary
What you’ll do…
Forestry England’s Biodiversity Plan sets out a bold ambition of nature recovery in the Nation’s Forests. Working across five principal focus areas, Forestry England aims to restore resilient biodiversity in the nation’s forests, delivering our vision to ensure that these forests provide the most valuable places for wildlife to thrive and expand in England.
What could be better than working outdoors and making a tangible difference to the restoration of beavers in our landscape? Beavers are a national priority species for Forestry England, engineering complex wetland ecosystems that are hubs of biodiversity and that store water in the landscape, mitigating the impacts of flooding and drought. Our Assistant Species Recovery Officer - Beaver will use their broad range of skills and ongoing training to directly support wild beavers in Gloucestershire through the Severn Vale Beaver Project with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust and other partners.
The post-holder will assist the Senior Specialist – Severn vale Beaver Project (based at Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust) in all areas of their work to support the successful restoration of wild beavers in Gloucestershire. Key parts of this role will be supporting the Senior Specialist in stakeholder and community engagement, as well as delivering on the reintroduction and monitoring of beaver populations.
Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.
Where you’ll work…
This role will be based in Gloucestershire and the Severn Vale, working both within Forestry England land in the Forest of Dean and in the wider county in the Frome catchment, with the primary office being our Coleford office.
Job Description
Key responsibilities & accountabilities
Stakeholder and community engagement
- Support the Senior Specialist – Severn Vale Beaver Project in engaging with diverse stakeholders and with local communities to ensure the success of the project.
Beaver reintroduction
- Support the Senior Specialist – Severn Vale Beaver Project in the process of applying for and delivering the terms of a wild beaver release licence. This will include practical tasks and ecological surveys associated with reintroducing beavers and site selection.
- Undertake and coordinate monitoring of reintroduced beavers with volunteers to document their dispersal and impacts.
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities
Stakeholder and community engagement
- Support the Senior Specialist – Severn Vale Beaver Project in engaging with diverse stakeholders and with local communities to ensure the success of the project.
Beaver reintroduction
- Support the Senior Specialist – Severn Vale Beaver Project in the process of applying for and delivering the terms of a wild beaver release licence. This will include practical tasks and ecological surveys associated with reintroducing beavers and site selection.
- Undertake and coordinate monitoring of reintroduced beavers with volunteers to document their dispersal and impacts.
Person specification
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential professional and technical experience
Essential
A full driving licence
Qualifications
- Experience with stakeholder and community engagement
- A good understanding of beaver ecology, ideally with on the ground practical experience or knowledge of monitoring beaver.
- Excellent communication skills in a range of media to a variety of audiences, and an ability to bring people together and gain consensus.
- Experience working on development and/or delivery of a nature conservation project, with a sound understanding of ecology and the barriers and opportunities to species recovery.
- Experience working with stakeholders and/or community groups.
- Strong organisational skills and ability to plan own time efficiently.
- Knowledge and understanding of industry standards and best practice associated with species reintroductions and human-wildlife coexistence in the UK.
- Ability to work independently and in a team while maintaining good relationships and knowledge exchange with wider teams.
- Competent in IT including core Microsoft Office applications.
- A good understanding of Health & Safety in the workplace.
- Direct experience working in species reintroductions, or in the management of captive or wild beaver.
- Experience of managing contractors and volunteers
- Experience in wider ecological assessment and land management.
- Experience dealing with wildlife conflict and complaints.
Essential
- Qualification in ecology or similar discipline and/or experience in conservation and/or land management
- A full driving licence
- CL50/CL51/CL52 Natural England licence holder
A full driving licence
Qualifications
Qualification in ecology or similar discipline and/or experience in conservation and/or land management
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
How To Apply…
You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form.
You will be assessed on behaviour and strength based questions during your interview.
The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
How To Apply…
You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form.
You will be assessed on behaviour and strength based questions during your interview.
The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –
- Communicating and Influencing
Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.
If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk.
If you're planning to use AI to support your application, please ensure you've read our guidelines here first.
Read more about our application process and working with us on the Forestry England website.
Nationality Requirements…
Read more about nationality requirements here.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
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Contact point for applicants
Job Contact :
- Name : FC Recruitment Team
- Email : fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk
- Email : fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk
Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment on the basis of fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles.If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact FCE by email: englandhr.services@forestryengland.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.