Saving Wildcats Conservation Project Officers (4)

Scotland Wide

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, the wildlife conservation charity that owns both RZSS Edinburgh Zoo and RZSS Highland Wildlife Park, is seeking four Conservation Officers to join our Saving Wildcats team on this unique and vital project to breed and release Wildcats back to their natural habitat. The Saving Wildcats (#SWAforLIFE) project is a partnership between The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, NatureScot, Forestry and Land Scotland, Cairngorms National Park Authority, Norden’s Ark (Sweden) and Junta De Andalucia (Spain).

The posts have arisen due to a successful funding application to EU LIFE and offer the opportunity to work with a diverse set of teams across a leading conservation organisation nationally and internationally.

The role (s)

To effectively implement field-based activities of the Saving Wildcats project under direction of the Field Manager (In-situ) and in collaboration with a veterinary team and other relevant project staff / stakeholders and project partners.

To learn more and/or apply please click HERE

FYI

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