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Are you ready for an exciting, varied, and innovative opportunity to help Save Argyll’s Rainforest? ACT is launching a new project, and we're recruiting now!

About the Project

With the support of the National Lottery Heritage Fund, NatureScot, and Scottish Forestry ACT are about to kick start our latest project, the development of our dedicated Rainforest Squad who will be responsible for undertaking practical rainforest maintenance, restoration and expansion projects in Argyll. Together, we’ll build local capacity to deliver high quality rainforest projects across the region. The Squad will work alongside the wider nature restoration team at ACT, delivering specialised restoration activities to restore, expand and reconnect the remnant and fragmented rainforest, peatland and other natural habitats found in Argyll.

What You’ll Do

The Squad Supervisor will play a critical role, starting early in the project to develop the momentum needed to generate the workforce and training program. Your responsibilities will include:

• Delivering high quality rainforest restoration.
• Leading the day-to-day management of ACT's native tree nursery and associated woodland management activities in Mid Argyll.
• Developing a rolling program of recruitment and training to ensure a skilled, knowledgeable, and qualified workforce is available to advance Argyll’s Rainforest Strategy.

Who We’re Looking For

If you thrive when given the opportunity to clear Rhododendron using the ‘Lever and Mulch’ method or are excited by the opportunity to develop the skills and capacity for landscape scale restoration in the heart of Scotland’s rainforest, get in touch! More information is available in the Job Description and Application Form below. Applications close at 12 noon on Monday 3rd June.

Job Description  
Application Form 

This project is  funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, NatureScot, and Scottish Forestry and is part of ACT’s ‘Argyll’s Rainforest, Engaging New Communities’ project which will also see the launch of a native tree nursery and support the creation of a Rainforest Hub in Argyll.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund is the largest funder for the UK’s heritage. Using money raised by National Lottery players we support projects that connect people and communities to heritage. Our vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future. From historic buildings, our industrial legacy and the natural environment, to collections, traditions, stories and more. Heritage can be anything from the past that people value and want to pass on to future generations. We believe in the power of heritage to ignite the imagination, offer joy and inspiration, and to build pride in place and connection to the past.