Role Overview
Full time
Invergeldie near Comrie with accommodation provided
Imagine being at the helm of a revolutionary role where managing land means reshaping an entire landscape for the future. We’re looking for a passionate environmentalist to join us in transforming traditional estate management into an adventure in landscape-scale restoration – creating spaces for wildlife, offering incredible ecotourism opportunities, generating renewable energy, and leading the revitalisation of the landscape. This is your chance to bring nature back to life. If you’re fuelled by passion, ready for a challenge, and eager to lead the charge in rewriting what it means to be an Estate Manager, this is the role for you. Join us and be part of something truly extraordinary!
Closing date: 29/09/2024
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We are looking for an experienced Estate Manager (and potentially their family) to make a long-term commitment to Invergeldie, becoming part of a wonderful local community. Specifically, we’re looking for:
- Passionate Explorer: Fuelled by a passion for adventure, environmental conservation, and making tangible impact.
- Environmental Expertise: Strong and extensive knowledge in land management and conservation, acquired through education or hands-on experience.
- Collaborative Relationship Builder: Ability to build strong relationships with diverse stakeholders, including landowners, farmers, partners, neighbours, contractors, and regulators.
- Exacting Standards: Sharp eye for detail and a deep commitment to delivering exceptional service.
- Commitment to Growth: A dedication to continuous personal development and fostering growth within the wider team.
- Practical Problem Solver: Ability to think creatively to implement sustainable practices and resolve challenges.
- Kindness and Approachability: And of course, you have to be really nice! Sharing snacks on long journeys or a packed lunch whilst out in the rain is mandatory!
We believe in recruiting exceptional people and creating the role that allows them to do incredible things. We are committed to having a genuinely diverse team drawn from across the country, with a wide range of lived and learnt experiences. You might have skills in some but not all of the areas above. Whatever your skillset, we’d love to hear from you if you think you can make a real difference with Oxygen Conservation and the communities where we’re fortunate to work.
What we’d love you to do
- Estate Management: Provide leadership across all elements of work on site, including health and safety, land management, ecotourism, renewable energy, and any of the hundreds of fascinating things that might pop up.
- Conservation: Lead landscape-scale restoration by tailoring approaches based on the unique challenges and opportunities presented by the specific site.
- Project Management: Project manage small and medium-sized work programmes, both conservation and property, managing site budgets, grant applications, and contractors.
- Community Engagement: Build meaningful partnerships with local communities, neighbours and contractors to preserve and enhance the environment.
- Global Impact: Save a part of the world for the next generation and set an example for worldwide environmental management.
What you need to be awesome
Each role is different. Your location may be different. Your needs might be different. We will work with you to create a role and package that allows you to be incredible. The below details what every role will include, and what we feel every company should provide.
Your resource pack-
Your Working Environment
You will be working on-site at the incredible Invergeldie Estate in Perthshire. Accommodation will be provided and you will have the opportunity to not only lead the charge in revitalising the landscape, but lead and mentor an incredible team.
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Best Teammates
We always want to ensure every member of the team has the right support needed. We are a tight knit team, always sharing, meeting and working together. Although we work remotely from one another the culture we have shaped allows you to never feel alone.
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Do What You Love
If you bring a passion for conservation and a care for the environment, we’ll support you to create your dream role.
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Tools to Perform
We will ensure you are provided with the equipment you need to be incredible in your role.
Our interview process - what to expect
We hire people that are the best at what they do. And just as important as it is to discover if you're a good fit for us, you need to determine if we are a good fit for you.
1Apply
This is the first step to becoming part of the team. Simply click the ‘Apply Now’ button to complete our application form, and show us how awesome you are!
CV’s are needed, but on their own we don’t feel they tell us enough about who you really are. So, we have listed just a couple of questions to allow us to learn more about you.
2Opportunity to Shine
If your application is successful a member (or two) of the team will have an introductory call with you, to answer any initial questions you may have. After which, if successful, we will set an exciting role specific challenge for you to complete in advance of your interview. An opportunity for us to see you shine.
3Interview
We hate for this part to be too corporate and regimented. Instead, we will have a relaxed conversation to get to know one another, an opportunity to ask questions and learn more.
We recognise that this process is two way and that you will be interviewing us perhaps even more than we will be interviewing you – we promise that it won’t be a dull process.
4Decision
We will invite you to meet more of the team so you and them can explore the realities of being a part of Oxygen Conservation. If our passion for what we do aligns with yours and we think you’ll be a great addition, we will invite you to join our growing team. If you love what you’ve learnt we hope you will accept, to be a part of our mission to Scale Conservation.
