Salary: £30,626 - £32,953 (Band B)
Location: Grantown on Spey
Job Type: 6 month fixed term contract
Hours: Full time; 35 hours per week
Closing Date: 23:59pm, Monday 27 July 2026
Interview Date: Wednesday 12 August 2026

Are you a farmer, crofter or grazier interested in developing new skills, exploring new business opportunities and helping shape the future of woodland grazing in the Cairngorms?

The Cairngorms National Park Authority is recruiting a 6-month Conservation Grazing Coordinator post to provide hands-on experience of woodland grazing and help develop practical approaches to grazing in forests that deliver benefits for both farming and nature. Whether you are an established farmer, crofter or grazier, or a new entrant to the sector, this role offers the chance to support a rapidly expanding woodland grazing programme, improve woodland condition, broaden your experience of nature-friendly farming and help develop new opportunities for more sustainable, resilient and profitable farm businesses. You will be part of a wider effort to build the skills, confidence and capacity needed to expand woodland grazing across the National Park and create a thriving, farmer-led woodland grazing sector.

About Us:

The Cairngorms National Park is an incredible place to live and work. The UK’s largest national park is a place of sheer abundance, having more high mountain ground than anywhere else in the UK, the largest Caledonian forest, some of Scotland’s purest rivers and finest livestock rearing farmland. It is also home to 25 percent of the UK’s rare and endangered species. It is a truly unique place to work, with our dedicated and passionate nature and climate change team who are committed to achieving the best for both conservation and land management, every day. Furthermore, there is access to some of the most beautiful countryside straight from our Headquarters office door.

The Cairngorms National Park Authority is a fantastic place to work and offers great opportunities to grow your career. The Park Authority is listed in the UK’s top 100 best not- for-profit companies to work for. We’re dedicated to both this amazing place and our employees.

We now have an exciting opportunity for a Conservation Grazing Coordinator to join the Park Authority and support nature restoration and species recovery across the Cairngorms National Park.

Equalities:

The Park Authority is an inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity, relationship status, disability, age and social class. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, disabled and LGBTQ+ communities, as they are under-represented in the environment sector.

We are Disability Confident committed employer, if you are an applicant with disabilities who meets the essential requirements of the post, we will interview you. In all circumstances the Park Authority appoints on merit-based evidence the applicant supplies in meeting the essential criteria for the post.

The Role:

As our Conservation Grazing Coordinator you will provide hands-on experience of woodland grazing and help develop practical approaches to grazing in forests that deliver benefits for both farming and nature.

This role offers the chance to support a rapidly expanding woodland grazing programme, improve woodland condition, broaden your experience of nature-friendly farming and help develop new opportunities for more sustainable, resilient and profitable farm businesses.

As the postholder, you will be part of a wider effort to build the skills, confidence and capacity needed to expand woodland grazing across the National Park and create a thriving, farmer-led woodland grazing sector.

So, if you are keen to be our Conservation Grazing Coordinator and you can display the skills and experience listed here, this is the role you’ve been waiting for.

Further information regarding the role can be found in the job description.

CNPA Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days with service, plus Public Holidays
• Professional development
• Flexible working
• Cycle to work scheme
• Use of pool cars
• Civil service pension scheme – some of the benefits include:
• member contribution rates among the lowest in the public sector
• tax relief on your contributions
• generous employer contributions
• a secure, inflation-proof pension for life, with no investment uncertainty
• the option of tax-free lump sum on retirement
• potential access to ill health and injury benefits if you become too ill to work
• life assurance cover
• benefits for loved ones and dependants
• options to increase your pension
• keeping all your pensions in one place by transferring in a pension you have built up elsewhere
• support from our trusted charity partners

About You:

To be considered as a Conservation Officer, you’ll need:
• Experience working with livestock and an interest in livestock management.
• Knowledge of nature-friendly farming and conservation grazing.
• Ability to identify and evaluate new business opportunities that support sustainable and profitable farm businesses.
• Physically fit and able to work outdoors in a variety of environments.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to learn and work collaboratively with a wide range of people.
• Able to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Current UK Driving Licence
• Permission to work in the UK

How to apply:

To apply, please click on the ‘Apply’ button
Please note, we do not accept Curriculum Vitae (CV).
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