Wildlife Management Assistant

Coillte Teoranta is a commercial company operating in forestry, land solutions, renewable energy and panel products and offers diverse and exciting career opportunities for the right people.   The company employs nearly 1000 staff and owns over 445000 hectares of land, about 7% of the land cover of Ireland.

Coillte are currently inviting interested candidates to express an interest in Wildlife Management Assistant roles at Coillte. The purpose of this role will be to assist and support Coillte’s Deer Manager while undertaking deer management and control operations on our land across Co.Wicklow.

The role involves responsibility for the safe handling of game meat and candidates must have a very good working knowledge of the locations of our properties across Co. Wicklow and South Co. Dublin.

The ideal candidates will have previous experience of driving on forest roads/tracks with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in safely handling firearms and have a full clean driving license (0 penalty points).

Please see role profile for full details on role responsibilities and competencies required. Competencies include HCAP Certification and other necessary qualifications.

Any interested candidates must submit a completed application form to forestrecruitment@coillte.ie by 4.00 p.m. on Friday 7th October 2016.

Following the closing date a number of candidates will be shortlisted and offered a place on our panel. Membership on the panel will last for two years. When Wildlife Management requirements arise Coillte will offer a short term contract to members of the panel. Each contract will last between two to three months and will include 20 days’ work paid at a rate of €200.00 per day.

Click here for full Role Profile: Wildlife Management Assistant Role Profile

Click here for Application Form: Application Form