Job At London – Stockperson in London, England, UK

Overview

Position Title: Stockperson

Company: City Of London

Location: London, England, UK

Job Description:

The archives, modern records, plans, audio-visual and printed material in our strong-rooms contain a vast amount of information about the capital and its people. This material dates from 1067 to the present day.

Responsibilities:

• This is a great opportunity to play a key role in the development of the current large pedigree breeding herd of English Longhorns for projects, including carbon sequestration/storage and biodiversity gain.
• The herd ensures extensive grazing in one of England’s most prestigious conservation sites with new and expanded areas of grazing planned over the next 5 years under a recently updated and Trustee-approved Grazing Action Plan.
• Grazing is carried out in this public open space using fenceless (virtual) grazing technology for which the Forest was the UK pioneer.
• The most up-to-date GPS system is now employed for all-year round grazing across multiple sites alongside traditional fenced areas and these would be your responsibilities to maintain day-to-day

Requirements:

• Hard-working and motivated by nature and landscape conservation, as well as enthusiasm for managing cattle, you will bring to the role proven practical knowledge of cattle management and breeding herd development.
• As part of the Conservation Section Team, you will be responsible for keeping the annual Forest Grazing Programme in the SSSI/SAC sites on track.
• You will also ensure scheme-compliant and flexible grazing management of all other grasslands covered by agri-environment grants.
• Working with your line-manager, the Grazing & Landscapes Project Officer, as well as Conservation Team colleagues, you will be responsible for ensuring cross-compliance obligations are met.