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Trapper Team Leader x2 Location: Field based work, Orkney (ONWP Office, Kirkwall) Contract: Fixed Term, Until 31 December 2027 Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week Salary: £30,977.00 - £33,073.00 Per Annum Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave (Pro-Rata) The Orkney Native Wildlife Project (ONWP) aims to protect Orkney’s unique and globally important wildlife, and the benefits that it provides for local people from an invasive non-native predator: the stoat. Stoats pose a serious threat to the Orkney vole, a species found nowhere else in the world, and many birds including hen harriers, short-eared owls, red-throated divers, waders, and seabirds. This wildlife supports Orkney’s thriving tourism industry and represents a crucial haven for species which are threatened elsewhere in the UK. The project is a partnership between RSPB Scotland, NatureScot and Orkney Islands Council, and is generously funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF)...