Instructor - Land and Wildlife
💰Salary: Up to £28,167 per annum (depending on qualifications, skills and experience)
🕒 Working Pattern: Full-time (37 hours per week / 52 weeks per year) – Fixed term
📍Location: Sparsholt Campus, Hampshire
📅Closing date: 1st June 2026
✨ Exciting opportunity to join our prestigious Land and Wildlife sector as an Instructor!
Sparsholt College has a national reputation and a long proud history of training future gamekeepers and wildlife managers, many of whom are now in key jobs across the whole of the UK. We are now seeking a member of staff to join the Land & Wildlife team. 🦌
About the role: 🌲
The successful applicant will deliver practical teaching to full-time and part-time courses. Applicants should possess a wide range of relevant and current experience and skills in gamekeeping and rearing, wildlife management, fisheries management and a more general involvement in the field sports industry. Competency in tractor and machinery operations is also beneficial.
The post holder will preferably hold an appropriate specialist qualification together with a recognised teaching qualification or be willing to attain both.
Why join Sparsholt: 🌱
You’ll be part of a forward-thinking college with exceptional facilities, a strong industry reputation, and a genuine commitment to staff development and wellbeing, all set with a stunning countryside campus.
College Benefits: 🎓
• Eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (a defined benefit pension scheme)
• Free on-site parking
• Occupational Sick Pay & Maternity Pay schemes
• Flexible Working Policy
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• Free on-campus gym at Sparsholt Campus
• Opportunity to purchase Sparsholt-grown produce: plants, fresh fruit & veg, fish, and game
• Discounted hair treatments at the Andover campus salon
• Wide range of CPD events, plus support with professional qualifications
• Nursey on the Sparsholt campus operated by a commercial provider
🌈Join us in making a difference!
Make a real difference every day – help students grow, thrive, and reach their potential!
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.
The College is committed to safeguarding and promotes the welfare of all learners and expects all staff to share this commitment.
All successful applicants will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check and to provide proof of their eligibility to work in the UK.