SCAMP – Saltmarsh Professional Intern

Solway Coast and Marine Project – Landscape Connections (SCAMP) is an ambitious coastal and marine nature restoration project, seeking to restore the coastal and shallow sea habitats of the Solway, along the entire 210 miles of the Dumfries and Galloway Coastline from Gretna to the Rhins of Galloway.

SCAMP plans to explore initiatives to enhance and restore biodiversity and habitats, both underwater and along the coast. It will support communities to adapt to the effects of climate change, be more resilient to predicted sea level rise, and gain sustainable economic and social benefits.

SCAMP is currently focusing on 6 key habitats, native oyster reef, seagrass meadows, saltmarsh, sand dunes, coastal burns and woodland.

The focus of this internship is to progress the development work on our saltmarsh strand. Early stage scoping, landowner engagement and feasibility work has already been undertaken to identify suitable areas for restoration interventions, however we now need to move to detailed design and costings to enable these projects to be part of our National Lottery Heritage Fund Delivery stage application in late spring 2027. The detailed technical work will be completed by consultants, but we need a suitably qualified and competent individual to develop the consultants brief, manage the procurement process and supervise the contract. The intern will work closely and collaboratively with the wider SCAMP National Lottery Heritage Funded Project led by Dumfries and Galloway Council to achieve this. 

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