You can earn €30,000 in six months if you take this job on a deserted island in Scotland. What tasks does the employee have?

Handa, a small uninhabited island in the northwest of the Scottish Highlands, is looking for someone to work for six months in a spectacular but isolated setting. The post is offered by the Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT) and comes with a salary of £26,112 (around €30,000).

The last human inhabitants of the island left it in the 19th century. PHOTO X/@GlennHutton6

But the job also involves logistical challenges. The employee will have to make weekly trips by boat to the mainland to do laundry, buy supplies and stock up on bottled gas, used for cooking and heating, according to the BBC.

Handa Island has an area of ​​307 hectares and can be reached by passenger ferry in about 10 minutes from the town of Tarbet, located a few kilometers from the village of Scourie, where there are around 200 inhabitants.

The last human inhabitants of the island left it in the 19th century. Only the tens of thousands of seabirds that populate it today remain.

Handa is known for its impressive colonies of puffins, guillemots and razorbills, and whales and basking sharks can often be spotted offshore.

The position available, as a ranger, involves monitoring wildlife, especially seabirds, coordinating a team of volunteers and managing the flow of approximately 8,000 visitors who arrive on the island during the summer season.

“Handa is an isolated location and the people you work with will also be the ones you socialize with in the evening, so you need someone who is comfortable with community life,” said Rab Potter, area manager for Scottish Wildlife Trust reserves.

According to him, the ideal candidate must be resourceful, able to solve unforeseen problems and adapt his work according to the changing weather, as there can be periods of several days without ferry services.

Accommodation is provided free of charge, in a cabin specially built for rangers. The post is available from March to September next year and representatives from the Scottish Wildlife Trust stress that although it is a demanding role, it offers the chance to live and work in one of the most beautiful and wild places in Scotland.