Assistant Ranger Worksop, England
Job description
With a love for the great outdoors, you’ll enjoy working with nature and want to inspire and motivate others. You’ll help to make habitats for wildlife better and make everyone feel welcome at our places.
This is a great opportunity to develop your skills and contribute to the important work we’re doing. As part of the Ranger team, you’ll need to think about our impact on the environment and how you can help.
What it's like to work here:This vacancy is included in a trial of the ‘Disability Confident’ scheme (level 1).
If you have a disability, and your qualities, skills and experience are a good fit with the 'Who we're looking for' section below, we will guarantee you either a telephone or face to face interview. Please contact us at [email protected], when you apply, to let us know, quoting the reference number for this vacancy.
Based at Clumber Park near Worksop, the Ranger Team consists of nine full-time Rangers, including an apprentice and a dedicated group of volunteers. We are committed to delivering on the National Trust’s “Land, Outdoors & Nature” strategy, ensuring that the mosaic of habitats that Clumber Park has are improved, enlarged and linked up, providing a vital connected corridors across this grade one registered landscape and 526ha of Site of Special Scientific Interest, and also beyond our boundaries.
Investing in you
We want you to learn, discover and develop your career. And we’ll do everything we can to offer you the training, opportunities and support that you need to achieve your goals. We’ll work with you to plan your development in a way that’s right for your needs.
- Able to demonstrate practical experience in land, conservation and access management to level 2 or have 6 months vocational experience
- Willing to work outside in all weathers and deliver tasks when the weather conditions aren’t ideal
- Comfortable working in a flexible and adaptable way
- Able to work alone or under direction, and as part of a team
- Positive with an approachable attitude
- Happy and willing to learn new things
- Enjoy the work you do and happy to share this with others
- Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary
- Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
- Tax free childcare scheme
- Rental deposit loan scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Perks at work discounts i.e. gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts
- Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria
- Flexible working whenever possible
- Employee assistance programme
- Free parking at most locations
- Independent financial advice
Requirements :Compliance.Eligibility to Work in the UK
Fixed Term f/t (37.5 hrs pw to 12/04/24)
