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Recreation Ranger - Morpeth

Summary

In this hands-on, outdoors role you will assist with maintenance, presentation, access, and customer service on this special grade 1 registered landscape. You will also help to ensure the visitor operations, infrastructure, and facilities are maintained to a standard that underpins a visitor experience worthy of one of the north east’s major visitor attractions.

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week. The normal working pattern for this post is Tuesday to Saturday. Flexibility of working patterns to meet business needs may be required. 

Salary: £22,152pa

Interviews: Please apply as soon as you can as we'll interview whilst this role is open.

We are developing our Ranger team here at Cragside and have an Assistant Ranger position available, please see IRC141364. If you would like to be considered for both positions please do apply for both. 

If you have any questions about this role please contact: [email protected]

Set in the heart of the stunning Northumberland landscape, Cragside is a unique place to work. Here William Armstrong, the brilliant engineer and manufacturer, built a wonder of the Victorian age. Here he created artificial lakes, generated his own hydro-power, pioneered electric lighting, installed telephone systems and built a world of experimentation and innovation that inspired the way we live today.

We carry this ethos into the 21st Century – developing and implementing experimental and innovative ways to bring Cragside to life for today’s visitor. Just as Armstrong’s vision was brought to fruition through creative collaboration, today a multi-disciplinary team works to look after the place in a way that makes it enjoyable and relevant to our visitors, allowing them to connect with it on an emotional level too.

As a Recreation Ranger, you will support the team of staff and volunteers responsible for all the practical work needed to deliver the estate maintenance plan on the estate. At Cragside, the ranger team has a greater focus on landscape presentation, opening operations and the enjoyment of visitors in the great outdoors, than on land and nature conservation. Please consider this before applying and whether this job is right for you.

You will play your part in the delivery of a variety of tasks from maintaining footpaths and managing grass and vegetation, to renewing timber barriers and the care of the play areas. You will also have a part to play in ensuring our visitors receive the highest standards of customer service.

Please also read the full role profile, attached to this advert.

We’d love to hear from you if you are: 

• 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 
• Have a full UK Driving licence. 

The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.

• 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

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