Ranger

Job description

The voice of our landscapes, conservation champions and lovers of all things outdoors, you’ll help to keep the British countryside and coast wonderful. Working in some of the nation’s most stunning places and spaces, come rain or shine, your love of the outdoors will inspire others as you strive to ensure that landscapes are beautifully presented and continue to take our visitors’ breath away.

This role represents a great opportunity to join an experienced and passionate ranger team at an exciting time. We are expanding: working in partnership to take on two large new sites, which will allow us to deliver great conservation across an even wider area. This will involve many new projects, positively impacting the landscape for the benefit of both wildlife and visitors.

Calke is an inspiring place to be a Ranger, with a wide variety of important habitats including broadleaf woodlands, species-rich hay meadows, wetlands and lake systems, limestone grasslands, and some of the finest wood pasture to be found anywhere, which has earned the park National Nature Reserve status. The chance to join the team as we enter a new chapter makes this a very special opportunity for the right candidate.

With your endless passion for our work, you’ll help deliver practical conservation work to protect and enhance the conservation status of the property. Your enthusiasm will inspire others to love this beautiful place as much as you do. We want you to engage with visitors, making time to talk to them, not rushing away to the next task.

You’ll make sure that we’re delivering outstanding outdoors experiences and excellent conservation work. You’ll share our common goal with customers and build relationships in the local community, proudly representing the National Trust. You’ll also share and promote the work that we do here by explaining the value of the work being undertaken and respond to queries.

In this role, you’ll work some weekends and bank holidays on a rota.

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

Our team believe that people deserve more than just ‘good service’, but an amazing experience they’ll never forget, and we are looking for like-minded people to join us.

You’ll need to;

• Deliver practical conservation work to protect and enhance the conservation status of the property
• Demonstrate a passion for nature, heritage and the outdoors
• Able to engage with visitors to ensure they understand the value of your work
• Help create a great place to work, sharing common goals
• Be enthusiastic with a willingness to learn
• Be an excellent team player
• Be able to work safely, with risk assessments and compliance with safety procedures
• Experience in a land, access and conservation management
• Experience in and working in a similar outdoor setting
• Competence with machinery and equipment as well as having the relevant certificates required
• 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.

Wherever you’re from, and whatever your background, we want to hear from you – and it doesn’t matter if you’re jam first, cream first, or even if you don’t like scones at all. Everyone is welcome.

Benefits for working at the National Trust include:

• Flexible working whenever possible
• Free parking at most locations
• Free entry to our properties for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
• Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary

Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer to support you.