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The voice of our landscapes, conservation champion and lover of all things outdoors, you'll lead a team help to keep the British countryside and coast wonderful.

Working in some of the nation's most spectacular 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.

What it's like to work here:A high profile cultural destination described as an 'oasis in the middle of the city', this magnificent mansion and parkland near Plymouth offers a tranquil riverside escape with close-by city amenities.

With over 900,000 visits last year, Saltram is one of the busiest properties in the country.

A well-loved parkland used by locals for walking and exercising, a popular garden which changes with the seasons and a treasure house makes Saltram a popular property for a range of audiences.

Currently, the Future Saltram Project strives to deliver significant and exciting changes across every area of the property to maximise its commercial potential and deepen audience engagement.

Ideally positioned as an urban property, Saltram prides itself on its exceptional visitor experience and service standards. An energised, capable, engaged team make Saltram a fun place to work. It's certainly an exciting time to be at Saltram.

What you'll be doing:

You'll mainly be based at Saltram but will lead the wider team across other areas within our portfolio such as Plymbridge Woods and the wider city of Plymouth in partnership with Plymouth City Council.

From here you'll be leading and managing our fantastic ranger team in all their work to deliver more for land and nature.

Reporting to the Property Operations manager, you'll also be part of the portfolio leadership team, representing the countryside team and working with our visitor operations, curatorial and support teams to deliver the property business plan.

You will demonstrate excellent leadership skills and pass on your practical skills through an exciting and flexible programme of works including meadow creation, pathway installation, woodland management and pond and river restoration at an array of sites across Plymouth which will contribute towards the National Trust's ambitious Land Outdoors and Nature targets.

You will build and maintain strong professional relationships with colleagues, contractors, tenants and neighbouring land managers.

You'll also be responsible for helping with excellent communication of our conservation work to a wide range of audiences, both new and existing, through events, guided walks and engagement with local communities.

You'll have delegated responsibility for managing the budgets - operational and project - that are required to deliver this work and for protecting and improving the Trust's assets and reputation.

Already a strong leader, you're looking for the next step.

You'll need extensive knowledge of land management and a track record of delivering to a high standard and be able to balance managing and developing our parkland, with the demands of a busy, high profile visitor environment.

Who we're looking forTo deliver this role successfully, you'll be a proven leader who is confident and outgoing.

You will be highly motivated to deliver great people management, a quality nature conservation management and an exceptional visitor experience.

So, you'll be;

• An experienced people manager with the ability to lead a team to deliver effectively
• An excellent communicator with experience in stakeholder management
• Enthusiastic, knowledgeable, Inspiring, great with people and comfortable working with people of all ages and backgrounds, including volunteers
• Experienced in relevant land, conservation and access management and ideally good knowledge of upland farming
• Organised and selfmotivated, confidently able to manage a fastpaced workload with competing pulls on your time
• Confident in managing budgets, finances and contracts
• Knowledgeable in health and safety requirements and other compliance issues relating to the countryside and visitor activities
• Holder of a full UK driving licence.

The packageThe 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
• Flexible working whenever possible
• Employee assistance programme
• Free parking

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