Outdoor Access Officer

4 weeks ago

Grantown on Spey, United Kingdom Webrecruit Full time

**Salary**: £35,152 - £42,092 (Band D)

**Location**: Grantown on Spey

**Job Type**: Fixed Term Contract - 16 months

**Hours**: Full time (35 hrs per week)

**Closing Date**: 23:59pm, Sunday 12 May 2024

**Interview Date**: Thursday 23 May 2024

**About Us**:
The Cairngorms National Park (CNP) is the largest national park in the UK, covering 4500km2. It is also a place of sheer abundance, having more high mountain ground than anywhere else in the UK, the largest Caledonian forest, some of Scotland’s purest rivers and finest livestock rearing farmland. It is home to 25 percent of the UK’s rare and endangered species. It is a truly unique place to work, with the land being owned and managed by private, public and third sector organisations with differing approaches and objectives, whilst also being enjoyed by many residents and visitors, there’s real variety in the work of the Visitor Services team, of which this post will be a part.

The Cairngorms National Park Authority is a fantastic place to work and offers great opportunities to grow your career. The Park Authority is listed in the UK’s top 100 best not
- for-profit companies to work for. We’re dedicated to both this amazing place and our employees.

We now have an exciting opportunity for an Outdoor Access Officer to join the CNPA to help us fulfil our statutory access functions and plan, develop and implement policies and access programmes and provide advice on a range of access issues.

**Equalities**:
We are Disability Confident committed employer, if you are an applicant with disabilities who meets the essential requirements of the post, we will interview you. In all circumstances CNPA appoints on merit-based evidence the applicant supplies in meeting the essential criteria for the post.

**The Role**:
The Outdoor Access Officer will play a crucial role in enabling everyone to enjoy the outdoors supporting health, wellbeing, economic development and vibrant communities. You will be at the forefront of helping the organisation deliver its statutory access functions including promoting the Scottish Outdoor Access Code, upholding access rights and developing the Local Outdoor Access Forum (LOAF).

You will also help develop plans, policies and implement access programmes, meaning you will help to shape the future of outdoor access in the Cairngorms National Park. Partnership working is also required with both external and internal stakeholders, offering you the opportunity to represent the organisation whilst networking, being involved in knowledge and information exchange and providing advice on access issues.

So, if you are keen to be the Outdoor Access Officer and you can display the skills and experience listed here - then this is the role you’ve been waiting for.

**CNPA Benefits**:
**Civil service pension scheme - some of the benefits include**:
member contribution rates among the lowest in the public sector

tax relief on your contributions

generous employer contributions

a secure, inflation-proof pension for life, with no investment uncertainty

the option of tax-free lump sum on retirement

potential access to ill health and injury benefits if you become too ill to work

life assurance cover

benefits for loved ones and dependants

options to increase your pension

keeping all your pensions in one place by transferring in a pension you have built up elsewhere

support from our trusted charity partners

25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days with service, plus Public Holidays

Professional development

Flexible working

Cycle to work scheme

Use of pool cars

**About You**:
**To be considered as our Outdoor Access Officer you’ll need**:
A detailed knowledge and understanding of the relevant outdoor access legislation within Scotland and in particular the provisions of Part 1 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, the Scottish Outdoor Access Code and the implications of these for the work of the CNPA, landowners, user and interest groups, communities and others;
Knowledge and understanding of the issues surrounding the integration of outdoor access with land management in the Cairngorms National Park, including an understanding of the main stakeholders involved in the delivery and management of outdoor access across Scotland;
Ability to forge strong links and work in partnership with other organisations to facilitate effective delivery of the CNPA’s statutory responsibilities under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act.

Project management skills including preparing briefs, letting contracts and managing contractors ideally in relation to path development, construction and maintenance

Be creative and innovative and able to work on own initiative, with minimum supervision

Excellent communication skills - verbal, written and presentational

IT skills - word processing, spread-sheets, databases

Permission to work in the UK

**How to apply**:
Please note, we do not accept Curriculum Vitae (CV).

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