Ranger

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES**

Combine responsibilities across the following areas of work with direct implementation yourself and by overseeing the work of others such as contractors, volunteers, and colleagues:
**Nature conservation**
- Survey wildlife and habitats and feed this knowledge into management decisions, marketing of natural heritage, and further development of our voice.
- Maintain and manage habitats, wildlife with the aim of protecting species and increasing biodiversity.
- Contribute to the planning and lead the delivery of practical conservation to deliver the outputs agreed in the Annual Operating Plan

**Visitor Services**
- Provide information to visitors to encourage more visitors and help people get more out of their engagement with natural heritage and give more back to it including “upselling” (e.g.: of membership) using face to face and by other means of interaction such as social media.
- Maintain countryside estate infrastructure at small, day to day scale (e.g. paths, gates, signs, vegetation management) to achieve ecological, visitor services and safety outcomes.
- Occasional Visitor Services duties as cover, when required.
- Assist with events such as public gatherings and NTS events.

**Community engagement**
- Communicate with local stakeholders, neighbouring landowners, local businesses, local / regional agencies and others to increase understanding of their and our aims and develop collaborative working to help deliver our priorities.

**Learning**
- Provide educational and other outreach activities on site or to the community local to the natural heritage and to communities of interest, including for volunteers.
- Delivery of formal and informal learning activities including events, workshops, walks and talks.

**Other responsibilities**
- Management of practical conservation and wildlife recording.
- Ensure that all activities undertaken are compliant with the Trust’s health and safety policies and procedures including the safe system of work (SSOW), and environmental policy and practices.
- Manage contractors and supervise volunteers

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £26,884.00-£28,684.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Employee discount
- Life insurance

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 26/05/2024