Area Seasonal Warden

**About The Role**:
Area Seasonal Warden

37 hours per week - Fixed term until 30 September 2024

£24,702 - £27,334

Corfe Mullen

Are you passionate about the outdoors? Do you love chatting to people? Do you want to make a difference to the Dorset Heaths?

The Dorset Heaths Partnership (DHP) is looking to recruit two seasonal wardens. You will be working as part of the multi-disciplined team carrying out heathland mitigation within the Dorset Council area. The Dorset Heaths Partnerships help to enhance and protect the globally important heathland habitat that we are lucky enough to have here in Dorset. Small changes in the way visitors use the heathlands can make a big difference to the wildlife. Dorset Heaths Partnership seasonal wardens play a key role in helping people understand how they can help their local heaths.

The roles will involve daily site visits to heathland sites across the Dorset Council area from Purbeck to Verwood. You will be liaising with land managers and engaging with site visitors inspiring them to respect and protect the heathland habitat. Seasonal wardens will also attend local community events and provide social media content to promote the messages of the Partnership.

**Further Information**:

- The role will be partly office based with a significant amount of lone working on countryside sites in all weathers.
- This is a fixed term contract until 30th September 2024.
- Interviews will be held on Friday 12th April 2024.

**Dorset Council: A great place to work**

We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:

- provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
- have ambitious aspirations
- are excited about our future
- care about Dorset and all the people who live here
- know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success You will:

- have access to a range of employee benefits
- be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
- have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

**About Us**:
The Dorset Heaths Partnership (formerly the Urban Heaths Partnership) was formed in 2001 and delivers heathland mitigation on behalf of its 10 partners. Dorset Council is the host partner employing the UHP core team on behalf of the partnership.

The Dorset Heaths team are all passionate about the work that they do and the varied backgrounds of the team make it a supportive and inclusive environment. We look forward to welcoming 2 more members to the team