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