Location: Box Hill, The Old Fort, Tadworth, KT20 7LB
Contract Type: Full-time / Permanent
Reference/IRC: IRC158229
Closing Date: 08 December 2024
Salary: £24,843
As a Ranger, you're a champion of nature conservation and the great outdoors, playing a crucial role in keeping the nation's beloved countryside in good shape for wildlife and for people.
What it's like to work here: Just 15 miles from London, Box Hill is a famed beauty spot in the North Downs. If you like the great outdoors, you will love this stunning location with its breath-taking views, fantastic walks, and colourful wildlife. Box Hill has a thriving café and an information point in the Shepherd's Hut where National Trust memberships are sold. You'll need your own transport to get here; however, this is your chance to join a close-knit and small team in a truly idyllic location.
What you'll be doing: Reporting to the area ranger, you'll be in a small team managing lots of keen volunteers. You will represent the Box Hill countryside team and work with our visitor operations and other ranger teams in the Surrey Hills to manage a high-visitor site and protect our rare flora and fauna.
You will support your fellow rangers in undertaking engagement and conservation work, contributing towards Countryside Stewardship targets. You'll also be responsible for helping with excellent communication of our conservation work to a wide range of audiences through events, guided walks, and engagement with local communities.
You'll help with tree safety and woodland management across Box Hill, which has significant woodland holdings, with plans to make them more self-sustainable in the future.
You will assist with conservation grazing across the chalk grassland on Box Hill, led by the Area Ranger, and build and maintain strong professional relationships with our farming tenants, graziers, contractors, partners, and neighbours.
You'll also take responsibility for compliance, health and safety of your team, visitors, tree safety, environmental management, and complying with standards relating to environmental practice.
We'd love to hear from you if you're: Practically experienced in conservation work, to protect and improve habitats and landscapes Happy to talk to all kinds of people about the work you're doing and why it matters Hard-working and willing to learn Able to work safely, using risk assessments and following guidelines Experienced in managing land, access, and conservation, and working outdoors Able to use machinery and equipment, with relevant certificates Have a full UK driving licence #J-18808-Ljbffr