Assistant Ranger

With a love for the great outdoors, you’ll enjoy working with nature and want to inspire and motivate others. You’ll help to make habitats for wildlife better and make everyone feel welcome at our places.

This is a great opportunity to develop your skills and contribute to the important work we’re doing. As part of the Ranger team, you’ll need to think about our impact on the environment and how you can help. 

Hours: 37.5 hours a week (full time). Some weekend working required.

Duration: Permanent

Salary: £22,698

Interview date: Tuesday 12th November in Wasdale

For this role, you’ll need to complete our online assessment instead of using a C.V. or online application form. This will help us understand more about your strengths and give you more information on the role.

This role is based out of one of our West Lakes offices in Wasdale. April through October you’ll represent partnership organisation Fix the Fells, spending your days in the high fells of the West Lakes and beyond. In the winter months dropping altitude to fully integrate with the West Lakes National Trust Ranger team, helping manage extensive countryside land holdings across Ennerdale, Wasdale, Eskdale and Duddon valleys. Reporting to the upland Area Ranger and working alongside one Ranger and another Assistant Ranger, you’ll develop close relationships and make a lasting difference.

Fix the Fells passionately works to protect the precious landscape and biodiversity of the area by repairing and preventing erosion damage and creating sustainable paths. You’ll spend time working alongside the partnerships dedicated team of experienced volunteers and other Lake District ranger teams.

As a Fix the Fells Assistant Ranger you’ll be focused on erosion control through upland path repair, preserving upland habitats through practical work. You’ll learn to recognise erosion problems and employ a range of upland path repair techniques to control them. Whether surveying or building, you’ll talk to people, inspiring others to love our beautiful places as much as you do.

Working mostly on larger footpath projects you’ll experience the seasons passing from up on high. A demanding role; come rain or shine you’ll enjoy hiking daily in and out of your worksite, manoeuvring heavy stones, digging lots of holes and aiding your colleagues. Working in remote locations with a mind for health and safety and manual handling, you’ll make a direct difference to the landscape and create a lasting impression on the people you meet. 

As no two days are the same, the nature of the role means a flexible approach is crucial to ensure the right level of support is given across the site. So, whether you’re maintaining our green spaces or talking to people, you’ll inspire others to love our beautiful places as much as you do. 

You can view the full role profile for this role in the document attached. You don't need to have all of the knowledge, skills and experience listed in the role profile; this is just to provide a full picture of what’s possible in this role.

• able to demonstrate practical experience in land, conservation and access management to level 2 or have 6 months vocational experience
• willing to work outside in all weathers and deliver tasks when the weather conditions aren’t ideal
• comfortable working in a flexible and adaptable way
• able to work alone or under direction, and as part of a team
• positive with an approachable attitude
• happy and willing to learn new things
• enjoy the work you do and happy to share this with others 

• Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary
• Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
• Tax free childcare scheme
• Rental deposit loan scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Perks at work discounts i.e. gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts
• Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria
• Flexible working whenever possible
• Employee assistance programme
• Free parking at most locations
• Independent financial advice