Summary
Passionate about the Lake District and helping to care for this iconic
landscape? In return we’ll provide you with new and rewarding work experiences you
probably haven’t had before. We have a new opportunity for an Area Ranger to join our South
Lakes countryside team to help us manage our 4000ha estate.
It’s an exciting time to join the team, in a varied role that will allow you to use your
conservation and visitor management experience to engage our farm tenants, visitors and wider
stakeholders in the management of our land around Hawkshead, Claife and Tarn Hows to deliver
high quality land management, conservation, access and presentation standards across our
estate.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, this role requires you to work flexibly where some
evening and weekend working will be required to enable you to carry out successfully the
objectives of the role.
Salary: £26,832pa
Contract: 2 year fixed term contract
Interviews: 18th July
If you have any questions about this role please contact: [email protected]
What it’s like to work here
Line managed by the countryside manager, you’ll be based from our office in Coniston in the
heart of the Lake District and be part of our dynamic 25 strong countryside team, working in
a supportive environment helping one another across the portfolio. We care for some of
the most spectacular and iconic parts of the Lake District (UNESCO World Heritage Site) around
Coniston, Little Langdale and Hawkshead across a portfolio with strong ties to Beatrix Potter,
her beloved Hill Top House, and legacy of land, farms, buildings, artwork and Herdwick
sheep. This includes the popular visitor destinations of Wray Castle, Hill Top House, and the
iconic Tarn Hows, which together welcome over 450,000 visitors a year.
Our 4000ha countryside estate is a diverse range of habitats from woodlands, and meadows around
the shores of Lake Windermere and Coniston Water to upland wood pasture, heath and peatlands up
to the summit of Wetherlam at 763m.
What you’ll be doing
As Area Ranger you’ll manage and support a small team of rangers to lead our operational work
across Hawkshead, Claife and Tarn Hows (c. 700ha of land), focusing on the development and
delivery of conservation, access and land management improvements.
You’ll be the key contact for our local communities and farm tenants in these areas, building
genuine long-term relationships with them and other partners and stakeholders. Working
collaboratively with our farm tenants, in particular, you’ll explore and encourage
opportunities to deliver more for nature across their farms and the wider landscape.
With an eye for detail, and a working knowledge of compliance and risk management you will
ensure that we fulfil our mandatory obligations across this area and pride yourself on high
standards of presentation, practical work delivery and contractor management.
Recognising how your role, contributes to delivery of a great visitor experience you will
identify opportunities to inspire and involve local and wider audiences, sharing the work of
our rangers, offering opportunities to get involved and ultimately enabling everyone to feel
welcome.
Please also read the full role profile on our website.
Who we’re looking for
The package
The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to
create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people
reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and
value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our
teams too.
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