Trainee Ranger

Trainee Ranger

White Cliffs Countryside Partnership

£20,524 each year (topic to pay award)

Mounted time period 12 months

Are you passionate concerning the pure world? Do you wish to study the abilities to assist nature face
the biodiversity and local weather crises? Then this chance could also be for you…

White Cliffs Countryside Partnership is a small not-for-profit organisation with simply over 20
employees, which has three focus areas for its work: Managing Wild Areas, Inspiring Native
Communities and Decreasing Our Local weather Impression. We work alongside the area people, our
volunteers and companions to guard and improve the wild areas of south-east Kent to allow them to
thrive as sustainable havens for wildlife. Via our work we additionally purpose to provide everybody an
alternative to take pleasure in and profit from these wild areas.

We’re at present seeking to recruit an outgoing and optimistic particular person to hitch our crew and
help with the administration of our nature reserves within the Kent Downs Nationwide Panorama,
together with Folkestone Warren, Samphire Hoe Nation Park and Western Heights.

Working alongside our crew of rangers and volunteers, you’ll undertake a different vary of
duties from day-to-day, together with habitat administration, infrastructure upkeep and restore,
working with livestock, and interesting with native communities and members of the general public.

What we want from you

Candidates ought to be capable of show their curiosity and keenness for the pure world and
their dedication to a profession in wildlife conservation. You’ll have wonderful communication
expertise and expertise of working with members of the general public.

Nearly all of the work entails being outside in all weathers and you’ll need to have the opportunity
to undertake bodily demanding work on steep and troublesome terrain. You could have expertise
of working as a volunteer within the conservation sector.

Outgoing and self-motivated, it is possible for you to to work flexibly and underneath your personal initiative as
properly as a part of a crew. You’ll be laptop literate and maintain a full, clear driving licence.

What we give you

This function is designed to equip you with the abilities and expertise wanted to pursue a profession in
wildlife conservation. WCCP employees will train you the sensible expertise for nature reserve
administration and the idea and rationale of the work we do. A variety of licensed coaching
will likely be offered, together with First Assist at Work, Brushcutter, Protected Use of Pesticides and Chainsaw
(CS30 & 31).

We offer a enjoyable, pleasant, inclusive and versatile working atmosphere together with a variety of
different advantages, together with:

• Benenden Well being membership and Worker Help Program
• Decide-in Native Authorities Pension Scheme with the chance for workers to make superior,
  voluntary contributions (AVCs) to high up their pension
• Beneficiant annual go away
• Alternatives for coaching and growth, each formally and thru our skilled,
  educated crew
• Workers Low cost Scheme

Because of the nature of the function, this publish requires an enhanced DBS examine.

Subsequent Steps

For a casual dialogue concerning the function, please contact Stephanie D’Agorne by e-mail: [email protected] or by telephone: 07864
608825.

Interviews will likely be held on Wednesday 17 April 2024.

The interview format will contain a question-based interview and site-based evaluation. Full
data will likely be offered to the short-listed candidates.

This traineeship is funded by way of the Farming in Protected Landscapes programme from DEFRA
and the Kent Downs Nationwide Panorama (Kent Downs Space of Excellent Pure Magnificence).