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Community Ranger - Poole

Employer
The National Trust
Location
Poole, Dorset
Salary
14,321 pa
Closing date
4 Mar 2025

Job Details

Community Ranger - Poole

Summary

The face of our engagement work with young people, you will inspire them to become conservation champions and lovers of all things outdoors. You’ll lead sessions, supporting young people to learn the skills to look after local green spaces.
Interview date: 25th and 26th February 2025Working hours: 22.5hrs including some weekendsType of contract: Fixed termSalary: 23,868 pro rataThe ability to work weekends, bank holidays and evenings is essential
This role is required to work with vulnerable groups including children and any offer of employment or volunteering is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

What it's like to work here

Working here means being part of a small, close-knit team that is deeply passionate about what we do. We value collaboration and take pride in the significant role Brownsea Island plays in local heritage and as a cherished nature reserve. Our team works closely to ensure that every project reflects the island’s unique character and importance, combining conservation with meaningful community engagement. This role reports to the Senior Volunteering & Community Officer and offers the opportunity to make a real difference by connecting people with nature and heritage while working alongside a supportive and dedicated team.

For more information about our property please visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/brownsea-island



What you'll be doing

With your endless passion for encouraging young people through nature, you’ll lead sessions teaching them to care for habitats and wildlife. You will encourage young people to love green spaces, big and small, as much as you do.
You’ll make sure that we’re delivering outstanding outdoors experiences and excellent conservation work. You’ll build relationships in the local community, making sure we can be relevant to the lives and needs of young people.
Whether you’re maintaining local green spaces with young people, engaging the community at events or working with schools, colleges and youth groups across the borough, no two days will be the same.
You’ll also share and promote the work that we do here, ensuring special places like these are here to be both protected and enjoyed by everyone for ever. After all, your passion and dedication could fire the imagination that makes a young person become a supporter for the rest of their life.
Diversifying our audiences and workforce is really important to us and we value lived experience and character. If you’re excited about this role but you don’t meet every requirement in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway if you have other experience and skills which are transferrable. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.


Who we're looking for

Our team believes that people deserve more than just ‘good service’, but an amazing experience they’ll never forget, and we are looking for like-minded people to join us.
You’ll need to;
  • Have an open mind and positive attitude towards engaging young people from a diverse range of backgrounds including a dedication to inclusion.
  • Experience of planning and delivering engagement and practical activities that help build or strengthen connections with nature and the outdoors, particularly amongst young people (aged 11-25). 
  • Experience in facilitating workshops, events, or activities to inspire a diverse range of participants.
  • Good communication skills enabling positive relationships both internally and externally.
  • Experience of working with volunteers, including being able to train, empower and support them to perform at their best. 
  • Knowledge of Health & Safety compliance requirements and experience of producing risk assessments for day-to-day operations.



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.

Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary

Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)

Rental deposit loan scheme

Season ticket loan

EV car lease scheme 

Perks at work discounts such as 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 Trust places

Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer to support you.

Company

The National Trust is committed to promoting and preserving those places of natural beauty and historic interest for which it has the privilege to be responsible for the benefit of the nation, for everyone for ever.

The Trust is proud of what has been achieved over the last 126 years and is determined to maintain those high standards of conservation, stewardship and curatorial care for which it has been recognised throughout the world.

Its achievements have enabled the general public and the Trust’s members and visitors to enjoy and appreciate the countryside, coastline, gardens, historic buildings and collections, all of which encapsulate so much of the history of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. There is a duty to tell that history in a complete, balanced and accurate way, and without judgement.

The National Trust continues as a guardian of the past, and for the future, to uphold its duty to maintain and enhance what has been entrusted to its care.

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