Assistant Ranger Apprenticeship - Level 2

You’ll be working outdoors in all weathers as part of our ranger teams, supporting our strategy to restore a healthy, beautiful and natural environment. Your role will be working to protect and improve the health and wildlife richness of our countryside, preserving all the benefits we get from it and helping our visitors to experience and get closer to conservation of our special outdoor places.

Your training will be delivered via a combination of mandatory week long college blocks and online learning, with all expenses and travel paid. There may also be opportunities to travel to other National Trust locations with some overnight stays to expand your learning and experience.

The High Peak Estate is the largest landholding within the Peak District portfolio. With over 12,000 ha of land, this is a huge and remote area comprising largely moorland and woodland habitats. We have a leading 50-year Vision for upland management in the High Peak. You'll learn about and help to deliver large scale moorland conservation work and create wooded habitat whilst also working as part of a team of rangers responsible for day to day estate management and maintenance. Typical tasks will include tree planting, sphagnum planting, boundary work, footpath maintenance and wildlife surveying. 

Training:

Working alongside your mentor on tasks specific to your apprenticeship, you’ll develop the skills & knowledge relevant to this apprenticeship standard.  (Countryside worker level 2)

You’ll attend, and prepare for, regular review meetings with your training provider, and be accountable for your own progression. You’ll be required to complete mandatory e-learning, courses and training provided.

Training Outcome:

This role can lead to an assistant ranger or ranger role and potentially move to a L4 Countryside Ranger apprenticeship after additional experience gained in role. 

Employer Description:
We protect and care for places so people and nature can thrive. We look after hundreds of houses and close to a million objects, along with vast areas of coastline, countryside and green spaces, for everyone’s benefit. With our staff, members, volunteers and supporters, we’re the biggest conservation charity in Europe. Everyone can get involved, everyone can make a difference.

Working Hours :
Fixed Term f/t (37.5 hrs pw to 26/02/27) shifts TBC.

Skills:
Communication skills,Team working,Physical fitness