Community Ranger - London

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.

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.,

• Have an open mind and positive attitude towards engaging young people from a diverse range of backgrounds including a dedication to the inclusion of marginalised or minoritised people.
• 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 (formal or informal) of helping people to develop practical conservation skills and enable them to design, develop and deliver their own small scale conservation projects.
• 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.
  
  Morden Hall Park is a vibrant and busy urban greenspace at the heart of the community in Merton. We're an oasis and wildlife haven in the centre of the capital, with a diverse countryside landscape, the River Wandle and magnificent tree-lined avenues just a 500 metre walk from the Northern Line., 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.

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. 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