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Dartmoor Tests and Trials Project Assistant
Dartmoor
This is an exciting opportunity to help shape and influence the new emerging Environment Land Management System (ELMS) being established to help deliver the Government 25-year Environment Plan.
Countryside Ranger Apprentice
North York Moors
Countryside Ranger Apprentice
Danby, Whitby, North Yorkshire
We are now looking for a Countryside Ranger Apprentice to join us on a full-time basis at our Danby Lodge National Park Centre.
The Benefits
- National minimum wage for your age up to £18,327 per annum
- Vehicle provided for work use
- Up to 30 days’ annual leave, plus eight public holidays
- Excellent training and development opportunities
If you are keen on a career working within the environmental sector, this is the unmissable stepping-stone you have been waiting for!
Not only is it a chance to get the kind of real experience and genuine support that can help you choose exactly where you want to go next, but you will also be receiving the training to build a core set of skills that will make you attractive to any future employers.
The Role
As a Countryside Ranger Apprentice, you will help to deliver a programme of prioritised maintenance on public rights of way and properties in the National Park.
You will organise and plan tasks, while developing your confidence and practical skills.
Additionally, you will:
- Quantify and ensure the availability of materials, equipment, and other resources
- Lead and supervise volunteers and Level 2 apprentices on practical work tasks
- Ensure compliance with our health and safety policies and practices
About You
To be considered as a Countryside Ranger Apprentice, you will need:
- Distinction in a related Level 2 Apprenticeship or equivalent
- Some experience carrying out a range of practical land management tasks, including fencing, walling, installing gates, stiles, tree planting etc.,
- Good people skills as you will be working with a range of people and meeting the general public while out on site
- Certified competence in the use of powered tools and equipment would be helpful but not essential
- A full, valid driving licence
Hours of work are 8.30am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday.
Other organisations may call this role Trainee Ranger, Land Ranger Apprentice, Park Ranger Apprentice, or Community Ranger Apprentice.
Webrecruit and North York Moors National Park Authority are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
So, if you are ready to kickstart your career as a Countryside Ranger Apprentice, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
Events Engagement Officer
North York Moors
We are now looking for an Events Engagement Officer to join us on a part-time basis, working 30 hours per week.
The Benefits
- Salary of £18,805 - £20,982
- 25 days’ holiday per annum pro rata (rising annually by one day up to 30 days), plus eight Bank Holidays
- Work within one of the UK’s most stunning landscapes
- Great training opportunities
- Pension Scheme & flexible working
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced events organiser with a grasp of the wonders that open spaces and nature can do for wellbeing to join our renowned organisation and help us make a real impact on people’s health.
Using your expertise and expressing your passion, you will facilitate our annual events and walks to directly enrich and elongate countless lives, wielding the power of the breath-taking National Park.
So, if you want your next step to be a rewarding one, we want to hear from you today!
The Role
As an Events Engagement Officer, you will plan and oversee the annual programme of Authority-led events and guided walks. Your aims will be to develop opportunities to improve health and wellbeing by connecting people with nature whilst working towards an income generation target.
Implementing and developing an exciting and inclusive events and activities programme, you will seek to optimise participants’ enjoyment, knowledge and responses to open spaces and nature.
You will collaborate with groups, artists and healthcare providers to develop partnerships and initiate innovative health and wellbeing activities and events whilst promoting the National Park’s special qualities.
Additionally, you will:
- Manage an established group of volunteers to deliver an annual programme of guided walks
- Manage relevant budgets, maximising the events’ income and profitability
- Undertake customer insight work, evaluate the wellbeing impact, create statistical evidence, and use to improve the events programme
About You
To be considered as an Events Engagement Officer, you will need:
- At least two years’ experience of organising successful events
- A working knowledge of how access to open spaces and nature can positively influence health and wellbeing
- To be familiar with relevant health and safety procedures
- An interest in making events as sustainable as possible
- Efficient administrative skills and knowledge of basic contractual arrangements
- Proficiency in IT, including Microsoft applications and event booking systems
- A full, valid driving licence
A qualification in events organisation would be beneficial to your application. Experience working with volunteers and community groups and internal and external partnerships and stakeholders would also be desirable.
An understanding of the local arts community and cultural events would also be advantageous, as would experience working in an outdoor environment.
Please note, this role may require working occasional weekends and evenings, as well as travel to other locations within the National Park.
The primary location for this role is Danby Lodge National Park Centre although opportunities to work from other National Park offices can be discussed.
Applications must be completed by midnight on Wednesday 12 April 2023
Interviews are to be held on Wednesday 3 May 2023
Other organisations may call this role Events Co-ordinator, Engagement Officer, Engagement Co-ordinator, Wellbeing Events Officer, Health and Wellbeing Events Officer, or National Park Events Officer.
Webrecruit and North York Moors National Park Authority are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
So, if you want to plan and oversee a varied programme of rewarding events as an Events Engagement Officer, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
Independent Person
North York Moors
North York Moors National Park Authority is looking to appoint a new person to help us in maintaining and promoting the Authority’s high standards of conduct and ethics.
The role of “independent person” was created under the Localism Act 2011 and means that the Authority appoints an independent person whose views are sought, and considered, by the statutory Monitoring Officer before they make a decision on any allegation of a breach of the code of conduct which they have decided to investigate.
The Authority’s Monitoring Officer may also seek the independent person’s views in relation to allegations where no decision to investigate has been made. Any Member of the Authority, who is the subject of an allegation may also seek the views of the independent person.
When the Monitoring Officer receives a written allegation of a breach of the Authority’s code of conduct, they will decide whether the matter merits formal investigation or should be dealt with in some other way. If they consider it appropriate, they will consult the independent person, before deciding how to proceed and may consult the independent person at other stages of any subsequent process.
The Monitoring Officer, or the Authority’s Finance, Risk, Audit and Standards Committee (FRASC), may also seek the views of the independent person on other matters related to the ethical standards of the Authority, such as its code of conduct or its procedures for dealing with allegations of misconduct by Members. The independent person will need to attend at least one meeting of the FRASC a year.
No specific qualifications or experience are essential and plenty of training will be provided. You will need analytic and questioning/investigative skills and some understanding of the roles of elected representatives would be helpful. We are committed to recruitment from diverse backgrounds. Whilst there is no prescribed term of office it is anticipated that it will be for a fixed term of 2 years renewable only once.
The successful applicant can’t currently be, or have been in the last five years, an elected member of the Authority, or be a relative or close friend of any person who is or has been an elected member of the Authority in the last five years.
The role is currently unpaid but travelling expenses will be met.
21 April – closing date for applications.
25 April – short listing
by 4 May – send out invitations to interview and take up references
25 May – Interviews to be held at NPA Offices, Helmsley.
