Job Description

TO APPLY FOR THIS ROLE PLEASE GO TO - https://www.nts.org.uk/volunteering-jobs/job-search/highlands-islands

Applications

Interested applicants should forward their Curriculum Vitae (CV) or an Application Form to the People Services Department (Applications) by email via workforus@nts.org.uk by Friday 30th May 2025.

Please ensure your CV includes your full name and contact details, the CV file sent to us should be titled your first initial and surname. When submitting your CV please state the position and job location of the vacancy you are applying for in the subject title or body of your email: For example, "VSS - Inverewe/Corrieshalloch."

This job exists to support the Operations Manager (Inverewe and Corrieshalloch) in ensuring that the Trust's sizable landholdings comprising Inverewe Estate (55,000 acres) and Corrieshalloch Gorge, are managed sustainably, are fully legally compliant, are maintained for public access, and are commercially active.

Develop commercial opportunities across the estate by managing assets such as woodlands, grazing, and car parks by identifying new initiatives for increasing revenue. Oversee public access to the estate by appraising the condition of footpaths, gates, and vehicular thoroughfares, commissioning when necessary external suppliers to repair and maintain the estate's infrastructure. Collaborate and communicate with stakeholders (e.g., tenant farmers, grazers, Forestry Commission, Historic Environment Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, Scottish Power, Scottish Water, etc.) their activities on Trust properties. Recruit and lead teams of conservation volunteers, providing full training and orientation, and develop and execute meaningful projects and activities for them to complete. This will involve engaging with children and vulnerable adults. Coordinate cyclical maintenance of boundaries (e.g., fences, dykes, ditches, hedgerows, etc.), pursuing best practice depending on the type of boundary so as to maintain the historical character of the estate by overseeing closely the work of external contractors, volunteers, and students. Instill a Health & Safety culture across the estate, ensuring that colleagues, volunteers, and external contractors work within the property's 'Safe System of Work' to reduce risk of incidents and accidents to volunteers, employees and visitors. Assist the visitor services team with visitor management and interpretation on the estate, facilitating the guided walk programmed, school visits, and contributing articles for the website, and property-specific social media. Respond to emergencies across the estate (e.g., tree fall, flooding, breached boundary, etc.) by providing a timely response and reasonable solution in line with Trust policies and responsibilities. Report regularly to the Operations Manager any opportunities and risks to the Trust's countryside activities in the region, provide shared access to a well-maintained digital archive of relevant documentation, collaborating and advising colleagues as and when required. Taking responsibility for opening and closing and security of buildings as well as emergency procedure implementation, duty management, providing relief cover as required and responding to out of hours duty manager call outs. Manage as required all formal and informal learning programmes across the operation, developing and delivering curriculum linked learning programmes for schools to include both indoor and outdoor learning. Assist the operations manager with the recruitment, training and performance of all Corrieshalloch ambassadors and other volunteer roles as and when the need arises. Collaborate successfully with all other managers on site to ensure the successful running of all the other customer touch points of Corrieshalloch, car parks, visitor Centre, path network, viewpoint and bridge
This role is one for which the duties, responsibilities or accountabilities of the role require you to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme, administered by Disclosure Scotland. This role involves regulated work with children and vulnerable adults

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 28,228.00-30,118.00 per year

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 30/05/2025