Learning Ranger - Devon, Cornwall and Somerset
| Posting date: | 23 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | £29,171 per year |
| Additional salary information: | As this role is part-time the salary will be pro-rata. |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 15 May 2025 |
| Location: | EX6 7XR |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 402076/1 |
Summary
What you’ll do…
As Learning Ranger, you will work within the District learning team to facilitate and deliver a range of high quality learning provision and engagement activities across your geographical area to meet agreed objectives and to tell the story of Forestry England.
Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.
Where you’ll work…
The West England Forest District team are custodians of 38,500 ha of the Nations Forests in the west and south-west of England. Our woods can be found from Shrewsbury in the north to the majestic veteran trees of Savernake Forest near Marlborough, and the conifer forests on Bodmin Moor, and ancient woodlands of the Glynn Valley in Cornwall. The district is based in the historic Forest of Dean which lies between the rivers Wye and Severn in Gloucestershire.
Over two-thirds of our woodlands lie in protected landscapes, with two National Parks, and numerous National Landscapes and sites of special scientific interest. Our team sustainably produce over 220,000 tonnes of timber per annum, whilst providing safe homes for a wide range of wildlife from the common to the rare. We are proactively managing our woods to mitigate against our changing climate and the biodiversity crisis. We are passionate about welcoming visitors to the Nations Forests and encouraging everyone to enjoy our natural world in a responsible way, supporting healthy lifestyles and mental health.
Raise awareness and understanding of sustainable forestry
- engage with schools in targeted areas, working collaboratively with the community rangers as appropriate, to facilitate and deliver school harvesting visits, introductory talks and other outreach work
- promote Forestry England learning activities and products for visitors, schools and other groups to carry out self-led learning opportunities
- assist with the development of materials and delivery mechanisms for training purposes to improve learning partner and provider knowledge of Forestry England and the work that we do
- support the National Learning Officers to design and deliver formal education activities and informal learning materials (e.g. activity packs to accompany national marketing trails) for learners of all ages
- collaborate with Forestry England colleagues to deliver forestry-related sessions to sixth form, further education students and adult special-interest groups
- interact with our visitors in a positive way (either face to face or through digital channels) to help them understand and connect to our forests and woodlands
Increasing our natural capital - facilitate learning activities for vulnerable or disadvantaged visitor groups including youth community and special needs groups
- attend local shows and events to support colleagues with site promotion and public engagement opportunities, including providing suitable resources and activities
- increase our capacity and effectiveness through partnership working
- manage the administration of learning agreements, including reviewing documentation such as risk assessments, consulting with
- Forestry England staff from other disciplines in approving new applications and identifying suitable working areas and carrying out robust monitoring through observation visits and annual meetings
- support the Learning Manager with our Learning Partner, BFS, at Cardinham Woods through regular site monitoring visits, liaising with the local team and delivering CPD sessions
- attend national and local education events and conferences, including delivering workshops to promote Forestry England sites, downloadable resources, educational products and projects
- administer the national Children’s University scheme, including providing the stamps for passports and accrediting Forestry England sites and activities
- support the Learning Manager in monitoring, evaluating and developing the District’s formal and informal learning programmes as required
And any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager.
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