JOB PURPOSE
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.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Along with the Operations Manager and Corrieshalloch Gorge Ranger will develop commercial opportunities across the Inverewe estate and Corrieshalloch Gorge by managing assets such as woodlands, grazing, uplands, nature trails, shoreline, Inverewe Garden and both cluster car parks by identifying new initiatives for increasing revenue.
• Will develop a work plan that focuses on summer ranger commercial activity ,events, biodiversity logging with a customer focus, then moving to a winter way of working focusing on estate maintenance and compliance.
• In conjunction with the operations manager and Corrieshalloch Ranger will be a point of contact for the upkeep, maintenance, conservation and safety of the category B listed Corrieshalloch Gorge Bridge and responsible for all mandatory safety checks and appropriate record keeping of all checks.
• Responsible for all tree maintenance inspections across Inverewe Estate and Corrieshalloch Gorge.
• Oversee public access to Inverewe 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. Will help teams across both sites to ensure all bins and customer facing areas are kept clean and tidy.
• 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
• Contribute and lead any community engagement plan across Corrieshalloch Gorge and Inverewe Garden and Inverewe Estate and within the community as and when needed.
• Survey wildlife and countryside habitats and feed this knowledge into projects and management decisions.
• Maintain and manage habitats, wildlife, and countryside estate infrastructure on a d to-day
basis (e.g.: paths, gates, signs, vegetation management) to achieve ecological visitor service and
safety outcomes.
• Monitor and survey various conservation initiatives, e.g., Biosecurity for Life, AECS Rabbit
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
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE
Qualifications
Desirable
• Diploma or equivalent in estate management or Level 3 Diploma in Land Based Services (007603 City & Guilds)
• Chain-saw certificates CS30 & CS31.
• Driving License, valid for driving within the UK including, if age relevant, Category E entitlement to tow trailers,
Essential
• Experience within a heritage or tourist attraction.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; confident in interacting and dealing with a wide range of people; and able to represent the Trust
• Good organizational and time-management skills – including the ability to priorities work where necessary
• Competency and self-sufficiency in use of IT (email, internet, word-processing, spreadsheets, databases).
