Landscape Skills Project Officer

Key information

• 37 hours per week, Work pattern to be agreed with successful candidate and line manager.
• Role includes hybrid working locations including home with regular periods at the Quantock
  Office, Fyne Court, Broomfield
• Role will include considerable element working on countryside sites around the Quantock
  Hills.
• 28 days annual leave
• Fixed term contract for a period of two years.

What will I be doing?

This post is created to drive forward the Landscape Management Skills Scheme. The scheme will
provide training in practical landscape skills in the Quantock Hills National Landscape. The
focus of this training is to support unemployed individuals and young people with introductory
training in practical landscape skills, providing a pathway for trainees to progress to further
certification, volunteering, or employment.

You will be required to organise and deliver a variety of appropriate practical training
opportunities, including recruiting potential trainees to the scheme. Your key roles will be
to:

• Develop communications to promote the LMSS Project
• Liaise with landowners regarding potential sites for practical training activities.
• Organise & deliver a range of practical countryside skills training
• Provide practical activities and pastoral support to inspire and motivate people to
  progress in this field
• Work closely with the Quantock Hills National Landscape Team to link opportunities with
  other streams of work such as volunteering, conservation, wellness and other projects.

We offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be. But it will
really help if you:

• Hold a full driving licence including D1 entitlement (minibus).
• Excellent practical skills in habitat conservation, estate skills and use of a range of
  hand tools.
• Excellent people skills that enable you to lead, inspire and support small groups of people
  from a range of ages, needs and backgrounds and in an outdoor environment.
• Are physically able to work outdoors in a countryside environment; accessing remote sites
  that may only be accessible on foot, working in adverse weather conditions.
• Have experience of working with unemployed or young people.
• Experience with MS software including Excel and Word.

The salary range for this role is £26,421 to £29,777 per annum.

For further information about this role, please contact Iain Porter on 07977 412249

Closing Date: Midnight, 20 October 2024