Wildwood Trust: Wildwood jobs & trainee posts

Jobs & Trainee posts at Wildwood

Heritage Lottery Fund Skills for the Future Trainees

The Skills for the Future programme is a Heritage Lottery Fund supported scheme, to provide work based training opportunities for people wanting to work in the heritage sector.

Wildwood Trust has positions available for four Trainee Officers to work directly with our natural heritage conservation, education, maintenance and keeper teams and learn skills to prepare them for a career working to protect and promote our natural heritage and environment.

These roles will suit fit, practical people who are able to work outdoors during all weathers to support the continued growth and development of Wildwood's work. This includes our educational work with children and disadvantaged social groups wishing to learn about our natural heritage and its future conservation, and our conservation work with British species and Wildwood's ancient woodland.

The training period is advertised as 37 hrs a week, for 51 weeks only.

Trainees will receive a training bursary of £10,000, paid in monthly instalments.

Please note that accommodation and travel costs are not included.

To apply
Please read the trainee position details below, visit our jobs page and download the relevant job pack and return to us by post or email to jess@wildwoodtrust.org

The closing date for applications is 7th September

Conservation trainee

Key tasks:

Learn how to care for our collection of British native endangered animals including animal diet, handling and care, and practical skills for enclosure enrichment,
Learn to manage animal enclosures for conservation captive breeding programmes for a range of UK species, ensuring the animal's welfare comes first,
Learn to help educate the public through talks and demonstrations about our animals
Learn to help with our conservation projects with endangered species
Learn how to enter data collected on animal sightings and field surveys, and how to complete the animal management records and work diaries.

Desired skills/qualifications:

An academic qualification such as a BSc in Wildlife Conservation
Experience of working with animals in a conservation/zoo setting
Knowledge of British wildlife or environmental conservation
Knowledge of basic tool use

Click here to visit our jobs page and download the Conservation Trainee job pack

Education Trainee

Key tasks:

Learn how we deliver a core education service for schools and disadvantaged groups visiting Wildwood, including an introduction to teaching UK conservation and biodiversity to a wide range of people with different abilities and requirements, developing strong communication skills and confidence in working with school groups and the public
Gain a strong working knowledge of British wildlife past and present, causes of UK species extinctions and declines and conservation
Become familiar with a range of National curriculum led natural science topics, including animal adaptation and field signs, coppice woodland habitat, ecological sampling techniques, plant and invertebrate identification

Desired skills/qualifications:

A science-based academic qualification such as a biology degree
Experience of teaching/mentoring
Knowledge of British wildlife or environmental conservation
Awareness of appropriate software packages, including PowerPoint and Word

Click here to visit our jobs page and download the Education Trainee job pack

Maintenance (ranger) Trainee

Key tasks:

Learn how to keep the Wildwood grounds and facilities in excellent working order, ensuring the minimum of disruption to visitors and staff.
Learn how to construct new animal enclosures and help our keeper team create suitable habitats for a range of UK species, ensuring the animal's welfare comes first
Learn how to help manage an ancient woodland habitat including managing coppice woodland sustainably whilst protecting woodland biodiversity
You will be required to support your line manager to ensure that you follow Wildwood's Health and Safety arrangements.

Desired skills/qualifications:

Experience of construction work
Knowledge of British wildlife or environmental conservation
Knowledge of basic tool use

Click here to visit our jobs page and download the Maintenance Trainee job pack

Keeper Trainee

Key tasks:

Learn how to care for our collection of British native & once native wildlife, including caring for and managing a range of UK species, ensuring the animal's welfare comes first, recognition of tracks and signs, animal diet, handling and care, and practical skills for enclosure enrichment.
Learn to help educate the public through talks and demonstrations about our animals, including developing strong communication skills and confidence in working with groups and the public.
Learn how to complete the animal management records and work diaries.

Desired skills/qualifications:

Experience of working with animals
Knowledge of British wildlife and environmental conservation
Knowledge of basic tool use

Click here to visit our jobs page and download the Keeper Trainee job pack

Cafe Supervisor

Job title: Café supervisor

Hours: Full or part time

Salary: £6.30 per hour

Reports to: Café Manager

We are looking for a friendly, organised person to act as Café supervisor in Wildwood's busy Beaver Lodge café. The café is an attractive log cabin style building situated at the heart of wildwood with an 80 seat café and veranda. It has a large kiosk and about 20 picnic tables attractively scattered around woodland and overlooking the adventure playground.

Job description

As a shift supervisor in the Beaver Lodge Cafe, you will be expected to take charge of quiet shifts in the management team's absence.
Experience in catering is essential.
Training or supervisory skills would be distinct advantage.
Training will be provided in respect to the Café's operation.
The post is subject to a 3 month probationary period.
Minimum age requirement of 18.