Volunteer ranger role description

Volun­teer Cairngorms

Volun­teer Ranger Role Description

Cairngorms NATION­AL PARK Pàirc Nàiseanta a’ Mhon­aidh Ruaidh The Cairngorms Nation­al Park is the largest Nation­al Park in the UK. We are look­ing for volun­teers who would like to help take care of the Park and inspire oth­ers with their love of this spe­cial place!

What’s involved?

• Be an ambas­sad­or for the Cairngorms Nation­al Park, share your love and know­ledge of the area, inspir­ing loc­al people and vis­it­ors alike;
• Help take care of this spe­cial place;
• Volun­teer along­side a range of par­ti­cip­at­ing Ranger Ser­vices, Land Own­ers and Land Man­agers across the Cairngorms Nation­al Park

This is a great role for people who love nature and the out­doors, enjoy meet­ing new people, being out and about in the fresh air, and who want to learn new skills! You’ll meet an incred­ible vari­ety of people, have the chance to learn new skills, work as a team, and spend time in some of the most spec­tac­u­lar land­scapes in the country.

You’ll be uni­formed, and can expect to start out by being based with­in busier areas of the Nation­al Park. You’ll be meet­ing and enga­ging with mem­bers of the pub­lic shar­ing inform­a­tion and answer­ing ques­tions, walk­ing pop­u­lar routes well-used by vis­it­ors, and over time will have the chance to become involved with more prac­tic­al con­ser­va­tion and mon­it­or­ing activities.

If your applic­a­tion is suc­cess­ful, the role will start in July with a series of induc­tion and train­ing ses­sions, cov­er­ing top­ics such as an over­view of the Nation­al Park, the Scot­tish Out­door Access Code, and Emer­gency First Aid train­ing. Once you’re trained up we’ll then match you with one or more of the Ranger Ser­vices, Land Man­agers or oth­er organ­isa­tions oper­at­ing in the park that have agreed to take part in the Volun­teer Ranger Pro­gramme, and will provide any addi­tion­al induction/​training for the site they feel you need.

How much time would be involved?

Volun­teer Cairngorms is a new pro­gramme, and we’re try­ing things out to see how they go, but we would hope that you could com­mit to at least a couple of days a month or more, either at the week­end or dur­ing the week.

Is it for me?

Being a Volun­teer Ranger would be great for someone…

• With enthu­si­asm and a love for the nat­ur­al environment;

• With good com­mu­nic­a­tion skills, so that you’re com­fort­able meet­ing and inter­act­ing with mem­bers of the public;

• Who can work as part of a team;

• With a good gen­er­al know­ledge about the loc­al area you’d like to volun­teer, and would like to learn more about the Nation­al Park;

• Who is able to travel to Ranger/​Land Man­ager bases (we are able to sup­port you with reas­on­able travel costs) and cov­er key paths and routes;

• Aged 18 years old or over.

Where and when would it take place?

Whilst you will ini­tially be matched to a single area, you will be able to choose which activ­it­ies you sign up to and you will have the chance to volun­teer in oth­er loc­a­tions under­tak­ing dif­fer­ent tasks too. We are look­ing for volun­teers to make an ongo­ing, long term, con­tri­bu­tion to the Cairngorms Nation­al Park, and would there­fore ask that you are able to give a min­im­um com­mit­ment of 2 days a month (week­days or weekends).

Who will offer super­vi­sion and support?

This will vary slightly depend­ing on the task and loc­a­tion. How­ever, for each day you are out you will have some con­tact with the part­ner organ­isa­tion or Volun­teer Cairngorms, and reg­u­lar catch-ups will be sched­uled through­out the year with Volun­teer Rangers, Ranger Services/​Land Man­agers and the Volun­teer Coordin­at­or from Volun­teer Cairngorms.

How do I get involved?

If you are inter­ested in join­ing us please com­plete the applic­a­tion forms avail­able at. Once we have received these we will review the applic­a­tions, con­tact the ref­er­ence provided and be in touch to arrange a con­veni­ent time to meet for a chat. As you will be in con­tact with vul­ner­able people as part of this role, we will need to apply for an Enhanced Dis­clos­ure (formerly known as a CRB check) on your behalf.

For more inform­a­tion – who should I contact?

You can con­tact us via email, phone or post at;:

Volun­teer Cairngorms Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Grant­own-on-Spey PH26 3HG

E: volunteers@​cairngorms.​co.​uk T: 01479 870 566 Twit­ter: @CNPvolunteer

This pro­ject has been part-fin­anced by the Scot­tish Gov­ern­ment and the European Com­munity LEAD­ER 2014 – 2020 programme.