Conservation Volunteer (Conservator Volunteer (Tipton)

Canal & River Trust; Tipton; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading conservation charity as a Conservator Volunteer and help maintain the waterways while learning valuable skills. This hands-on role offers opportunities to engage with the environment, connect with the community, and enhance your wellbeing through outdoor activities.

Benefits

Spending time outdoors

Learning new skills with potential accreditation

Meeting new people in a supportive team

Qualifications

• Volunteer role focused on heritage restoration and environmental enhancement.
• Requires mobility and willingness to learn.
• Contributors will work outdoors and engage with the community.

Responsibilities

• Perform day-to-day maintenance and environmental enhancements.
• Engage in heritage restoration and graffiti removal.
• Help maintain canal accessibility.

Skills

Willingness to learn new skills

Ability to travel to remote locations

Job description

Join us today to become a Conservator Volunteer and be part of the team keeping history alive by preserving our waterways. In this role, you’ll experience the many faces and locations of our beautiful network and help maintain our structures and assets. Whether working on pre-planned maintenance, such as cutting back vegetation around aqueducts, or tackling graffiti in urban locations, our Conservators ensure there’s plenty of beauty on the doorstep. This is a great opportunity to make a significant difference in your community while learning more about the canals in your area.

This role is location-based, requiring you to meet our team at different sites along the old and new main line between Tipton and Dudley Port. It involves varied work that significantly improves the canals for the local community.

Why we want you

Our Conservator volunteers help maintain our network, performing heritage and nature conservation activities, as well as everyday tasks like painting or litter picking to improve the local environment.

They help address tough issues on the waterways, ensuring the canal is accessible and well maintained. Your support will help us manage our increasingly popular spaces and keep canals vibrant.

Some projects are specific, such as rebuilding stone walls or mass planting, allowing volunteers to give their time in different ways.

What you will be doing

• Day-to-day maintenance
• Heritage restoration
• Graffiti removal
• Environmental enhancements like hedgelaying
• Creating new access points with improved steps or ramps
• Declaring any unspent convictions during registration for risk assessment purposes

The skills you need

• Willingness to learn new skills
• Ability to travel to remote locations

What's in it for you

• Spending time outdoors
• Learning new skills (some with external accreditation)
• Keeping fit
• Meeting new and friendly people
• Being part of a supportive team
• Seeing improvements to your wellbeing