Conservation Volunteer (Site Maintenance - National Waterways Museum)

Canal & River Trust; Ellesmere Port; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading conservation organization as a Conservator Volunteer and help maintain the beautiful waterways of England. This role offers a unique opportunity to engage in heritage restoration, environmental enhancements, and community service while developing new skills and enjoying the great outdoors.

Benefits

Spending time outdoors

Learning new skills (some with external accreditation)

Keeping fit

Meeting new and friendly people

Being part of a supportive team of colleagues and volunteers

Seeing improvements to your wellbeing

Qualifications

• Willingness to learn new skills is essential.
• Ability to travel to remote locations required.

Responsibilities

• Perform day-to-day maintenance and heritage restoration.
• Engage in graffiti removal and environmental enhancements.
• Assist in making new access points by constructing or improving steps or ramps.

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 get to experience the many faces and locations of our beautiful network and help maintain our structures and assets. Whether it’s working on pre-planned maintenance, cutting back vegetation around aqueducts, or tackling graffiti in urban locations, our Conservators do a fantastic job of ensuring there’s plenty of beauty on the doorstep. This is a great opportunity to make a difference in your community while learning more about the canals in your area.

Why we want you

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

They help address some of our toughest issues on the waterways, ensuring as much of the canal as possible is accessible and well maintained. Each year, we face new challenges in managing our increasingly popular space, and your support as a Conservator Volunteer will help us achieve our goals in keeping the canals alive.

While some teams carry out regular tasks, others work on specific projects like rebuilding stone walls or mass planting, allowing volunteers to contribute in various ways.

What you will be doing

• Day-to-day maintenance
• Heritage restoration
• Graffiti removal
• Environmental enhancements such as hedgelaying
• Creating new access points by building or improving steps or ramps
• When registering as a volunteer, we will ask about any unspent convictions, which you need to declare and risk assess accordingly.

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 of colleagues and volunteers
• Seeing improvements to your wellbeing