Waterside Champion (Welcome Station volunteer at Hatton Locks)

As a Waterside Champion, we need your support to be there for our customers. The millions of visitors to our waterways, museums, and attractions are intrigued by our wonderful 200-year-old network. Our Champions are there to facilitate a great experience for all.

There are a number of activities in which you could be involved along our towpaths at our Welcome Stations; demonstrating in our collections teams at our museums; caring for and operating our swing and lift bridges to support passing boaters; facilitating safe passage through our tunnels where additional boater support is needed.

We have other roles that complement our Waterside Champions in more specific day-to-day customer-focused roles: Rangers, Lock keepers, Explorers, Waterside Champions, and Youth Engagement roles.

Why we want you

As a Waterside Champion, we need your support to be there for our customers. The millions of visitors to our waterways, museums, and attractions are intrigued by our wonderful 200-year-old network. Our Champions are there to facilitate a great experience for all.

There are activities you could be involved with along our towpaths at our Welcome Stations; demonstrating in our collections teams at our museums; caring for and operating our swing and lift bridges to support passing boaters; facilitating safe passage through our tunnels where additional boater support is needed.

We have other roles that complement our Waterside Champions in more specific day-to-day customer-focused roles: Rangers, Lock keepers, Explorers, Waterside Champions, and Youth Engagement roles.

What you will be doing

• Representing the Trust to welcome and engage visitors, customers, and local people
• Volunteering in a team to care for the day-to-day operation of the waterways
• Operating key parts of the waterways to ensure safe passage by boaters and talking to members of the public about them
• When you register as a volunteer, we will ask you about any unspent convictions which you need to declare and risk assess these as needed.

The skills you need

• Friendly
• Reliable
• Good with people
• Happy working with others

What\’s in it for you

• Sense of reward
• New experience in a unique environment
• Opportunity to help those in need
• A supportive network of colleagues

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