Countryside Maintenance & Projects Team Trainee

The role presents a rare and exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our Countryside Maintenance and Projects Team (CMPT) as a Trainee. The role will take you across the National Park often working in remote and/or difficult to access places and will help you to develop and grow a range of skills. The team are responsible for general maintenance and repairs across the Authority’s estate and you will also work with the team on larger projects particularly involving groundworks to deliver major improvements to our sites.

We are seeking to develop our capability to meet the increasing demand of building maintenance across the PDNPA estate, so applicants keen to learn either plumbing, construction or building maintenance skills will be of particular interest to us. In this role you will help to maintain and repair buildings across the National Park, support day to day management of some sites, grounds maintenance (mowing, strimming, tree management etc), boundary maintenance, repairs to our network of multi-user trails and footpath maintenance.

You will also form part of the team working on development projects such as car park resurfacing, footpath resurfacing, minor building and groundwork projects, drainage improvements and a range of other projects associated with National Park Purposes. The post is full time working with an experienced team, and based at our site in Ashford in the Water, near Bakewell but will spend most of your time on site across the National Park.

You will have some experience of or be keen to learn about building maintenance, working on landscape construction projects, grounds maintenance and be adaptable and keen to get involved in a range of tasks. You will learn about managing the Health and Safety of yourself and others and about working safely. The role will often involve working in public areas so you should be willing to communicate with members of the public, deal with questions and engage in positive ways is part of the role.

The Peak District National Park was the first of Britain’s 15 national parks and is still enjoyed by millions, looking for both adventure and a breathing space to escape. It is also the most accessible due its proximity to four major cities of the UK and its 38,000 residents. We recognise the importance of our national park and our job is to speak up and care for the Peak District National Park for all to enjoy forever.

This is a Fixed Term contract for 2 years. The provisional interview date is 24th and 25th August.

We offer a range of staff benefits including flexi-time, a high-quality defined benefit pension scheme (2 years to qualifying period), 26-31 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with the option to purchase more, volunteering leave and free parking at most of our offices.

The Peak District National Park Authority is committed to equal opportunities. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us. We are a “Disability Confident” employer and have committed to offering an interview to a proportionate number of applicants who declare a disability, if they meet the minimum criteria for the job.

You must have the right to work in the UK; we are unfortunately unable to offer sponsorship visas. Evidence for the right to work in the UK will be requested before appointment.