Canoe Safari Operative (26 hours)

Closing Date: 16/02/2025

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Martin Mere

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£16,225 per annum, pro rata

Fixed Term

Engaging visitors and communities with wetlands

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Canoe Safari Operative (26 hours)

About The Role

WWT Martin Mere is looking for a proactive and motivated individual to ensure the smooth running of our canoe safari and boat tour attraction from 31 March to 28 September 2025. You will greet visitors, encourage them to engage in the activity and make sure the canoes, boat tour and accessories are safe to use. Other duties will include providing correctly fitted buoyancy aids to all visitors, making sure they have received the necessary health and safety instructions for undertaking the activity and taking both cash and credit card payments.

Part of this role will ensure the safe running of the supporting activities around the canoe safari which includes a new play area opening this year, den building, supplying drinks from the kiosk and the cleanliness of the compost toilets.

This role will allow the candidate to interact with our visitors and supporters in a positive way, shaping unforgettable experiences and helping them understand and connect to wetlands.

This is a fixed term position between 31st March 2025 and 28th September 2025. This role will work 26 hours per week, 4 days out of 7 including regular weekend work.

About You

The successful candidate must have experience of working in a visitor attraction or a customer focused environment and have the ability to engage with people at all levels. Having experience in an outdoor sport such as water sports, climbing or hiking would be an advantage for this position.

The candidate will be required to deliver boat tours and is required to have excellent communication skills and the ability to use their initiative to adapt the style of talks based on who is on the boat tour. The candidate must be confident in leading a team of volunteers and casual staff by providing instructions and guidance as required.

About Us

We’re WWT, and we’re on a mission to restore the super-powered ecosystems we call wetlands. There’s never been a more important moment for our work, and we’ve got some phenomenal people on the case.

Whether they’re taking a new visitor under their wing, or conducting ground-breaking research further afield, our team are second to none. And there’s nothing we love more than watching them soar.

Whatever you do here, you’ll be helping to restore wetlands and unlock their power. So, the only question left is, what role will you play?

Why you’ll love working at WWT

Wake up every day knowing your work is helping to restore wetlands, and our world
Be surrounded and inspired by our team of passionate, dedicated people
33 days annual leave (which goes up to 38 days after 5 years of service) – this includes bank holidays and you have flexibility to take those days whenever you want
Free entry to all our wetland centres, including your family
Free car parking and secure bike storage areas
Colleague discount on shopping and memberships
Cycle to work scheme
Contributory pension scheme
Life Assurance of three times your salary, for peace of mind for your loved ones
Independent personal, workplace and financial advice from Care first

WWT is an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be considered solely on merit.

Registered Charity Number England & Wales, no 1030884 and Scotland, no SC039410

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