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Senior Nature Recovery Ranger

Location

London, City of London, United Kingdom

Work type

Hybrid

Employment

Contract

Experience

5-8 years

Compensation

£41.5K - £41.5K per year

Posted

2h ago

Summary and responsibilities

Role overview

Summary

The Senior Nature Recovery Ranger will work across healthcare sites in London, engaging communities, enhancing green spaces, and delivering nature-based activities to support health and wellbeing. This role involves collaborating with clinical teams, managing volunteers, and leading practical conservation projects to embed nature within healthcare settings.

As part of our Healthy by Nature programme, funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, we’re looking for a Nature Recovery Ranger or Senior Nature Recovery Ranger to join our team.

Pilot Sites

St Thomas’ Hospital

  • Work with emergency care ward teams to develop nature-based and creative activities that complement patient care and improve patient experience.

Evelina Children’s Hospital

  • Develop safe, engaging ward-based nature activities for children, young people and families alongside clinical teams.

Harefield Hospital

  • Explore how nature can support transplant patients through recovery.

  • Deliver habitat improvement and creation projects with community partners.

Community Sites

  • Work with community healthcare teams, including Occupational Therapists and Dietitians, to explore gardening, food growing and nature-based activities supporting rehabilitation, wellbeing and healthier lifestyles.

What You’ll Do

Connect People with Nature

  • Build relationships with staff, patients, carers, volunteers and community organisations.

  • Design and facilitate inclusive nature-based activities.

  • Support volunteers to participate safely and meaningfully.

Improve Green Spaces

  • Deliver practical nature recovery, food growing, therapeutic gardening and habitat projects.

  • Assess green spaces and identify opportunities to improve ecological, social and health benefits.

  • Undertake biodiversity monitoring and surveys where appropriate.

Build Partnerships & Deliver Projects

  • Work with clinical, sustainability and community partners to plan and deliver activities.

  • Provide practical input into green space management plans, policies and procedures.

  • Coordinate resources and equipment, complete risk assessments and maintain strong health and safety standards.

  • Support funding applications and project development.

Capture Impact & Learning

  • Collect feedback, stories, case studies and project data.

  • Document outcomes through evaluation and photography.

  • Share learning across Healthy by Nature and represent CSH at meetings, events and community activities.

What We’re Looking For

We’re seeking someone passionate about nature, community and equity. We recognise that candidates bring different experiences and strengths, so you don’t need to meet every criterion to apply.

Community & Leadership

  • Experience working with diverse communities, volunteers and stakeholders.

  • Strong communication, facilitation and relationship-building skills.

  • Commitment to inclusive practice and reducing barriers to participation.

  • Experience supporting, coordinating or supervising volunteers.

  • Experience providing leadership or line management across multiple locations.

Nature Recovery & Practical Skills

  • Experience in gardening, food growing, conservation or habitat management.

  • Knowledge of urban wildlife and habitats.

  • Confidence leading practical outdoor activities.

  • Understanding of risk management and safe working practices.

  • Experience or interest in biodiversity monitoring and recording.

  • Emergency Outdoor First Aid qualification, or willingness to undertake training.

Project & Programme Management

  • Proven experience organising and delivering projects and community activities.

  • Ability to manage competing priorities across multiple sites and work independently.

  • Strong organisational, reporting and performance-monitoring skills.

  • Experience collecting and evaluating project data.

  • Experience working in or alongside healthcare organisations, or a good understanding of the NHS.

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Candidate fit

Skills and qualifications

Additional skills

Community Engagement • 1+ yrs
Relationship Building • 1+ yrs
Project Management • 1+ yrs
Conservation • 1+ yrs
Habitat Management • 1+ yrs
Volunteer Management • 1+ yrs
Leadership • 1+ yrs
Biodiversity Monitoring • 1+ yrs

Experience

5-8 years

Certifications

Emergency Outdoor First Aid • Required

How this role is positioned

Role classification

Job domains

Operations

Industries

Wildlife & Conservation
Healthcare & Pharma

Employment

Contract

Contract duration

Permanent

Hiring type

Direct

Global hiring

Location specific

Offer details

Compensation and benefits

Compensation

£41.5K - £41.5K per year

VisibilityShared on listing
CurrencyGBP
PeriodYearly

Location, schedule, and role shape

Work setup

Work conditions

Primary locationLondon, City of London, United Kingdom
Work typeHybrid
Global hiringNo

Bandwidth profile

peopleHigh9/10
physicalMedium6/10
cognitiveMedium7/10
executionHigh8/10
creativityMedium7/10
uncertaintyMedium6/10
communicationHigh8/10

Context on the employer

Company snapshot

Company

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

Team size

Growing team

Location

London, City of London, United Kingdom

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH) inspires and empowers people to transform healthcare for a sustainable future. Since our establishment in 2008, our work has been underpinned by CSH's Principles of Sustainable Clinical Practice: prevention, patient empowerment, lean care systems, and low-carbon alternatives. Our vision is for everyone in the health system to be empowered to shape and deliver sustainable healthcare that benefits both people and the natural world. Our mission is to inspire and equip people with the knowledge, skills and tools they need to play their part in this transformation.

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