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Cumbria Connect Apprentice

Cumbria Connect Apprentice x 3 (Fixed-Term)
Reference: MAY20259635
Location: Lowther (Cumbria)
Salary: £24,571.00 - £26,231.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave
Contract: 18-month fixed term contract
Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week

Cumbria Connect is one of the UK's largest nature recovery programmes stretching from Penrith to Kendal in the eastern fells of the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks.

What's the role about?

Working as part of the Cumbria Connect project this apprenticeship will help you develop the skills for a career in land management with an emphasis on nature recovery and nature friendly livestock farming.

Day to day you will be delivering, organising and supervising, land management, nature recovery, and livestock-based farming tasks. You will manage small scale projects and work collaboratively with partners. You will also become qualified and proficient in various practical and machinery skills, for example, ATV, Tractor, Livestock handling and First Aid.

Apprenticeships can be offered under at Levels 2 and 3 (possibly Level 4) and include: General Farm Worker, Livestock Technician, Countryside Worker/Ranger depending on individual candidate's aspirations and fit for the role. The formal learning aspects will be delivered through a partner college, a minimum of 20% of the working week will involve off the job teaching/training depending on which course is offered.

At the end of this apprenticeship, you will have acquired a broad range of skills to support you in a successful career in a combination of nature recovery/land management/livestock management.

Essential qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience:

• Comfortable being part of volunteering days and working with the public from a range of backgrounds
• Passion for nature recovery and working with livestock.
• You will need to travel to and from the site daily, so a driving licence which is valid for use in the UK is essential.
• Grade 4 or above in GSCE English and Maths (However Apprentices without English and maths may be able to complete these within college but will need to achieve this level prior to taking the End-Point Assessment).

Additional information:

• This role will involve lone working and working in remote locations.
• This role will require occasional weekend, early morning and evening working.

Expiry date: 23:59, Sun, 29th Jun 2025

We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from mid-July 2025.

Closing Date: 29/06/2025 Location: Lowther

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Day to day you will be delivering, organising and supervising, land management, nature recovery, and livestock-based farming tasks. You will manage small scale projects and work collaboratively with partners. You will also become qualified and proficient in various practical and machinery skills, for example, ATV, Tractor, Livestock handling and First Aid. Apprenticeships can be offered under at Levels 2 and 3 (possibly Level 4) and include: General Farm Worker, Livestock Technician, Countryside Worker/Ranger depending on individual candidate's aspirations and fit for the role. The formal learning aspects will be delivered through a partner college, a minimum of 20% of the working week will involve off the job teaching/training depending on which course is offered. At the end of this apprenticeship, you will have acquired a broad range of skills to support you in a successful career in a combination of nature recovery/land management/livestock management.,

• Comfortable being part of volunteering days and working with the public from a range of backgrounds
• Passion for nature recovery and working with livestock.
• You will need to travel to and from the site daily, so a driving licence which is valid for use in the UK is essential.
• Grade 4 or above in GSCE English and Maths (However Apprentices without English and maths may be able to complete these within college but will need to achieve this level prior to taking the End-Point Assessment).
  
  Cumbria Connect is one of the UK's largest nature recovery programmes stretching from Penrith to Kendal in the eastern fells of the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks.