Head Ranger

National Trust for Scotland

Hours: 40

Location: Dollar Glen

Salary range: £35,800 per annum

This is an exciting and dynamic leadership role that offers the opportunity to shape the future of some of Scotland’s most treasured landscapes and heritage sites. As Head Ranger, you will be at the heart of conserving and enhancing six breathtaking locations, ensuring they remain accessible, engaging, and inspiring for visitors now and in the future.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Audience Engagement

• Develop and implement strategies to enhance public engagement and access to the natural heritage across the sites.
• Increase audience reach through events, interpretation, and community engagement initiatives.

Nature Conservation

• Provide technical leadership on all aspects of nature conservation across the six sites.
• Lead the development and implementation of appropriate management frameworks – for example the woodland management plans.
  
• Use expertise and experience to influence and develop internal and external policy statements and positions and implement initiatives to protect wildlife.
• Survey wildlife and habitats and feed this knowledge into management decisions, marketing of natural heritage, and further development of our voice.
• Organising and implementing all ecological monitoring across six sites. All work feeding into national and international monitoring schemes.
• Maintain and manage habitats and wildlife with the aim of protecting species and increasing biodiversity.
• Contribute to the planning and lead the delivery of practical conservation to deliver the outputs agreed in the annual budget process.

Preferred method of application: Application form - found here

Closing date: Sunday 16th August 2026