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Work Experience

Work Experience

Apply for Work Experience

We are so looking forward to welcoming more work experience and placement students in 2025. Fill in the form below to apply.

Work Experience

Personal Details

Name

Work Experience

Which roles and activities are you interested in?
Which of our offices could you travel to?
Placements may involve some work and travel where you will be one-to-one with a member of our staff, especially ranger roles. If you will be under 18 years old during your placement, we will ask your parent/guardian to give permission for one-to-one work and travel.

Details of subjects studied, examinations taken and relevant club memberships

Give examples of where you have demonstrated the skills, abilities and personal qualities outlined in the person specification. Draw on your experiences at school, individual and group projects in class, after school clubs, clubs outside of school, or maybe through organising events with friends or family.
Please use this space to explain what interests you about the South Downs National Park and this work experience placement.
Please list any job roles that you have considered or outline the type of work you would like to do in the future.

School Contact Details

Disability Discrimination Act 1995/Equality Act 2010

Are there any adjustments to the essential duties of this post that you think we could make in relation to a disability you may have?
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Data Protection Act 1998

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One-week placements for students in Year 10-13

Work experience placements are an important part of career progression. The South Downs National Park Authority is keen to provide opportunities for students to find out more about our work and also contribute their ideas to our projects.

National Parks are great environments to work in with:

  • Beautiful settings in a protected landscape
  • Staff who want to make a difference and have a passion for their work and the National Park
  • Proximity to the great outdoors that can be enjoyed through both work and play
  • Good benefits such as flexible working options to maintain a work-life balance, annual leave and pension scheme.

You could spend your work experience week with our Ranger teams in Seven Sisters Country Park, Stanmer, Slindon or Droxford. Alternatively, you might wish to spend your time at Midhurst, the home of the South Downs National Park Authority.

To find out more information about our placements, download our Work Experience Information Pack.

Work placements for agricultural college students

Work placements provide students with an opportunity to develop their practical and technical skills. Students typically spend one day a week during term-time with a dedicated ranger team, joining rangers and volunteers on a variety of practical conservation tasks throughout the year.

If you are interested in becoming a work placement volunteer with us*,  please email volunteering@southdowns.gov.uk with an expression of interest and your work experience dates clearly marked.

*We currently offer industry placements to students at Brinsbury, Plumpton College and Sparsholt College. If you are studying at a different college then please ask your industry placement coordinator to contact us via learning@southdowns.gov.uk.

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