Join me for this interesting chat with Helen Woodhams as she explains her journey from education senior leader to working for the National Trust. Helen enjoys a varied day supporting multiple departments within the organisation and loves working across different estates and land-based projects. 

In this episode Helen shares how valued she feels and how she loves being part of a supportive team, focused on employee wellbeing. 

There are always a wide range of job opportunities within the National Trust and they recognise your transferable skills as a teacher. This episode is well worth a listen!

In this episode we also explore:

• The importance of varying your job search.
• Taking risks with temporary contracts.
• Opportunities to develop with large organisations. 
• The transferable skills welcomed by the charity sector.
• Being appreciated and part of a team.
• Finding volunteering opportunities.
• Making it work financially.

Links and Resources
https://www.nationaltrustjobs.org.uk/jobs/
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/support-us/volunteer

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