Access & Rights of Way Ranger

West Sussex County Council; Clapham; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave plus bank hols

Training and development opportunities

Discounts (Tesco, Samsung, Asos, B&Q)

Employee assistance programmes

Discounted gym memberships

Car benefit scheme

Commuting and business travel savings

Job summary

West Sussex County Council seeks an Access Ranger to manage routine inspection and maintenance of the PRoW network from Clapham Depot, Worthing. The role involves lone-working, coordinating volunteers, liaising with landowners and delivering improvements with contractors.

Applicants should have significant access rights experience, strong map-reading and IT skills (Word, Excel, GIS mapping) and a full UK driving licence.

Qualifications

• Significant experience of access and rights of way management.
• Experience of working with landowners, volunteers and contractors.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Proficient IT skills including Word, Excel, databases and GIS mapping.
• Ability to read maps and scale and apply on site.

Responsibilities

• Organise and carry out inspections including coordinating volunteers.
• Engage with landowners to resolve issues and take enforcement action where necessary.
• Log and update issues using our IT system (Confirm).
• Investigate reports from the public and other stakeholders providing technical and legal advice.
• Deliver small scale improvements with landowners/contractors.
• Identify work to be delivered by volunteers or the Annual Works Programme.
• Respond to planning application consultations to protect and improve the PRoW network.

Skills

Customer focused service

Organise and prioritise work

Communication

Problem solving

Map reading

IT literacy

Education

Full UK Driving Licence

Tools

GIS mapping

Databases

Word

Excel

Job description

West Sussex County Council seeks an Access Ranger to manage routine inspection and maintenance of the PRoW network from Clapham Depot, Worthing. The role involves lone-working, coordinating volunteers, liaising with landowners and delivering improvements with contractors.

Applicants should have significant access rights experience, strong map-reading and IT skills (Word, Excel, GIS mapping) and a full UK driving licence.