Park Ranger

Leicester Bus Partnership; Abbey; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local Government Pension Scheme

Flexible working

Training opportunities

Bus/train discounts

Annual leave

Job summary

Leicester City Council is seeking a Park Ranger to join the Park Services team. Based in Abbey Park, you will patrol parks and open spaces, enforce park byelaws and dog control measures, address littering offences, and support community safety with excellent customer service.

The role is full-time, 37 hours per week, with shifts including evenings, weekends and public holidays. You will wear a uniform, carry body-worn cameras, log incidents, prepare reports and attend court when needed.

Qualifications

• Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Good IT skills and ability to log incidents and update records.
• Willingness to learn environmental legislation and local byelaws.

Responsibilities

• Patrol parks and open spaces to detect and address breaches of byelaws and dog control.
• Collect evidence, issue Fixed Penalty Notices and attend court when needed.
• Conduct health and safety inspections, report defects and ensure public safety.
• Log incidents and update inspection records; liaise with public and other services.

Skills

Customer service

Interpersonal skills

IT skills

Job description

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Job reference REQ8090 Date posted 20/08/2026 Application closing date 03/09/2026 Location Abbey Park Salary £32,061 - £34,434 Per Year Package Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement):£46,953 Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type City Services Attachments Job Specification.pdf

Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent

Play a key role in protecting Leicester’s parks and open spaces by enforcing local byelaws and environmental regulations, supporting community safety, and providing excellent customer service.

You’ll be joining the Park Services team, part of Neighbourhood & Environmental Services. We maintain safety, cleanliness and community engagement across Leicester’s parks. The team includes Senior Rangers and Parks Rangers who work closely with the Police, ASB officers, and other council services to address littering, dog control, anti-social behaviour, and park byelaw violations. We are currently focusing on reducing ASB hotspots, raising awareness of byelaws, and improving reporting standards through targeted patrols and public engagement.

Rangers are based in Abbey Park and patrol parks and open spaces across the city, on foot or by vehicle. The role involves working outdoors in all weathers, with some flexibility depending on operational needs. This is a full-time, permanent role working 37 hours per week on a shift pattern, which includes evenings, weekends and public holidays. Shift schedules rotate to ensure coverage across key times.

What you’ll be doing

As a park ranger you’ll patrol parks and open spaces to detect and address breaches of park byelaws, dog control PSPOs, and littering offences. Through this patrolling you’ll collect evidence, issue Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs), write reports and attend court when needed. In addition, you’ll conduct health and safety inspections, report defects, and take action to ensure public safety.

Not one day will be the same in this varied role. You’ll liaise with the public, offering clear guidance and signposting to other council services one day and then work closely with police and other services to support awareness events and tackle anti-social behaviour on another.

You’ll be a public facing council representative that will proudly wear uniform and have use of body-worn cameras and personal safety devices, ensuring you, the public and the parks of Leicester City are safe.

What you’ll need

The ideal candidate will be an individual who has excellent customer service and interpersonal skills. You’ll have the ability to stay calm, be confident, and show assertiveness when handling difficult and/or challenging situations. Within this role you’ll need to understand, or show willingness to learn, about environmental legislation and local byelaws.

This role will involve some aspects of clerical work to log incidents, write accurate reports, and update inspection records so good IT skills and understanding is needed.

Due to the nature of this role you must hold a full manual UK driving license and be comfortable working outdoors in all weather conditions. As shift schedules rotate you must be flexible and willing to work evenings and weekends.

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can lookforward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generousannual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexibleworking. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of trainingand development opportunities. In addition, you can choose froma number offlexible benefits,including discounts on city buses and trains. Foran illustrative value of your benefits package,take a look at ourbenefits calculator.

• As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can lookforward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance.
• You’ll enjoy generousannual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexibleworking.
• We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of trainingand development opportunities.
• In addition, you can choose froma number offlexible benefits,including discounts on city buses and trains.

We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build acouncil that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed ourrecruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you.We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible.

Interviews will take place on Thursday 10th and Friday 11th September 2026.