Parkland Operations Officer

Lee Valley Regional Park Authority; Epping Forest; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Lee Valley Regional Park Authority is seeking a hands-on Ranger Support Officer to help manage waterbodies and licensed fisheries as part of the Open Spaces team. The role focuses on day-to-day operational and technical issues, vehicle and equipment logs, and fisheries licencee management.

Based in Waltham Abbey, Essex, you should have angling experience and proven conservation management skills, plus a full driving licence.

Qualifications

• Angling background with hands-on conservation experience.
• Full clean driving licence; categories B+E preferable; experience driving large vehicles and towing trailers.

Responsibilities

• Assist Ranger Service Manager with day-to-day management of waterbodies and licensed fisheries.
• Oversee vehicle and equipment logs and sourcing; monitor compliance with Byelaw and fisheries requirements.
• Liaise with anglers, licensees, and public; support biodiversity and park development framework goals.
• Handle operational issues for open spaces and fisheries and support Byelaw enforcement.

Skills

Angling background

Conservation management

Driving

Job description

Lee Valley Regional Park

£30,896-£38,661 per annum, plus flexible benefits

Permanent - 35 hours per week (Monday – Sunday Shift Rota)

The award-winning Lee Valley Regional Park stretches an incredible 26 miles along the leafy banks of the River Lee, from Ware in Hertfordshire, through Essex, to the Thames at East India Dock Basin. The park provides a unique 'natural' corridor on London’s doorstep and provides a vital refuge for wildlife. It contains a variety of landscapes and open spaces to enjoy including the internationally important wetland sites that form the Lee Valley Special Protection Area and Ramsar site, Sites of Special Scientific Interest, industrial heritage sites and nature reserves.

Based in the tranquil countryside location of Waltham Abbey, Essex, you will be part of our Open Spaces team and assist the Ranger Service Manager with the day-to-day management of the Authority’s waterbodies, particularly with regard to all operational and technical issues in relation to our licensed fisheries.

The role is to assist the Ranger Service Managers with the day-to-day operational management of the Authority’s open spaces including its angling licencees, to ensure all operational aspects of the open spaces and fisheries licencee related management are covered including overseeing vehicle, equipment logs and sourcing, audit monitoring, app based liasion and angling licence requirements adherance.

You will also be the day to day contact with particular regard to technical and operational issues for both open spaces and fisheries including those relating to the licensed fisheries, Byelaw Enforcement and specific fishery input to assist in the implementation of the Lee Valley Regional Park Biodiversity Action Plan and Park Development Framework and to achieve integrated management of its open spaces and existing fisheries, which balances providing satisfying angling opportunities with conserving and increasing biodiversity, to benefit the wider Authority.

The role is best suited to someone with a working Angling background but with additional experience of hands-on conservation management with a high importance to waterbodies including working with licensed fisheries. With excellent communication skills, you will possess a broad knowledge of practical hands-on conservation management techniques and an understanding of balancing angling with nature conservation and public access.

Good interpersonal skills are required to deal with the public, anglers and licensees on a daily basis. You must have a full current driving licence (categories B+E are preferable) and experience of driving large vehicles and towing trailers.

Successful applicants will be required to obtain a Disclosure Certificate from the Disclosure Barring Service, for which assistance will be given.

Closing date: 28 September 2026