Recreation Ranger

Forest Camping Limited; Exeter; Presencial; GBP 27.000 - 33.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Forestry England is seeking a Recreation Ranger to deliver an outstanding visitor experience at Haldon Forest Park, near Exeter. You will inspect facilities, supervise staff and volunteers, and work weekends to support visitor services.

The role is a fixed-term appointment until March 2029, 37 hours per week, with a salary of £30,105 per annum. The team focuses on forests, wildlife, sustainable timber, and great visitor offers.

Responsabilidades

• Inspect and maintain facilities and supervise staff, contractors and volunteers.
• Build relationships with site partners and monitor service delivery contracts.
• Regular weekend and public holiday work to support the visitor offer.

Descripción del empleo

We are Forestry England.We live and breathe forests. Job title – Recreation RangerSalary- £30,105 per annumContract type – Fixed Term Appointment until March 2029Hours – 37 hours per week, Sunday to ThursdayVacancy closes - Monday 2nd November23:58Join us. We're foresters, professionals and experts. We are a passionate team who love to share our enthusiasm and want to make a positive difference for you and the environment.Together, we’re using our scale and expertise to grow the nation’s forests for everyone. We’re already adapting our landscapes for tomorrow, and getting stuff done today, like creating amazing places and experiences for you to enjoy. We're providing vital homes for wildlife, making our air cleaner to breathe and producing sustainable timber.

What you’ll do…

As a Recreation Ranger, you will play a key role in delivering an outstanding visitor experience at Haldon Forest Park. Working both independently and alongside the wider Visitor Services team, you will help ensure the site remains safe, welcoming and well maintained. Responsibilities include inspecting and maintaining facilities, building effective relationships with site partners, monitoring service delivery contracts, and supervising staff, contractors and volunteers. This role involves regular weekend and public holiday working to support the visitor offer. Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.

Where you’ll work…

Haldon Forest Park, Kennford, Near Exeter, EX6 7XR

Benefits…

• Alongside your salary, Forestry England contributes an average of 28.97% towards your pension.
• You will become a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.
• 25 days holiday a year, raising by one day every year’s service, up to 30 days (pro-rated for part time employees) plus additional days off such as bank holidays.
• STaRis our employee benefits scheme offering discounts on everyday supermarket shopping, aswell as other things such as hotel stays clothes, mobile phones, other electrical items, medical and car insurance, holidays, gym discounts, household bills, Headspace wellbeing app.
• free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to our National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury.
• a commitment to lifelong learning through career development.
• Forestry England will support your career development in a variety of ways, including continual professional development, support for individual learning plans and sponsored membership of professional bodies.

Nationality requirements…

Within Part7 of the Immigration Act2016, it is essential that applicants should have the ability to provide conversation in accurate spoken English.

Working for the Civil Service…

Forestry England is part of the Civil Service. The Civil Service has a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). This means candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria during the application process will be guaranteed an interview. We also offer a Redeployment Interview Scheme to current civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the role. This role is also part of the Great Place to Work for VeteransandPrisonLeaver Recruitment initiative.

Our recruitment process makes appointments based on fair and open competition and merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in in line with/according to these principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email: [e-mail].

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