Recreation Ranger

Forestry England; Forest; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

STA Ris benefits

Free parking

Free arboretum entry

Career development support

Job summary

Forestry England is advertising a Recreation Ranger at Haldon Forest Park. Join a passionate team delivering outstanding visitor experiences while keeping the site safe, welcoming and well maintained.

Salary is £30,105 per annum, 37 hours per week (Sunday to Thursday). This fixed term appointment runs to 31 March 2029, with pension contributions and generous holiday entitlement. Applicants should be prepared for weekend and public holiday work.

Responsibilities

• Deliver an outstanding visitor experience at Haldon Forest Park; inspect facilities; supervise staff, contractors and volunteers; weekend/holiday work.

Job description

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Job Reference forestryengland/TP/2142/826

Number of Positions:

1

Contract Type:

Fixed Term Appointment

End date 31st March 2029

Working Hours:

37

Location:

Closing Date:

02/11/2026

Job Category:

Recreation

Region:

West

Business Unit:

West

Job Introduction

We are Forestry England.

We live and breathe forests.

Job title – Recreation Ranger

Salary- £30,105 per annum

Hours – 37 hours per week, Sunday to Thursday

Vacancy closes - Monday 2nd November 23:58

Join 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…

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, as well 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.

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 Veterans and Prison Leaver Recruitment initiative.

Within Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, it is essential that applicants should have the ability to provide conversation in accurate spoken English.

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] .