Urban Park Ranger

Hull City Council; Darnick; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

A competitive salary

LGPS pension

23 days annual leave + eight publichol

Career development and training

Supportive and forward-thinkingculture

Great career development opportunities

Job summary

Hull City Council is seeking a full-time Park Ranger to manage and safeguard city parks, open spaces and facilities. The role involves supervising park users, maintaining safe and welcoming environments, and coordinating with teams across multiple sites within the city.

The post requires a full driving licence and a proactive, customer-focused approach to ensure high standards of park maintenance and community health and wellbeing.

Responsibilities

• Promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and/or vulnerable adults.
• Oversee the running of park sites, green spaces and facilities to prevent accidents.
• Control and influence park user behaviour to maintain a friendly, welcoming atmosphere.
• Ensure site safety and equipment compliance with legislation through standard operating procedures.
• Respond to incidents and accidents; provide first aid and liaise with emergency services.
• Maintain accurate records of accidents or incidents for investigation.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness and maintenance; complete check sheets.
• Carry out grounds maintenance tasks to a high standard as required.
• Produce, deliver and review management plans/work programmes for sites across the portfolio.
• Check permits and sell tickets for park operations (e.g., fishing) in line with policies.
• Ensure sites are clean and welcoming and manage litter picking and graffiti removal.
• Supervise placements and volunteers; deliver training as needed.
• Promote the park service through events and educational activities.
• Monitor contractors to ensure high standards and value for money.
• Carry out mobile ranger duties, including driving and fleet checks.

Job description

Number of Vacancies:

1

Time Type:

Full time

Worker Type:

Regular

Proposed Interview Date:

Sunday, November 15, 2026

Hours of Work:

37

Hiring Manager:

Stuart Carmichael

Contact Number:

07843 401046

Job Description Summary:

This is a full time, permanent position.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Stuart Carmichael on 07843 401 046 or [e-mail]

A front facing role that will encounter a range of customers and user groups that are accessing the parks, play parks, sports pitches, paddling pools and water play facilities along with open spaces within the city boundaries.

This position will predominately be based in the West of the city and will require the post holder to work across a range of static sites and undertaking site inspections of a number of satellite parks and play areas.

A Full driving licence is an essential requirement of this post.

Applicants need to be approachable, be able to communicate at all levels and have a full appreciation of the importance of the green space and parks facilities to the residents of Hull and how it can impact on the health and wellbeing of users.

ROLE AND PURPOSE

Working in a team to provide a safe, clean and well managed park environment through the effective supervision of all customers using parks recreation grounds, sports pitches, play areas and associated facilities. To provide a high standard of park maintenance, customer care and good quality so that customers may enjoy their experience in the park.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

1. To promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and/or vulnerable adults.
2. To effectively oversee the running of the parks, other green spaces and associated facilities in accordance with the standard operating procedures to prevent accidents and difficult situations arising.
3. To control and influence the behaviour of park users to create right atmosphere (friendly and welcoming) and maintain good customer relations at all times.
4. To provide a level of security at each site to ensure that all buildings, equipment and facilities are safe and meet the required standard, conforming to all relevant legislation.
5. To respond to incidents and accidents as required. To give first aid when required and liaise with emergency services.
6. To provide accurate and factual records of any accident or incident for further investigation.
7. To provide and maintain high standards of cleanliness and maintenance in all areas of the facility and complete check sheets as required.
8. To carryout grounds maintenance tasks as and when required to a high standard.
9. To produce, deliver and review management plans/ work programmes for sites across the portfolio including Nature Reserves and listed Victorian Parks.
10. To check permits and sell tickets for park operations such as fishing in accordance with the company’s policies and procedures, ensuring that all income is collected.
11. To ensure that sites are clean and welcoming for our customers and to ensure that routine tasks such as litter picking and graffiti removal are carried out to a high standard.
12. To supervise placements and volunteers as required. This will include an element of training delivery as needed.
13. To promote the park service by delivering/ assisting with a range of events and educational activities throughout the city.
14. To monitor and feedback on work carried out by contractors working in parks to ensure that high standards are met and the company receives value for money.
15. To carryout the duties of a mobile ranger as required. Including driving, completing daily checks and undertaking the fleet driver assessment.
16. To work as part of a team to ensure that all activity with in parks (i.e. adapted bike scheme, fishing, sports pitch provision and bowls) is consistently delivered to a high standard.
17. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and associated legislation places responsibilities for health and safety on Hull City Council, as your employer and you as an employee of the council. In addition to the Councils overall duties, the post holder has personal responsibility for their own health, safety and wellbeing and that of other employees; additional and more specific responsibilities are identified in the Council’s Corporate H&S policy.

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Compensation Grades:

GRADES 5.

Pay Ranges:

£27,709.00 - £30,023.00

Job Classifications:

1- Basic - (Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)), 3- Not Politically Restricted - Designated As Not Politically Sensitive (Politically Restricted Posts), Casual - (Travel Allowance Policy), No - (Childcare Disqualification Requirement), No - (Statutory Post)

Benefits of Working of Hull City Council:

• A competitive salary
• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Initially 23 days annual leave depending on length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year, and three additional days off, one in May/August and one during the Christmas/New year period
• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods
• Supportive and forward-thinking culture
• Great career development opportunities

Please ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight prior to the closing date. Please ensure that your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria against the person specification as listed in the job description.

We are committed to increasing the diversity, equality, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required.

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

Online searches, including social media, may be carried out as part of the recruitment process.