Recreation Ranger

Job summary

The Recreation Ranger will be responsible for supervising day-to-day operational delivery and visitor experience, overseeing health and safety, and developing community involvement and recreation opportunities. Engage with communities to develop stakeholder and community relationships, including development of volunteering opportunities, and fielding public enquiries.

Job description

Facilities and Site Supervision:

• Act as the face of Forestry England by providing visible presence through supervising day-to-day site activities to ensure a positive visitor experience.
• Ensure the maintenance and safety of Forestry England sites by carrying out regular site inspections, including car parks, cycle routes, and recreational facilities including emptying bins and litter collection.
• Support Forestry England staff with the implementation and planning of harvesting and conservation operations.
• Deliver appropriate messages about responsible visitor behaviour and professionally manage and resolve potential conflicts.
• Develop community involvement and recreation opportunities.
• Support beat programmes including project delivery, in line with internal guidance and district plans.

Health & Safety:

• Coordinate the implementation of emergency procedures across the site, provide first aid assistance and support to emergency services.
• Complete accident and incident reports and adhere to health and safety guidelines.
• Identify and challenge unsafe practices in a professional manner.
  

Stakeholder management

• Build and maintain good working relationships with external partners, tenants, and concession operators.
• Assist with the coordination of patrols during weekends and school holidays to reduce visitor impact and arson risk.
• Represent Forestry England on site and at stakeholder meetings and events, as and when required.

And any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager.

Person specification

Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential Professional and Technical experience

• Experience of working in a public facing role.
• Practical manual skills and a willingness to work in an outdoor environment.
• Practical experience of planning and delivering public engagement activities.
• Good understanding of Health & Safety best practices.
• Excellent team working skills and the ability to work with dispersed team members.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Competent user of IT particularly in the use of Microsoft applications.

Desirable Professional and Technical experience

• Experience working with various social media platforms.
• Experience of project and contract management.
• Experience in working with volunteers.
  

Qualifications
Essential

• Qualification to Higher National Diploma or equivalent level in Countryside Management or relevant Tourism/ Leisure discipline. Alternatively, significant work experience in these areas.
• Full driving licence

Desirable

• 1st aid qualification

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £30,105, Forestry Commission contributes £8,721 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Strengths.

We cannot accept applications via email. Please follow the steps outlined below. Any CVs and/or personal statements sent outside the system will not be considered for shortlisting.

You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form.

The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –

• Changing & Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating & Influencing
• Working Together

You may also be assessed on Experience, Strength based questions, and/or the Technical Success Profile at the interview. The technical element could include a presentation, practical or written task.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo an enhanced (or equivalent) criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk
• Email : fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk
• Telephone : fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk

Further information

Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment on the basis of fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles.If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact FCE by email: englandhr.services@forestryengland.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.

Attachments

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