Park Ranger

• Salary: £26,793to £28,532 per annum(including allowances)
• Status:
  Permanent
• Hours:
  
  37 hours per week

Do you have a passion for the outdoors and a talent for fixing things? Gravesham Borough Council is seeking a dedicated Park Ranger to help maintain our beautiful parks, open spaces, and play areas. You'll be the eyes and ears of our green spaces, ensuring they are safe, clean, and welcoming for everyone. This varied role combines hands-on maintenance
-from repairing play equipment to landscaping and horticultural work. If you're a skilled, proactive problem-solver who isn't afraid to get your hands dirty, we want to hear from you.

• Practical & Technical:
  Troubleshooting, welding and fabricating metal equipment, graffiti removal, playground safety surface repairs, and general maintenance
• Organisational:
  Ability to manage your own time, plan work, and estimate required materials for projects. Methodical and well-organised
• Interpersonal:
  Excellent communication and customer service skills. Ability to deal with difficult situations and enforce park bye-laws diplomatically
• Administrative:
  
  Competent in completing written records, detailed inspection reports, and risk assessments.

• A full and clean UK driving licence
• Numerate and literate
• RPII Qualification for operational inspections of children's playgrounds
• Recognised Health and Safety Qualification
• Weed spraying qualifications (PA1 and PA6)

• Proven experience in park maintenance, including knowledge of the relevant materials, methods, and tools
• Significant experience dealing with the public in a professional capacity

• Personal Qualities:
  Proactive, uses initiative, a good team player, committed to excellent customer service and equal opportunities
• Must be willing to work outdoors in all weather conditions
• Must be willing to work weekends
• Willingness to update skills and attend further training courses

• Previous experience working for a Local Authority
• Specific experience in graffiti removal
• Specific experience in fabricating and welding

We are committed to delivering to the community and working with us means you are part of delivering the level of growth and improvement our community needs and deserves. A range of services have been provided to over 106,000 people and 4,000 businesses.

The Borough of Gravesham, situated in the north west corner of Kent, covers 25,000 acres of the most varied countryside in south east England. Bordered by the River Thames to the north, it is at the heart of Thames Gateway and has a significant role to play in the regeneration of a major government growth area.

• Use of a company van for business use only which can be taken home
  -more information supplied at interview
• Additional OOH calloutpayment on top of salary
  -more information supplied at interview
• Membership to Local Government Pension Scheme - Local Government Pension Scheme
• Career development, training opportunities and access to e-learning
• Access to eye care vouchers and VDU Glasses
• External Occupational Health service
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Access to EAP Services 24/7
• Free parking

Applicants must be able to demonstrate all essential requirements as listed in the job description.

Please be advised that if you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time prior to the closing date.

If you would like to have an informal discussion with the recruiting manager call James Young on

All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment will usually be sent out via email, if you require documentationin different format such as braille or large print, please contact the Human Resources Team on