Nature and Communities Ranger

Overview

Are you passionate about nature, community action, and making a real difference in your city? We’re looking for an enthusiastic individual to work alongside residents, volunteers, and local businesses to care for Cambridge’s parks, open spaces, and places of interest. In this role, you’ll help enable communities to enhance biodiversity, make environmental improvements and run educational campaigns. You’ll be outdoors, hands-on, and at the heart of building stronger, greener communities.

If you’re a great communicator, organized, and love working with people and nature, this is your chance to help shape a sustainable future for Cambridge.

• Work alongside residents, volunteers, and local businesses to care for Cambridge’s parks, open spaces, and places of interest.
• Enable communities to enhance biodiversity, make environmental improvements and run educational campaigns.
• Be outdoors, hands-on, and contribute to building stronger, greener communities.

• Basic DBS check
• Full Driving licence

• A Basic DBS check
• Full Driving license

• A variety of learning and development opportunities via a range of sources and methods
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and Additional Voluntary Contribution (Shared AVC) Scheme
• Agile and Flexible working
• Annual leave purchasing scheme
• Annually negotiated pay and award progression
• Confidential advice and support via an Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Family friendly policies
• Flexible Bank Holidays
• Free swimming at CCC swimming pools
• Generous annual leave allowance 25 days per year, rising to 30 days after five years continuous service; plus 8 days public holidays (pro rata for part time)
• Gym Membership salary sacrifice scheme
• Home & Electronics salary sacrifice scheme
• Lifestyle Savings with discounts from UK retailers, restaurants, supermarkets, attractions and more
• Professional Membership Fees paid for, dependent on role
• Relocation Assistance may be payable in approved cases
• Staff reward and recognition framework, including annual staff awards ceremony
• Subsidy for public transport
• Your Care dynamic wellbeing platform

• Hours:
  
  Full-time role, 37 hours per week.
• Working Pattern:
  Mon-Fri, with occasional evenings and weekends required.
• Contract:
  
  Permanent
• Location:
  
  Working in Cambridge on site or at one of our offices. Work from home is very limited within this role.

To be considered for this role, click ‘Apply Online’ and submit an application. If you are an internal candidate you can apply by logging in to your Employee Self-Serve (ESS) and access the top right of the dashboard, under the person icon, and click on CCC Job Opportunities. Cambridge City Council is an Equal Opportunity employer and embraces diversity, creating an inclusive environment for all employees.