Annualised Assistant Ranger Wirral, England
Job description
- Employer: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
- Salary: £21,189 to £21,575
- Location: Wirral
- Contract: Permanent
- Working Pattern: Evenings/Flexible Hours/Full Time
- Hours: 36 hours per week.
- DBS Check: No
- Closing Date: 10/09/2023 at 23:59
- Reference: NS/23/252405
There has never been a more exciting time to join Wirral Council. We’ve got ambitious targets to meet and to achieve everything we have promised to our residents, we need people who are ready to deliver the very best for our communities and show how they can #BeTheDifference. Our vision is to secure the best possible future for our residents, defined by the community prosperity we create and supported by our excellent people and services. If you strive to #BeTheDifference and want to be at the heart of our change and improvement journey, then this could be the perfect job for you!
We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to join our team of Rangers based at Wirral Country Park and who manage Wirral Country Park, Heswall Dales and the Hilbre Islands as well as the beaches at Thurstaston and Caldy.
The postholder will take the lead in our Wirral Country Park schools and events programme, taking bookings and leading group visits, but will also assist in delivering an excellent service at Heswall Dales and the Hilbre Islands, undertaking maintenance tasks, supervising contractors and working alongside volunteers including friends of parks groups, Wirral Way residents work parties and Duke of Edinburgh and Work Experience students.
The successful candidate will be proficient in using Microsoft Outlook, taking and sending emails and use of the Outlook Calendar to record school and event bookings. The postholder will be provided with a workstation in the Wirral Country Park Visitor Centre Rangers Office and will be responsible for daily (Monday to Friday) building checks as well as liaising with Café Staff, contracted cleaning staff and visitors. The post holder will maintain a database of visiting schools and liaise with the Wirral Parks and Countryside Events and Lettings Officer to ensure correct invoicing and income generation.
A current driving licence is essential to drive fleet vehicles between sites and to operate ride-on machinery. The postholder will be required to wear a uniform and be responsible for a Council issued laptop and smartphone and to follow all Health and Safety requirements of the post including training and adhering to the Council's policies.
If you are interested in this post that will include Bank Holiday working as part of the Monday to Friday rota, as well as occasional weekend work. Please contact Jo Hanik - [email protected] for an initial chat and more information.
Working at Wirral
You’ll also want to know what it’s like to work here so, as a start:
Our values are more than just pieces of paper on our walls! We’ve all played a role in developing these, so they reflect the immense pride we have in what we do, what matters to us, what inspires us and inform how we think, approach things and behave.
We believe in ensuring staff are well looked after, staff wellbeing is a priority for us. We’re serious about recognising and rewarding people for the great things they do. You’ll benefit from our track record of developing, growing and investing in our people.
We have a range of staff benefits including staff discounts, an excellent pension scheme which includes a generous employer contribution rate, immediate life cover and ill-health protection. We have a strong flexible working approach, hybrid working, family-friendly employment initiatives and an annual leave package starting with 28 days leave plus public holidays.
We have an inclusive, engaged culture, everyone has a voice, everyone is valued for their contribution and understands the role they play in delivering our strategic priorities.
Each voice is heard, each contribution valued. We embrace diversity in our workforce and recognise it is critical to our success. We support an inclusive culture that champions differences and nurtures a sense of belonging. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds, who share our values and our commitment to inclusion to apply for roles with us.
We want you to be your best at work, we create the conditions to help you thrive and we mirror this in our recruitment process. If you’d like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process to make it barrier-free and as accessible as possible please contact [email protected]
Please note that in accordance with the Council’s policy, employees who are in a formal redeployment situation will be considered in the first instance for all vacancies.
It is Council policy not to re-appoint any employee who has left under the terms of the Council's Early Voluntary Retirement (EVR) scheme or who have left with a voluntary severance (VS) package, unless in exceptional circumstances.
Applications will be accepted until midnight on the closing date.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications.
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All applicants invited to interview must evidence their right to work in the UK.
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