Play Ranger

About Under the Trees

Under the Trees is now in its 15th year of providing positive experiences in the outdoors, delivering a wide range of outdoor learning and wellbeing experiences including topic-based wildlife and environmental education, Forest School and Forest Kindergarten, outdoor play sessions, guided wildlife walks, woodland wellbeing sessions, practical conservation sessions, accredited outdoor education training and more! Partner organisations include local schools, community groups and we delivery to families too.

For us no two days look the same. We deliver our services using outdoor locations across Falkirk, Stirling and Clacks (and occasionally further afield) and have also have a dedicated site near Falkirk. It is recommended that you visit our website and social media pages to gain an understanding of who we are!

We are seeking an enthusiastic Active Play Ranger to help deliver a pilot partnership project between Under the Trees and Inspiring Scotland seeking to increase opportunities for outdoor play in schools and community settings. This is an outdoor based role and requires moderate levels of physical effort. The role can involve lifting and handling of equipment and other resources and to be involved in practical activities in the outdoor environment.

The role requires being outdoors in a range of weather conditions, therefore you must be comfortable being out in our Scottish Weather. We are looking for someone that enjoys being outdoors with an interest in working with a range of different age groups, backgrounds and abilities and who will be an active participant in the delivery of structured and child-led play activities.

This is not a sports delivery or coaching role. More information on Active Play can be found here:  It would be wise to visit this site prior to interview! This is an office and site-based role and it is unlikely that home-working will be possible as you must be available to service users in a face‑to‑face capacity. It is envisaged that the 16 hours will be worked across a 2 day week but there are opportunities for flexibility with this role.

You will be based at our office in Grangemouth in Falkirk District. We have two units within Newhouse Business Park which has good public transport connections and is close to Falkirk’s Active Travel network including National Cycle Route 76. Bicycles (including UK legal pedelecs) may be brought into the building for secure storage while working. For candidates living in Clacks we will investigate alternative arrangements to reduce unnecessary mileage.