Ranger

Position: P/T Country Ranger
Part Time
- Countryside Ranger
- Lock Up

£31,484 Pro Rata

Permanent

17.5 hours a week Rota- 3 days on 4 days off - alternate

Bedfont Lakes

About Lampton Green space

Lampton Green space is responsible for all open spaces management, from parks to allotments, cemeteries to playgrounds within the London Borough of Hounslow.  Our highly trained operatives cover every aspect of open spaces management, providing expert advice and services to individual homeowners, landlords, housing associations, businesses, facility management companies and local authorities.

Why join Lampton Green space?

We offer annual pay reviews and incremental pay increases’
21 days holiday allowance, plus bank holidays
- Free  gym membership
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave and Pension Scheme 
Exclusive Discounts - save with Lampton Rewards and EE mobile offers
Staff wellbeing perks - online GP access, EAP, health testing, flu Jabs, and eye care vouchers
Sustainability Perks - cycle to work and electric car salary sacrifice scheme
Career Growth – CPD training, structured development, and leadership opportunities

About the Job

To assist the Countryside Team with the delivery of three programmes of work across a number of countryside sites within the borough, with a primary focus on park maintenance doing a late shift and locking up in line with Bedfont Lakes Country Park changing closing times across the seasons.

Lampton Services Green space are responsible for the management of all of Hounslow’s parks and open spaces, and the Countryside team specifically maintain the Borough’s local wildlife sites, nature reserves and sites of metropolitan importance. The maintenance team are tasked with maintaining these sites to a high standard, ensuring hedges are cut back; grass is cut; pathways are cleared of debris and litter, and that bins are emptied regularly to ensure the spaces are kept clean and tidy.

We have 3 key sites which are visited daily, and others which are visited weekly, and all sites are cut on a 3 weekly rotation during Spring and Summer to ensure they are kept accessible for all, whilst also conserving the Borough’s thriving wildlife and with a view to increase biodiversity. The late shift/lock up role then involves the systematic checking and locking up of Bedfont Lakes Country Park South Side, Bedfont Road and Clock house Lane, including the animal centre and yard.

Key Responsibilities:

You will work within a team of experienced and knowledgeable rangers to deliver a planned programme of maintenance and occasionally practical habitat management across a number of designated nature reserves and country parks.
You will primarily be tasked with maintenance of the sites, including but not limited to, grass edge cutting, hedge cutting, strimming, litter clearance and bin changes, maintaining infrastructure such as fence repairs, etc. removal of fly tips and tree clearances.
You will always try to put the customer first, interacting with members of public, our park users, in order to create positive relationships and enhance their visitor experience, and also patrolling the countryside sites to encourage responsible enjoyment of the nature reserves to comply with the park bye laws.
The Countryside team are responsible for the daily welfare checks of the grazing herd run with the Natural England Stewardship Scheme, and a practical knowledge of animal husbandry will be required to be kept up to date to comply with current legislation, and you will be required to assist with moving these livestock across the sites.
Occasionally you may assist with data collection for wildlife species, including bat, reptile, butterfly, moth, mammals and birds and delivering nature walks to educate the community and promote the conservation…