Estates Ranger

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Grade E. SCP 11 £25,979 to SCP 16 £28,282

Hours: 36 Hours per Week

Base Location: Pole Bank Depot, Stockport Road, Hyde, SK145EZ

Closing Date: Monday 1st April 2024

Assessment Date: To be arranged

Operations and Greenspace are responsible for the delivery of a number of important front line functions relating to arboriculture, countryside, street cleansing, grounds maintenance, and playground services.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and qualified individual to join our Countryside Estates operational team. The position will be as a Countryside Estates Ranger to work as part of a team to carry various greenspace management works across the borough, under the supervision of the Countryside Estates Supervisor. The main duties will be countryside management including hard and soft landscaping, grounds maintenance, woodland management and tree planting, driving relevant vehicles, traffic management and the operation and maintenance of all associated equipment.

You should hold relevant qualifications and have experience working in one or more of the following: countryside management, hard and soft landscaping, forestry or woodland management, estates or grounds maintenance and hold a full UK driving license. Trailer towing entitlement would also be desirable. Experience of working with power tools such as strimmers, mowers and chainsaws would also be desirable. The successful candidate must be able to work well as part of a team and have good communication skills to interact with the general public.

Working hours would be a set 36 hours a week, Monday to Friday. As part of this role the successful candidate would also be expected to participate, periodically, in the Council’s 24 hour emergency call out rota.

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

For further information please contact Tony Hill, Arboricultural and Countryside Estates Officer, on 07971 285296.

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