Part Time - Countryside Ranger - Lock Up in Feltham

£30,479 Pro Rata Permanent Full-time, 17.5 hours a week Rota - 3 days on 4 days off - alternate Bedfont Lakes

About Lampton Greenspace

Lampton Greenspace 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 Greenspace?

• Annual pay reviews and incremental pay increases
• 21 days holiday allowance, plus bank holidays
• Free GOLD 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 Greenspace 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.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Primarily 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, removal of fly tips and tree clearances.
• Interact with members of the public to create positive relationships and enhance their visitor experience.
• Patrol the countryside sites to encourage responsible enjoyment of the nature reserves to comply with the park bye laws.
• Responsible for the daily welfare checks of the grazing herd run with the Natural England Stewardship Scheme.
• Assist with data collection for wildlife species and delivering nature walks to educate the community and promote the conservation programme across the borough.
• Assist with the treatment and removal of invasive species.
• Assist with the delivery of the volunteer programme, leading practical conservation tasks.
• Assist with the Winter Works Programme (WWP) to deliver major clearance and tree felling in line with the management plans for each site.
• Have passion and knowledge relating to the wildlife within the sites.
• Collaborate with the wider Lampton business.

You must have a good understanding of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and comply with all legislation relating to this. You may assist with the Environmental Education Programme when needed, especially with seasonal events.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Full UK Driving license
• Minimum of 5 GCSEs at grade 4 (grade C) or above - or equivalent qualification - including Maths and English.
• An interest in the maintenance of parks and open spaces.
• An interest and passion in wildlife and conservation.
• Good communication skills – both written and oral.
• Able to work on own initiative and take responsibility.
• Reliable, dependable, personable with great interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work positively as part of a team.
• Have an energised attitude to work.
• Ability to work shifts - Weekend and evening work required.
• Comfortable using petrol machinery.

Diversity, equity and inclusion are at the heart of what we value as an organisation. Lampton Group is an equal opportunities employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other status protected by law.