Assistant Ranger

Full time, permanent

Bradgate Park offers 830 acres of publicly accessible countryside close to Leicester with another 146 acres at Swithland Wood. Most of the park is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and offers a wild and rugged landscape with dramatic rocky outcrops and ancient trees. The landscape is home to herds of red and fallow deer, some of the oldest in-situ fossils in the UK, the ruins of one of the most important country houses of Tudor England and many species of locally scarce wildlife.

With around 750,000 visitors a year, Bradgate Park and Swithland Woods is very much about people and wildlife. If you are looking for a hands-on role helping to maintain an amazing landscape whilst also delivering walks, talks and activities for people, look no further

This role is part of a Ranger team who work alongside the Wardens, volunteers and other teams to maintain and improve the park and manage the visitor pressures on it. With 1,200 acres of incredible green space, a Visitor Centre and amazing ruins and monuments, we are looking for a motivated, skilled individual to join the team. Ideally you will have some or all of the following skills: experience of similar Ranger roles / estate work (including fencing, dry stone walling, woodland management such as coppicing, thinning, ride management and pest control); working with volunteers; chainsaw, power tools, tractor driving and first aid and other certificates. As an Assistant Ranger, enthusiasm and a willingness to learn is key

For enquiries, please call our Estate Office on

To apply, please download the Job Description and Person Specification from our website

Your application should outline clearly and will be assessed against how you meet the items in the Person Specification. CVs submitted on their own without a completed application form will not be assessed.

Closing date: midnight on Sunday 12th May 2024.