Seasonal Rangers

**Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils - Stowmarket Depot, Suffolk IP14 5AT**:

- **£25,545 per annum (pro rata)**:

- **2 x Full Time Posts - 37 hours per week**:

- **1 x Part Time Post - 18.5 hours per week**:

- **Working pattern will include weekends and bank holidays**:

- **Fixed Term Contract or Secondment opportunity until end of October 2024**

**Full time, part time and job share opportunities will be considered.**

**What we are looking for**

We are looking for **Seasonal Rangers** to join our **Public Realm Team** for a fixed term period over the summer season**.** To be successful, you will share our **values**, commitment, and motivation to make a difference for our residents, clients, and communities.

**About the Public Realm Team**

The Public Realm Team are responsible for the day to day management of the District Councils’ countryside sites and open spaces. These include informal recreational sites, local nature reserves, parks and smaller picnic areas.

In addition, the Team is responsible for Council owned play areas, management of the Councils’ tree stock, routine grounds maintenance on roadside verges and open spaces within Council housing areas as well as keeping the Districts clean through litter collection, mechanical sweeping and removing fly tips.

**About the role**

In this role, you will play a key part in keeping sites throughout the joint district clean, tidy and welcoming for residents and visitors. This will include a number of site specific nature improvement and vegetation management tasks.

You will Supervise the public’s use of all countryside sites including welcoming visitors and advising them on site rules. You will patrol sites on foot, driving between the sites as and when required.

The full time roles are for 37 hours per week spread over 5 working days and will include weekend and bank holiday working.

The part time role is for 18.5 hours per week and will be worked over 2.5 working days (pattern to be agreed) including weekend and bank holiday working.

**About you**

You will be confident in your ability to communicate well with members of the public, colleagues and supervisory staff as well as understanding and practicing good customer care.

You will enjoy working outside either individually or as part of a team. You will be proud of the work you do and keen to provide a service to residents and visitors alike.

You will need to demonstrate:

- a pro-active approach and a flexible attitude
- awareness of Health and Safety at Work Act, practice and responsibility
- ability to maintain accurate work records

You will need to hold a full driving licence.

**About us**

Working together across our Councils and with our partners in the public, private and voluntary sectors, we provide excellent services to our 190,000 residents across Babergh and Mid Suffolk.

We are proud of the role we play in creating the environment, economy, and communities for our districts. We believe that the heart of Suffolk is an incredibly special place to live and work. With picturesque market towns, 60 conservation areas and with two National Landscapes within our districts, it is little wonder that we are consistently within the top 50 places to live in the UK.

**Benefits**
- Great opportunities for learning and development.
- Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 26 days a year, increasing to 31 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays).
- Competitive Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Wellbeing Support Program.
- Employee Assist Program.
- Health Care Options.

For more information, please **visit our Employee Benefits page (suffolkjobsdirect,org)**.

**Our ways of working**

Work is what we do, not where we go We are committed to working in a more Hybrid way, with a mix of office, home, and remote based working (Business needs permitting). This has worked well for us and is something we will be continuing with.

We are committed to supporting equality and diversity, Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils provide opportunity and ambition for all, supporting and enabling our people to deliver the best possible service for our residents.

**For more information**

If you wish to discuss the hybrid working approach for this role, or for an informal discussion, **please contact Mark Sword, Operations Officer on 07500 799534.
**Closing date: 5pm, 08 May 2024**

**How to apply**

Applications can be made by uploading a CV and a supporting statement.

We will also accept CV’s and supporting statements by post. These should be sent for the attention of Mark Sword, Operations Officer to the following address:
Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils

Creeting Road Depot,

Creeting Road,

Stowmarket

Suffolk

IP14 5AT

**Please mark the envelope private and confidential.**

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DB