Moors Valley Assistant Ranger

**About The Role**:
We are looking for enthusiastic and highly motivated people to join the Ranger team at Moors Valley Country Park. Moors Valley is situated on the Dorset Hampshire border, in the south of England and boasts a wealth of adventurous play, waymarked walks and cycles, a ‘Go Ape’ high ropes course, narrow-gauge steam railway and an abundance of health and wellbeing opportunities.

You will get involved in all aspects of this busy Country Park, including events, environmental education, engagement sessions, practical works and generally supporting the wider Ranger team in the day to day running of the site. The role is designed to help ensure the efficient delivery of an effective and reputable customer journey.

Other main duties include being involved in visitor services and duty ranger activities, assisting with the various add-on activities the site offers, such as Ranger Den, Cycle Hire, Adventure Valley and the retail section of the Country Park.

**Further Information**:
This is a full time, fixed term position from June - October 2024.

This post will involve working 37hrs per week, spread over 5 days, to include varied weekends and evenings. You must be willing to wear a uniform and work during school holidays.

We are looking to interview week commencing 13th May.
- Find out more about what being a Ranger at Moors Valley involves in this video.**About Us**:
We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:

- provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
- have ambitious aspirations
- are excited about our future
- care about Dorset and all the people who live here
- know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success

You will:

- have access to a range of employee benefits
- be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
- have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.

We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.

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