Ranger

Job reference number: RAF0005025

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a Ranger to join our highly skilled team based in Charnwood. Your daily activities will give you the opportunity to work on a variety of multi award-winning Green Spaces. These include five accredited Local nature reserves, two awarded Green Flags (one holding the community award for creating & managing wildlife areas) and a number of sites of ecological/geological importance, specifically sites of special scientific interest (SSSI’s).

Who are we?

idverde is Europe’s leading provider of grounds maintenance services and landscape creation projects, with an annual turnover of €700m and over 7,000 colleagues operating throughout the UK, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. We offer a holistic range of services to support the creation, maintenance and management of landscapes throughout the UK, working with both public and private sector clients to deliver bespoke solutions for each project’s unique challenges.

As the UK’s top grounds maintenance and landscaping provider, idverde UK offers a broad range of services. From professional open space management to landscape design and build, grounds maintenance, tree surgery, civil engineering, outdoor facilities management, biodiversity management, waterways management and much more.

Key responsibilities

• Follow management plans and deliver and organise work with conservation volunteer groups
• Accept responsibility and work collaboratively to achieve results by leading environmental tasks
• Communicate effectively, keep managers informed, and listen and ask questions to ensure understanding
• Ensure that works carried out complies and focuses on the idverde Health & Safety and Environmental Policy
• Work areas to be assessed with integrity to ensure potential hazards are removed or adequate control measures are in place to implement a safer working environment
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to be worn responsibly for each task being undertaken
• Work to risk assessments and COSHH assessments
• Effectively manage the key financial aspects of the role including avoiding wastage to control costs, utilising most efficient practises, taking responsibility for security and increasing productivity through innovation
• Experience of habitat management would be advantageous although full training would be provided
• Relevant habitat management qualification
• PA1 / PA6 spraying would be advantageous but training can be provided

What’s in it for you?

• Full training and development to help you grow your career
• A competitive salary
• Generous holiday plus statutory days
• Pension scheme
• A range of flexible benefits including retail discounts etc.
• Plus, much more

Please apply with an up-to-date CV making sure to quote the job reference number

Job reference number: RAF0005025

Benefits

• Competitive pay to match your skills and experience
• Contributory pension scheme
• Generous holiday allowance
• Access to our idverde benefits hub
• Cycle to work scheme
• Plus much more