Assistant Park Ranger Join the Tatton Ranger team as an Assistant Park Ranger at Tatton Park. Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities. At Cheshire East Council we are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities. If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you. As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together. Brighter Future www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/employee-benefits.aspx Tatton Park is a 2000 acre country park in Knutsford Cheshire and the home to a 600 strong heard of deer. As an assistant park ranger you will need to have the knowledge and experience in a similar role, be passionate about wildlife, have experience of visitor management and livestock management. Duties Include; 1. Undertake all aspects of visitor management in order to deliver consistent and effective visitor services 2. Undertake all aspects of stock management in order to ensure the health and good condition of Tatton’s livestock 3. Provide support and assistance with the implementation and delivery of educational/interpretive programmes and events in order to maximise the quality of experience for visitors and parties. 4. Implement programmes of events and activities, both informal and structured, to encourage participation in countryside recreation and leisure activities 5. Carry out work programmes and land management operations to ensure that all aspects of the estate and its’ premises are managed to the highest standards of presentation and maintenance, including toilets, visitor areas, car parks, stable yard, roads, paths, footways, etc. 6. Implement management policies, operational procedures and regulations to ensure the security of the estate and the health and safety of visitors, staff and livestock 7. Maintain and store vehicles, repair machinery, equipment and materials to ensure that they are operated, utilised and maintained to high standards of safety and efficiency 8. Assist with Duty Ranger functions when required including cash transport, security of the estate and response to incidents, in order to ensure the highest standards of delivery of Tatton’s Visitor Services November 24 OFFICIAL 9. Maintain records and submit reports where required in order to provide effective communication of information to colleagues and management The job holder may be required at any time to undertake any work up to and/or at a level consistent with existing responsibilities. These tasks may be at any location in Cheshire East, to ensure the effective deployment of labour, materials, transport and equipment to meet daily service requirements. For further details about the role please contact nicola.grogancheshireeast.gov.uk Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date then it is likely that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion, however please do not be discouraged from applying again. For any technical enquiries please email sourcingteamecwip.co.uk Please quote job reference number in all correspondence.