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. Working in partnership with Forestry England, the site is managed by a team of Rangers. They are responsible for the management of the Country Park area including; play areas, lakes, rivers, meadows and woodland extending north up to and including Potterne Wood. They also provide environmental education sessions for school groups, operate a fleet of hire bikes, manage an 18-hole miniature golf course and electric land rover experience for children, organise and run an events programme, run a gift shop and provide visitor services in the Visitor Centre. You will be responsible for the management and delivery of a well-established and successful Cycle Hire centre within a busy tourist attraction. The role will include the effective management of budgets, both revenue and expenditure, supervising and training casual cycle hire employees, managing the cycle hire centre and maintaining a fleet of 100 bikes and attachments. Other main duties include being involved in visitor services and duty ranger tasks, assisting with the various add-on activities the site offers, such as Ranger Den, Adventure Valley and the retail section and contributing to the effective delivery of a busy and reputable tourist attraction. The ideal candidate will have; experience of working in a busy customer facing environment, excellent communication skills, experience in supervising and developing staff and a background in the daily operation of a busy site. Experience in maintaining and operating cycles will be ideal, although training can be provided. Further Information This post will involve working 37 hours 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. This post involves working with children and/or vulnerable adults and/or having access to significant information about them. It will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check. See our policy on the employment of ex-offenders. For an informal confidential discussion about this role, please contact Jonathan Smith 01425 470721. Interviews are planned for the week commencing 31.03.25 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 challenging ourselves to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation. We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. We have a commitment to equality and welcome applications from everyone. 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 are keen to make our interviews accessible. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments. 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. Find out more about how to apply .