Countryside Estates Ranger

The Role

Operations and Greenspace are responsible for the delivery of a number of important front-line
functions relating to arboriculture, countryside, street cleansing, grounds maintenance, and
playground services.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated, and qualified individual to join our
Countryside Estates operational team. The position will be as a Countryside Estates Ranger to
work as part of a team to carry various greenspace management works across the borough, under
the supervision of the Countryside Estates Supervisor. The main duties will be countryside
management including hard and soft landscaping, grounds maintenance, woodland management, and
tree planting, driving relevant vehicles, traffic management and the operation and maintenance
of all associated equipment.

About You

You should hold relevant qualifications and have experience working in one or more of the
following: countryside management, hard and soft landscaping, forestry or woodland management,
estates or grounds maintenance and hold a full UK driving license. Trailer towing entitlement
would also be desirable. Experience of working with power tools such as strimmers, mowers and
chainsaws would also be desirable. The successful candidate must be able to work well as part
of a team and have good communication skills to interact with the general public.

Working hours would be a set 36 hours a week, Monday to Friday. As part of this role the
successful candidate would also be expected to participate, periodically, in the Council’s
24-hour emergency call out rota.

About Us

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling, and healthy
lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care
services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient
communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its
vision, purpose, and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset.
Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do;
and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves
on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and
Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that
we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their
happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm, and motivation to be the best they can be.

For further information please contact Tony Hill, Arboricultural and Countryside Estates
Officer, on 07971 285296.