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Countryside Ranger

Salary:£29,093 - £32,115
Grade: E
Job reference: H25/10
Hours per week: 37
Location: Fleet in Hart District (NE Hampshire)
Type: Permanent 
Closing Date: noon, 30 May 2025

The job

Are you passionate about protecting and enhancing biodiversity, whilst engaging with others to deliver positive outcomes for people and wildlife?

If so, an excellent opportunity has arisen to work for Hart District Council’s multi-award-winning Countryside Department. You will be part of a friendly and professional team of rangers, who are passionate about working in our beautiful landscape, to maintain biodiverse, well managed and welcoming Countryside Sites. 

With a variety of areas, including SSSIs, Special Protection Areas and Country Parks, you will get the opportunity to work across several different habitat types across Hart district. The role will also support the Senior Ranger in delivering Council priorities, through increasing our profile, presence, and impact.

The applicant

You should be:

  • Enterprising, resourceful, enthusiastic, and self-motivated.
  • Friendly, outgoing personality and provide excellent standards of customer service to inspire those around you.
  • Practical (experienced in the use of a wide range of relevant machinery such as tractors, chainsaws and brush-cutters would be desirable).
  • Used to physically demanding requirements.

You should have:

  • At least three years’ experience in a similar role in land management.
  • Experience of conservation grazing regimes and working with livestock and graziers.
  • A passion for connecting people with the environment and willing to share your wildlife knowledge.
  • An understanding of management plans and a variety of relevant habitat management techniques.
  • Experience of writing work specifications.
  • Exceptional organisational planning and communication skills.
  • Competent IT skills.
  • A current UK driving licence.

A flexible approach to working is essential as weekend and evening hours are required.  

Hart is committed to supporting and developing all their staff and creating a culture that is inclusive, innovative, and enjoyable and they support their staff in maintaining a good work life balance.

Interviews are scheduled to be held on site at Hart District Council Offices or on MS Teams.  


For further information regarding the post, contact Leigh Wallace, Countryside Manager on countryside@hart.gov.uk. 

Countryside Ranger job description

Please apply by submitting a CV and covering letter (no more than two sides of A4 aligned to the person specification).

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Recently closed vacancies

Environmental Health Team Leader (Food and Safety)

Salary: £50,335 to £52,332 plus a £4,000 market supplement (subject to review).
Grade: K 
Job reference: HR25/08
Hours per week: 37 
Location: Fleet, Hampshire
Type: Permanent
Closing Date: noon, 21 April 2025
Interview date: TBC

Environmental Health Team Leader (Food and Safety)job description

Equal opportunities, employment policies and volunteering

Hart District Council is an equal opportunities employer. View the Employment Application privacy notice that will apply if you are taken forward to the interview stage. Read our corporate policies for more information about our working practices and policies. You can also find out more about working in local government and career opportunities for young people

We are committed to supporting and developing all our staff. We strive to create a culture that is inclusive, innovative, and enjoyable. We support our staff in maintaining a good work/life balance. 

We support Hart Voluntary Action which promotes and supports the development of volunteering. They have a range of volunteering opportunities available in the Hart District. For more information please visit the HVA website.