Countryside Ranger

Job Description

• To assist with the delivery of a Countryside Ranger Service.
• To assist in educating and promoting an awareness and understanding of the countryside,
  climate change and biodiversity.
• To assist in tackling climate change and improving local biodiversity and sustainability.
• To assist in ensuring a welcome for visitors to the countryside.
• To assist in mediating between public use and other rural land uses.
• To assist in caring for and enhancing the natural heritage.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• To promote an awareness, understanding and appreciation
  of the natural heritage, climate change and biodiversity by delivering environmental education
  programmes to schools and community groups. 
• To support local biodiversity and sustainability
  initiatives by participating in working groups and implementing plans. 
• Contribute to the
  creation of a Forest Schools cluster group. 
• To promote the Scottish Outdoor Access Code to
  schools, users and land managers. 
• To undertake a programme of site and access route patrols. 
• To liaise with partners to ensure that sites and access routes are safe and well maintained. 
• To investigate access disputes and to mediate where appropriate. 
• To manage access
  improvement projects. 
• To contribute to the delivery of information and interpretation
  strategies at strategic countryside sites. 
• To assist in an audit of countryside access
  routes. 
• To undertake surveys of visitors at strategic locations. 
• To assist with the
  promotion and enforcement of Management Rules at Gartmorn Dam Country Park. 
• To supervise
  volunteers. 
• Contribute to the Biodiversity Partnership and respond to enquiries relating to
  biodiversity issues. 
• Any other duties considered appropriate to the post.

Additional Information

You can view the application pack via the ‘More information’ link below which contains the job profile outlining the skills,
experience and knowledge required for this job. You can also find our recruitment privacy
notice and a general information pack about Clackmannanshire Council.

Clackmannanshire Council welcomes applications from everyone and we value diversity in our
workforce. We are committed to being an exemplar employer with an inclusive culture, developing
a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. For this
vacancy, we would welcome applications from ethnic minority groups, who are currently under
represented in our workforce.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and / or Protected Adults under the
Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. You will be required to join the PVG
Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer of employment being made by
Clackmannanshire Council. Further guidance will follow in your conditional offer of employment
on how to apply. Please note you will be required to pay for the cost of this application if
your salary is over £38,000 per annum, which will be deducted from your first pay. Further
information can be found here https://www.mygov.scot/apply-for-pvg