Education Ranger

Education Ranger

Permanent, Part Time

£25,081 to £28,478 per annum

Location: Countywide

Working Style: Operational field-based worker

Closing Date: 10th April 2026

Please note this is a part time position, exact days and hours to be discussed and confirmed at interview. The salary will be pro rata based on the agreed working hours. This position will require you to work at some or all of the following locations: Danbury Country Park; Great Notley Country Park; Thorndon Country Park; and Weald Country Park.

The Role

Our Education Rangers provide high-quality outdoor learning experiences in inspirational spaces, helping children to unlock their learning potential and bring out the best in them. The sessions we deliver are fun, active and cover a wide curriculum scope, as well as promoting children’s personal and social development.

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Climate, Environment and Customer Services

The Opportunity

Essex is a diverse county with some of the highest levels of deprivation in the country through to highly affluent communities, which gives us a wide variance in life expectancy and quality.  Culture and Green Spaces will deliver exceptional customer experiences, demonstrating the benefit of Essex’s strategic location, with the objective of developing a financially sustainable operation. 

This role is focused on supporting the Country Parks Education programme, in promoting environmental awareness and outdoor learning through formal and informal education, encouraging greater awareness to support lifelong learning.  It requires delivery of activities to school groups visiting the parks and on occasion at school premises.  Encouraging greater participation and involvement in ECC’s green spaces, supporting other types of visits for children and adults alongside celebrations and Country Park Events. 

Accountabilities

• Contributes to education programmes by delivering a range of topics and activities to school groups that meet national curriculum requirements and ensures a greater connection to nature.
• Responsible for ensuring preparation of each site for each visit to ensure all statutory health and safety and regulatory requirements are met and adequate resources available to support events.
• Create and maintain an engaging, fun and supportive environment, demonstrating flexibility in planning and running sessions in response to changing needs of children.
• Pro-active in seeking to continually improve the services offered and maximise the opportunity for promoting further school days and events within ECC Country Parks.

• Responsible for activity planning and contribute to the design to ensure improvement of Outdoor Learning across the service.
• Support Country Parks by assisting in delivering events and activities at weekends and school holidays, throughout the parks to maximise usage.
• Responsible for ensuring adherence to health and safety requirements at all times for the safety of visitors.
• Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework. 

The Experience You Will Bring

• Educated to RQF level 3 (A level) or equivalent by experience.  A teaching or Youth Organisation related qualification is desirable.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area. 
• Experience of environmental issues and the impact for councils to maximise opportunities for growth in interest in this area i.e. events and learning and potential for growth
• Experience of statutory requirements to ensure creating a safe environment for visitors to the Parks and underpinned by ecological principles
• Experience of working or teaching outside as relevant to the workshops
• Experience of designing activities/programmes.

Why Essex?

As one of the largest and most dynamic UK local authorities, Essex offers a stimulating public service environment. Covering over 1,420 square miles and serving 1.8 million residents, we’re committed to transformational change and delivering better quality at lower cost. Recognised in the top three of the latest IMPOWER index for productivity, we ensure everyone matters in Everyone's Essex. With flexible working options and a focus on innovation, whether you are looking to develop your career or contribute to the local community, Essex is the ideal place for you.

In February 2025, Greater Essex was accepted onto the Government’s devolution priority programme, which will see local authorities in Essex work towards establishing a Mayoral Combined County Authority by May 2026. You can read more about devolution and local government reorganisation (LGR) on our careers site.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process. We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

Once you’ve secured your role within Essex County Council you will receive many great employee benefits, including support for unpaid carers and flexible working arrangements to accommodate their needs.

At Essex County Council, we value integrity and ethical behaviour. We kindly ask that you embrace our code of conduct and the Nolan principles, including throughout the recruitment process. Your commitment to these standards helps us maintain a positive and respectful workplace for everyone.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service.  The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate.  This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained.  For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

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