Operative Ranger - Queens Park

City of London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A municipal organization is seeking an Operative Ranger to ensure the safety and cleanliness of parks while delivering excellent customer service. The role involves maintaining high standards for Green Flag Awards and engaging with community groups. Applicants must have a full clean driving license, experience in maintaining sports pitches, and good communication skills. Flexible working in a dynamic outdoor environment is essential. This is a permanent position based in Greater London with a competitive salary.

Benefits

24 days annual leave plus public holidays

Local Government Pension Scheme

Employee assistance programmes

Qualifications

• Experience working in a fast-paced open spaces environment.
• Flexible, calm under pressure, and proactive in working outdoors.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a safe and welcoming customer experience in open spaces.
• Maintain parks and sports pitches to high standards.
• Engage with visitors and support events.

Skills

Full clean driving licence

Experience of maintaining sports pitches

Understanding of Health & Safety

Good communication skills

Ability to work in a team

Tools

Machinery certification

Job description

Salary: £35,812 - £39,436
Contractual Hours: 37 hours per week
Basis: Permanent
Workplace category: Workplace based
Attachments: Job Information Pack

About Us

The City of London Corporation manages 11,000 acres (approximately 4,500 hectares) of land in and around London that is enjoyed by over 16 million visitors annually. Whilst there are small pockets of land within the Square Mile, the majority can be found elsewhere in London and the surrounding counties. The City Corporation acts as Trustee of 10 charities which, through their various objects, are responsible for the preservation in perpetuity of a large proportion of these award‑winning open spaces.

The role

The Operative Ranger is the frontline face of our open spaces and critical to ensuring a safe, welcoming customer experience to all users and maintaining the high standards required for the Green Flag Award and other nationally recognised standards. The Operative Ranger will play a dynamic role in supporting existing teams to keep the parks clean and safe, engaging with visitors and community groups, supporting events across the department and being able to maintain the quality of sports pitches.

The ideal Candidate

You will have a full clean driving licence. You will have experience of maintaining sports pitches. You have a good understanding of Health & Safety at work. You have the relevant certification to operate machinery. You will have demonstrable experience working in a fast‑paced open spaces environment. You have good communication skills, can follow company policies and procedures, and provide accurate updates to your line manager both written and verbal. You show initiative and work well in a team. You are flexible, calm under pressure and have a can‑do approach to working outdoors.

Benefits Include

• 24 days annual leave plus public holidays.
• Pension scheme is operated in accordance with Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Employee assistance programmes including mental well‑being support.

Closing date

12 noon on 9 January 2026

To apply online please click the Apply online button below.

Alternatively, please contact 020 7332 3978 (24 hr answerphone) quoting reference number OENV1010 if you experience any difficulties. A minicom service for the hearing impaired is available on 020 7332 3732.

If this role is advertised as a secondment, secondments are subject to the agreement of your department releasing you, therefore, you need to discuss this with your line manager prior to applying. The purpose of this will be to discuss what, if any, impact your secondment might have on the service and service delivery should your application be successful, and how this might be addressed.

Equal Opportunities

The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We reserve the right to close the advert earlier should we receive a high number of applications.

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