Ranger

Reference number: IRC177127

Location: Blakeney Point, Friary Farm, Holt, NR25 7NW

Salary: £27,612 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Summary

As a Ranger, you’re a champion of nature conservation and the great outdoors, and you’ll play a crucial role in ensuring Sheringham Park remains well managed - for wildlife and for people. You’ll help care for its nationally significant wild garden, historic parkland, and woodland, ensuring they thrive for future generations. You should be willing to work some weekends, bank holidays and evenings, and be on call.

Interview date: 26th June 2026

What it’s like to work here

You’ll be part of a passionate countryside team based at Sheringham Park, within the Norfolk Coast, Broads and Sheringham portfolio. The team is collaborative, supportive, and committed to high standards of conservation and visitor experience. Reporting to a Lead Ranger, you’ll work alongside other rangers, volunteers, and a gardener to care for one of Norfolk’s most iconic landscapes. This is a site with nationally significant rhododendron collections, diverse woodland, and stunning coastal views - an inspiring place to work.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll play an important role in helping us achieve our restore nature goals. Your work will focus particularly on habitat management and site presentation. This includes carrying out safety checks to ensure all areas are safe for visitors, as well as undertaking routine practical tasks such as planting, felling, and operating machinery including chainsaws, strimmers, lawnmowers, and tractors. You’ll also help maintain paths and viewpoints, and support the ongoing care and control of rhododendron.

Other responsibilities include wildlife recording, maintaining site infrastructure, and engaging with visitors to enhance their experience.

Who we’re looking for

We’d love to hear from you if you’re:

• practically experienced in conservation work, to protect and improve habitats and landscapes
• happy to talk to all kinds of people about the work you’re doing, and why it matters
• hard-working and willing to learn
• able to work safely, using risk assessments and following guidelines
• experienced in managing land, access and conservation, and working outdoors
• able to use machinery and equipment, with relevant certificates
• good knowledge of woodland management
• a driver with a full UK driving licence

Apply: IRC177127 - Ranger