Salary: £33,705 - £37,479

Contractual Hours: 37 hours per week

Hours of Work/Work Pattern: Over 7 days, 8am – 4.30pm with 30 min unpaid lunch, but includes rota of lates and weekends.

Basis: Full -Time, Permanent

Workplace category: Workplace based

Workplace role categories describe our approach to workplace attendance.

Attachments: Job Description and Person Specification

Summary of Terms and Conditions of Employment

Are you interested in working with the local community to protect and conserve beautiful and historic landscape on the fringe of Surrey and Kent?

As the Site Ranger on Coulsdon Common you will looking after ancient woodland, neutral, acid and chalk grasslands, wood pasture and ponds. Situated in an increasingly urbanised landscape, you will be working to carefully manage this fragile patch of countryside with the support of local communities. You will be responsible for supervising contractors and volunteers delivering projects to conserve the important features, maintain facilities and provide a public open space service

You will also be part of the ranger team collectively responsible for the West Wickham & Coulsdon Commons, six Open Spaces that include a National Nature Reserve, SSSI’s, species-rich chalk grassland, veteran oak pollards, heathland and ancient monuments. As part of the operational team, you will be expected to deliver annual work programmes, use tools and machinery, care for livestock, ensure safe working practice and work with children and young people. You should have excellent communication skills, lead guided walks and make presentations. You should hold an appropriate qualification (minimum diploma or NVQ Level 2) in a land management discipline, and you need to have a full driving licence. To meet the challenges of this post, you will have proven experience of practical countryside management, supervising projects and working effectively in teams and alone.

The working week is based upon an average 37 hour week, including one in three weekends and some evening working. This post will be based at the Merlewood Estate Office in Caterham.

You will also be on an out-of-office hours duty rota which is in addition to your shift working week rota and to occupy service accommodation near to your place of work.

The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation, to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and as part of the selection process the successful applicant will be required to obtain an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check. 

Please note previous candidates need not apply.

Closing date: 23:59pm on 17 June 2026

To apply online please click the Apply online button below.

Alternatively, please contact 020 7332 3978 (24 hr answerphone) quoting reference number OENV1284 if you experience any difficulties. A minicom service for the hearing impaired is available on 020 7332 3732.

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.

Because our roles are so varied, we don’t have a ‘one size fits all’ policy for workplace attendance. How many days a week you’ll be required to attend your workplace will depend on the requirements of your role. It’s important that you understand the requirements before applying to ensure you are able to meet them. We are committed to considering requests to work flexibly and job share. Requests will be considered by the recruiting manager in line with our policies and business needs.

For more information on our categories for workplace attendance, please view our guide here.

We will be reviewing this policy and approach at regular intervals to ensure we’re meeting our attendance needs.