Ranger

Position Scope:

The Park Ranger is responsible for keeping Shelby Farms Park clean, green and safe to ensure an excellent visitor experience every day. The Ranger is a steward of the landscapes, natural resources and wildlife in our care and is focused on creating a healthy, thriving park for people and wildlife.

Essential Functions:

• Inspects, maintains and improves grounds, landscapes, facilities, structures, and site amenities
• Provides life safety and emergency assistance to visitors; supports law enforcement, fire, EMS
• Actively engages with visitors to provide excellent hospitality and visitor experience; shares mission, park history and news and information with visitors
• Performs inspections and preventative maintenance on all systems, grounds and facilities
• Collaborates with team to support facility rentals, volunteer projects, events and programs
• Manages litter, debris and recyclable materials daily to ensure a clean park
• Opens and closes park entry gates and public buildings daily
• Communicates and enforces park rules

Knowledge, Skills & Ability Requirements:

• Graduation from an accredited high school or GED
• Proven relevant work experience; outdoors, recreational, landscape management, horticulture, maintenance, wildlife, natural resource management
• Excellent organizational and project management skills; ability to manage multiple projects
• Strong verbal communication skills that balance professionalism, diplomacy and compassion
• Issues, as well as follows, oral and written instruction
• Ability to work nights, weekends, holidays as needed
• Ability to perform routine maintenance on all park equipment and features
• Ability to perform strenuous physical labor in outdoor setting, including in inclement weather
• Must be able to bend, stoop, reach and work in a constant pace; lift and carry 50 pounds; carry, climb and work on a ladder
• Can safely operate park vehicles and equipment
• Must possess a valid State of Tennessee drivers license
• Fluency in Spanish preferred

Personal Qualities:

• Demonstrates values of collaboration, accountability, authenticity, trust and learning
• Commitment to the consistent production of high quality, detailed work
• Organizes, plans, and schedules in an efficient, productive manner
• Manages stress in a fast-paced, changing organization
• Collaborates with people of different races, backgrounds, experiences and educational levels
• Elicits confidence and builds rapport
• Enthusiastic, dependable, self-motivated, and self-aware

NOTE: This describes typical duties and responsibilities and is not intended to limit management from assigning other work as required.