Senior Park Ranger

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Regional Park and Open-Space District (Parks) is seeking a Senior Park Ranger - Parks to join the Santa Ana River Bottom (SARB) team.

The Senior Park Ranger will lead Park Rangers and park maintenance staff in improving conditions within the Santa Ana River system.

Initiatives include providing resources to unhoused individuals, improving water quality, and conducting habitat restoration within the watershed.

In addition to patrolling the SARB to ensure appropriate laws, regulations, and ordinances are observed, the Senior Park Ranger will oversee encampment cleanup to ensure no wildlife, natural habitat, or endangered species become impacted.

This position requires skill in communicating and enforcing ordinances, and the ability to coordinate safe, compassionate, respectful, and efficient responses to encampments.

Meet the team! The Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District is a nationally accredited agency who strives to be the regional leader in improving lives through people, parks, places, and programs.

Their mission is to acquire , protect, develop, manage, and interpret for the inspiration, use, and enjoyment of all people, a well-balanced system of areas of outstanding scenic, recreational, and historic importance.

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES
Please, view the Senior Park Ranger Santa Ana River Bottom brochure for more information about the position, including examples of essential duties.

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* Patrol the Santa Ana River Bottom on foot or in a 4x4 vehicle while enforcing policies, state and county laws, and ordinances.


* Plan and participate in habitat creation, restoration, and protection.


* Oversee the dismantlement of encampments, provide resources to unhoused individuals, and remove any remaining residual trash and debris from sites.


* Perform administrative duties; act as lead Ranger when the supervisor is not in the field.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in public administration, park or recreation management, forestry, botany, environmental science, or a closely related field to the assignment.

(Additional qualifying experience may substitute for the required education on the basis of one year of qualifying full-time experience equaling 30 semester or 45 quarter units of education.)

Experience: One year of working in the operations, maintenance, development, or protection of a park, forest, or public recreational or historical area, which included planning and conducting recreational and educational activities, and enforcing laws and ordinances.

Knowledge of: Principles and techniques of personnel supervision; methods, tools and materials used in park maintenance and construction work; principles and practices in park operations and maintenance; County rules and regulations relating to the operation of parks, open spaces and historical sites; landscape maintenance requirement...