Park Ranger II - Santa Barbara County, CA

The Community Services Department is accepting applications to fill three Park Ranger II vacancies within the County of Santa Barbara.  Vacancies are at Cachuma Lake and in South County.  We are also establishing an employment list that will be used to fill current and future vacancies.  

Under general supervision, constructs, maintains, and repairs park structures, facilities, and systems, and provides visitor services, enforces rules and regulations; may lead a grounds keeping crew in maintaining County facilities; and performs related duties as required.
 
BENEFITS: Click HEREfor information about the County’s generous benefits, which includes a pension plan.   In addition, applicants from other public sector employers may qualify for:

• Retirement reciprocity 
• Time and service credit towards an advanced vacation accrual rate

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE will possess:

• Park Ranger experience
• Basic grounds and landscape maintenance knowledge and experience
• Boating knowledge and experience
• Maintains composure while enforcing County codes, policies, and regulations
• Excellent customer services skills
• Cash handling experience
• Excellent communication skills (writing skills and experience in writing incident reports)
• Team-oriented; great work ethics, be dependable and honest
• Ability to tactfully handle difficult situations and/or individuals
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification or ability to obtain the certification prior to appointment is desired, but not a requirement
• Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Certification is desirable, but not a requirement
• Bilingual in English and Spanish is desirable, but not a requirement