Overview
Under the guidance of the Place Improvements Team Manager, you will be responsible for the delivery of a wide range of community, landscape and environmental projects. These will help to achieve the Council’s policies in relation to public open space management and contribute to the efficient and sustainable management of open spaces.
Your role will help empower community groups by providing support and technical expertise to carry out landscape and environmental improvement projects, whilst contributing towards the enhancement, maintenance and improvement of open space land assets.
What will you be doing?
- It will be your responsibility to provide advice, guidance and support to community groups, partners and customers. This will support work stream objectives and identify areas within local communities where support is required to engage people in the provision and delivery of services.
- It will be key for you to plan and deliver events including consultation, undertaking presentations, briefings and providing formal and informal training to colleagues, partners and the community in a variety of settings.
- You will be responsible for the delivery of s106 funded off site public open space landscape improvements.
- At times, you will be required to facilitate the inspection of land scheduled to become public open space through the development process, including site inspections to assess horticultural standards and any necessary liaison.
- In this role, you will monitor assigned budgets to ensure activities are achieved within allocated resources and that financial information is accurate and accessible.
- You will assist in the building of local community networks, helping them to build capacity to make an effective contribution to a wide range of community initiatives.
- You will work closely with partner organisations to secure their involvement in achieving community objectives and ensure all partnership activities are in line with Council regulations and agreed budgets and targets.
