General Manager - North Somerset

Parkwood Holdings; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a General Manager to oversee operations of a £3m p.a. multi-services partnership contract with North Somerset Council. The role demands strong people management skills, financial oversight, and a hands-on approach to meeting service standards and stakeholder needs.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years management/supervisory experience in a similar role.
• Evidence of meeting quality and safety standards.
• Experience in cost control and performance monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the smooth running of a multi-services partnership contract.
• Monitor KPIs, quality, and performance.
• Implement ongoing improvements for stakeholder needs.

Skills

People management

Flexibility

Problem solving

Time management

Communication

Education

Qualification in grounds maintenance or similar

UK driver's licence

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Job details Posted 09 June 2025 Salary £45000 - £50000 LocationWeston-super-Mare Job type Permanent, Full Time DisciplineManagement - Glendale Reference030651

Our innovative £3m p.a multi-services partnership contract with North Somerset Council requires a General Manager to oversee the smooth running of the contract. The contract operates 7 days a week from 6am 8pm and includes street cleansing, recycling services, beach management, grounds maintenance and arboriculture, employing 60 staff at peak times.

The Opportunity

A critical part of the regional team, you will be working with a team of four Supervisors. The role requires a strong people manager with the ability to be flexible, work unsupervised, manage change, and problem solve whilst understanding the needs of a modern, forward-thinking service with customers and the community at the heart of the service.

Based at our office in Weston-super-Mare, the successful candidate will be a proactive manager who will be able to offer strong operational, financial and commercial management.

This is a hands-on role involving the monitoring of KPIs, quality and performance, taking quick and effective action to maintain high productivity, quality, client satisfaction and cost control. You will have full responsibility for the performance of this best practice contract with ongoing continual improvements required to meet the needs of all stakeholders of the service and the evolution of the service over the life of the contract.

The Person

Candidate should be qualified in grounds maintenance, street cleansing or a similar background with a minimum of 5 years management/supervisory experience in a similar role and hold a UK driver's licence. Experience and evidence of meeting quality and safety standards, whilst maintaining tight control of costs, programming and monitoring of work are all pivotal to the role. In addition, you will need good time management and administrative skills, display good people management, coupled with excellent communication skills.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Management

• Industries

  Retail

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