Landscape and Open Spaces Manager

Basingstoke; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working (up to 40% home)

Job summary

Basingstoke Council is seeking a motivated and experienced leader to head the Landscape and Open Spaces team, shaping neighbourhoods, parks and public spaces for residents. You will manage a multidisciplinary team to deliver projects and programmes across the borough, collaborating with planners, grounds maintenance, ecologists and rangers to create better spaces for today and tomorrow.

This hybrid role offers up to 40% home working and requires a degree in landscape architecture with chartered

Qualifications

• Degree or postgraduate diploma in landscape architecture is required.
• Chartered membership of the Landscape Institute or working toward Chartership.
• Strong management and leadership experience.
• Excellent communication and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of landscape architects, open space officers and a play and projects officer.
• Deliver projects and work programmes to enhance parks, play areas and public spaces.
• Collaborate with planners, grounds maintenance, ecologists and rangers.
• Shape and direct work to improve residents' daily lives and future growth.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Landscape architecture

Education

Degree in Landscape Architecture

Job description

We're looking for a motivated and experienced individual to lead our Landscape and Open Spaces team, to help shape neighbourhoods, parks and public spaces that will benefit residents for generations.

You will lead a team of landscape architects, open space officers and a play and projects officer in the delivery of projects and work programmes that enhance parks, play areas, green and blue infrastructure and public spaces across the borough. These support a diverse natural environment, that the council places great value on and that make the borough a great place to live and work.

Working alongside a range of colleagues including planners, grounds maintenance, ecologists, tree specialists and rangers, you will be instrumental in ensuring the council continues to deliver high-quality landscapes for current and future communities.

This position would best suit someone who wants to make a difference and is motivated by having a diverse and varied workload. This is an opportunity for you to help shape and direct the work of the team and to create places that improve residents' daily lives whilst helping to shape the area's future growth and development.

You will have significant experience of working within the landscape and open spaces sector with:

• A degree or postgraduate diploma in landscape architecture.
• Chartered membership of the Landscape Institute or an experienced landscape architect actively working towards Chartership.
• Strong management and leadership experience.
• Excellent communication and project management skills.
• A genuine passion for creating landscapes that people love.

The role involves hybrid working with up to 40% home working.