Parks Estates Manager

Bristol City Council; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government entity in Bristol is seeking a Parks Estate Manager to oversee the management and maintenance of the city's extensive parks and green spaces. The role involves leading teams, ensuring quality service delivery and actively engaging with the community to encourage local ownership of green spaces. An ideal candidate will have relevant professional qualifications and experience in operational leadership. The position offers a supportive work environment with hybrid working options.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Local Government Pension scheme

Generous annual leave allowance

Qualifications

• Significant experience in leading operational teams.
• Understanding of health and safety requirements.
• Experience in public sector management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the management and maintenance of public parks.
• Deliver grounds maintenance and tree management services.
• Work proactively with communities to enhance green spaces.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Professional qualifications in environmental management or horticulture

Job description

Full Time, Permanent

This is a career-defining opportunity to lead the management and maintenance of Bristol’s rich and diverse parks and green space estate. Receiving over 17 million visits a year the city’s 430 public parks and green spaces are an incredible resource for both residents and visitors. Our allotment and community food growing spaces cover over 220 hectares and cater for over 400 independent growers, and our dedicated teams manage over 54,000 trees across the city.

As Parks Estate Manager you will control, develop and organise multiple teams and resources to deliver sustainable, high quality and safe public parks and food growing spaces that meet public expectations on quality and safety. Working with your management team, you will deliver grounds maintenance and tree management services for all green spaces in the city, ensuring resources adapt to deliver changing specifications and performance targets.

You will work proactively and innovatively with communities, citizens and partners to maintain and improve green spaces and green space assets – encouraging volunteering and local ownership.

To be successful, you will need to be a highly driven and results-focussed individual, you will be a dynamic, adaptable and focused leader with excellent people skills.

You will have significant experience in leading operational teams and resources, ideally augmented by professional qualifications in environmental management or horticulture.

You will have an excellent understanding of health and safety requirements, and of the challenges and practicalities of working in the public sector.

Why Bristol City Council?

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.

Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

How do I apply?

If you share our

To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we Amay then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.

We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.

For further information, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification or alternatively, please contact Richard Fletcher

At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.

The personal information section (including your name) you’ll complete as part of the application form will not be visible to hiring managers, but is used confidentially to make sure that everyone is treated fairly.

Full Time, Permanent

This is a career-defining opportunity to lead the management and maintenance of Bristol’s rich and diverse parks and green space estate. Receiving over 17 million visits a year the city’s 430 public parks and green spaces are an incredible resource for both residents and visitors. Our allotment and community food growing spaces cover over 220 hectares and cater for over 400 independent growers, and our dedicated teams manage over 54,000 trees across the city.

As Parks Estate Manager you will control, develop and organise multiple teams and resources to deliver sustainable, high quality and safe public parks and food growing spaces that meet public expectations on quality and safety. Working with your management team, you will deliver grounds maintenance and tree management services for all green spaces in the city, ensuring resources adapt to deliver changing specifications and performance targets.

You will work proactively and innovatively with communities, citizens and partners to maintain and improve green spaces and green space assets – encouraging volunteering and local ownership.

To be successful, you will need to be a highly driven and results-focussed individual, you will be a dynamic, adaptable and focused leader with excellent people skills.

You will have significant experience in leading operational teams and resources, ideally augmented by professional qualifications in environmental management or horticulture.

You will have an excellent understanding of health and safety requirements, and of the challenges and practicalities of working in the public sector.

Why Bristol City Council?

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.

Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

How do I apply?

If you share our

To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we Amay then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.

We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.

For further information, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification or alternatively, please contact Richard Fletcher

At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.

The personal information section (including your name) you’ll complete as part of the application form will not be visible to hiring managers, but is used confidentially to make sure that everyone is treated fairly.