Estates and Community Assistant

About the role

The Land Trust is seeking an Estates and Community Assistant to assist the Estates and Community Officer, with the day-to-day management of the Warrington Portfolio and to take the lead in the delivery of activities to maximise our charitable objectives on Land Trust sites. This will involve working with the local communities who live and work around Land Trust sites, Land Trust staff, the landscape contractor and external organisations.

The post holder will be line managed by the Estates and Community Officer but will also work closely with the Estates Manager Northwest and West Midlands.

Do you have:

• Experience of delivering community engagement, volunteer and/or training activities.
• Confidence working with a range of people and groups and the ability to build and manage working relationships across all levels.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• IT literate with proven skills in using MS Office packages.
• Knowledge of and interest in the environment and/or open spaces for public benefit.
• Knowledge of relevant health and safety regulations.

If so, we’d like to hear from you!

Other relevant information:

• Based at the Land Trust office, Birchwood, with regular site attendance and hybrid working.
• The post holder is required to act flexibly and undertake other duties and responsibilities commensurate with the post as discussed with the Estate and Community Officer.
• Working outside.
• Some evenings, weekends and bank holidays working.
• Visits to other Land Trust sites and offices.
• The post holder will be required to travel by car and public transport as necessary to fulfil their role effectively. Note some sites are remote and not accessible by public transport.
• The post holder will have a current valid driving licence.
• Business travel costs will be reimbursed.
• The role will require a DBS check.

To discuss the role further please contact our recruitment team [email protected].

We are not accepting agencies currently.

Must have the right to work in the UK. A DBS check will be required for this role

Benefits

• A salary sacrifice pension scheme, with LT matching employee contributions up to 6%
• Life Insurance (4 x salary)
• Flexi time and hybrid working
• 26.5 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays increasing to 31.5 days with service (pro rata).
• Option to buy additional holiday.
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Care cash back scheme (Medicash)
• Training and Development support
• Enhanced Family leave
• Business travel costs will be reimbursed

Applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK. Please note we are unable to provide sponsorship.

The Land Trust is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its employment policies for recruitment are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

About the Land Trust

The Land Trust is the UK’s premier green space management organisation, offering outstanding stewardship and delivery for clients, communities and the environment.

Our aim is to create and maintain sustainable high-quality greenspaces to improve the quality of people’s lives and enhance the environment both now and for future generations.

Our vision is to improve the quality of people’s lives by creating sustainable, high quality green spaces that deliver environmental, social and economic benefits.

We manage over 90 sites across the UK and help a wide range of public and private landowners who, for a variety of reasons, want to pass on responsibility (or liability) for the management of sites, public open space or new green infrastructure to find bespoke long-term funding and, management solutions. These can include service charges, section 106 or endowment, or a hybrid of funding sources. Our current endowment portfolio of approximately £200m provides the financial resources to ensure that our endowed sites are managed to a good standard and contribute to the wellbeing of the communities by which they are surrounded.

Of these 90 sites, just under 20 are currently funded via Freehold Estate service charges. We have approximately 14,000 homeowners across these sites, with this number increasing all of the time. Providing quality customer service is a key part of what we do as a charity.

Our work is guided by the delivery of our five charitable objectives on all of our sites, and this is what motivates us: health and wellbeing, environment and biodiversity, community cohesion; education and learning; and economic vitality.