Area Greenspace Manager

The Area Greenspace Manager is an exciting new role requiring a flexible candidate with excellent greenspace skills to work with us as we further develop our sector leading team, delivering our ambition to be the managing agent of choice for green space and habitat management on residential estates. Our current managed portfolio consists of over 700 sites ranging from small residential estates to large garden villages, country parks and urban extensions, many with existing ecological features such as woodlands, ponds and waterways. We also have a strong pipeline of new sites with significant areas of green space.

Reporting to the Associate Director of Greenspace you will ensure that sites within your area are managed to a high standard with all compliance duties met. In addition, you will carry out pre-handover site audit reports at newly constructed residential development sites, prepare site maintenance specifications based on approved landscape management plans, scrutinise proposals including on-site Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) plans and assist our Business Development Team with tenders. You will oversee collection of data required to satisfy Biodiversity Net Gain requirements and other corporate reporting including KPIs and customer satisfaction surveys. You will help to prepare budgets for each site which suitably cover all planned and reactive works.

Must have skills:

• Passionate about greenspace and biodiversity
• Excellent underpinning knowledge of greenspace and habitat management at scale through study and experience
• A keen eye for detail and good plant identification skills
• Ability to interpret complex drawings, management plans and datasets
• Experience of monitoring high quality service delivery
• Flexibility to work on multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
• Positive and resilient under pressure with a level head
• Able to plan own workstream and schedules independently, adapting to suit business need
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (written and oral) at all levels of engagement – internal and external
• Use of GIS mapping technology
• Knowledge of Biodiversity Net Gain
• Knowledge and experience within the housing/property management sector (D)
• Knowledge of SuDS management (D)

Qualifications

• NQF Level 4 or higher qualification in relevant landscape sector, or demonstrable equivalent knowledge through experience and learning
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Membership of a relevant professional body (D)