Assistant Park Manager

Assistant Park Manager
St James’ Park and The Green Park, London (with occasional travel to all parks)

The Organisation

The Royal Parks (TRP) is a charity created in March 2017. We manage over 5,000 acres of diverse parkland, rare habitats and historic buildings and monuments in eight Royal Parks across London. These are Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James’s Park, The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill, Greenwich Park, Richmond Park and Bushy Park.

We also manage other important public spaces including Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower Gardens. Our eight Royal Parks and other iconic green spaces are among the most visited attractions in the UK with 77 million visits every year.

We are now looking for an Assistant Park Manager to join our team on a permanent, full-time basis, working 36 hours per week.

The Benefits

• Salary of up to £49,953 per annum (plus on-call allowance of £3,256 per annum)
• 26 days' annual leave (pro rata) plus public holidays, increasing to 29 days after 3 years’ service
• Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)
• Hybrid/agile working options
• Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan
• Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders
• Learning and development opportunities
• Cycle to work scheme
• Offices in a beautiful location

This is an unmissable opportunity for a landscape management professional with line management experience to join our prestigious organisation.

In this engaging and unique role, you’ll have the chance to play a pivotal part in maintaining London’s iconic green spaces and ensuring their continued popularity as some of the UK's most visited attractions!

So, if you want to work in the heart of London, surrounded by breathtaking views of lush landscapes and historic landmarks, then apply today!

The Role

As an Assistant Park Manager, you will support the management of St James’s Park, The Green Park and Victoria Tower Gardens.

Leading a diverse portfolio of park operations and activities you will be involved in a range of horticulture, arboriculture, learning, events and volunteering work.

Alongside a fellow Assistant Park Manager, you’ll manage the day-to-day aspects of the Landscape Maintenance Contract and the delivery of a local project portfolio of improvement works, ensuring we obtain the highest value from our delivery partners.

Supporting the delivery of our vision and strategy, you’ll reinforce a shared purpose for park improvement and identify new and creative opportunities for enhancements.

Additionally, you will:

• Assist the Park Manager to deliver efficient and effective operations
• Guide the wider park team across their duties
• Manage the Head Gardener
• Liaise with other park contractors and concessionaires
• Oversee new planting schemes and the Tree Strategy
• Support the preparation of budgets and procurement decisions

About You

To be considered as an Assistant Park Manager, you will need:

• Experience and a thorough working knowledge of landscape management, including horticulture, biodiversity, arboriculture and facilities
• Experience of line managing direct reporting staff and building effective relationships
• Experience of using landscape management software
• A thorough working knowledge of Health and Safety principles and practices
• Effective and confident interpersonal and communication skills
• A relevant qualification, or equivalent, at degree level, such as Landscape Management or Horticulture, or equivalent experience

Other organisations may call this role Assistant Park Services Manager, Assistant Operations Manager, Assistant Service Manager, Assistant Manager, Assistant General Manager, or Operations Assistant.

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The Royal Parks is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. To find out more on our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit our website.

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