Open Spaces Strategy Team Leader

This is a Gloucester City Council job.
 

• Job Title:                           Open Spaces Strategy Team Leader
• Job Location:                    Gloucester City Council 
• Salary:                              £40,476 - £44,711 per annum 
• Hours per Week:              37.00 
• Contract Type:                  Permanent 
• Closing Date:                    12/12/2024 
• Job Requisition Number:  10409 
• This post is not open to job share

We are a dynamic local authority providing essential services to the people of Gloucester. Our main office, based in the Eastgate Centre on Eastgate Street in the heart of the city, is an accessible, modern and light space designed for collaborative working and finding new ways to work. It's all open plan, with a living green wall and other plants without set desks, so you can sit next to someone new every day.  We're always looking to improve how we work and we offer flexible and agile working to give our people a great work life balance.

About the role

Come and work for a rewarding organisation, joining our small exceptional environmental services team where you will manage the core services, waste,collection, recycling collection, street cleansing and you will be the lead officerfor the parks and grounds service.  The service is high profile touching every resident of Gloucester and you will work closely with residents, Councillors and our strategic partner Ubico to deliver cost effective services which make a difference to the lives of Gloucester residents. 

What we need from you

You will need to demonstrate that you have extensive experience of managing complex projects, working with communities and other stakeholders, developing strategy and policy and have an in depth knowledge of landscape and urban design. You will have experience of identifying and applying for internal and external funding and managing staff and budgets. You should also have experience of managing multi service contracts in a local authority environment. We are looking for an ambitious individual and the authority would be willing to support the right person to further develop their career in local government.

What we can do for you

• Flexible, Hybrid.Agile working opportunities
• Generous Annual Leave entitlement 30 days
• An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• 2 days paid leave every year to participate in local volunteering activities
• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) & Life Cover of 3 times your salary
• Regular training, career development and qualification opportunities
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone, and in an in-house Occupational Health service
• Enhanced family friendly leave and pay
• Cycle to Work scheme (Salary Sacrifice - T & C apply)
• Employee discount scheme
• Discounted tickets for local events, and reduced rate use of GL1 facilities
• Free Flu-jabs
• Access to employee led networks such as Black Worker's, Prism (LGBT+), Carers, Disability and the Young Employees Network, and opportunities to participate in our Equalities Working Group

How to apply… 

If you feel you have the skills, desire, experience and passion to help deliver our ambitious plans for the city then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Dawn Fearn via email at dawn.fearn@gloucester.gov.uk. 

Closing date 12th December.

Short-listed candidates will be contacted by e-mail and invited to interview week commencing 16th December.

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile, please follow the link below:-

Open Spaces Strategy Team Leader - Job Profile

Gloucester City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

Equality and Diversity
We recognise the positive value of equality and diversity and pride ourselves on growing a high-performing workforce that is diverse, skilled and talented; that represents the community it serves.   

We aim to recruit a diverse pool of talent and will recruit the person who is most suited to the job without regard to their race, colour, religion or belief, age, nationality, ethnicity, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, caring responsibilities or disability. 

We are a disability confident employer committed to removing barriers to employment to those with disabilities or long-term health conditions. Reasonable adjustments will be made to the recruitment procedure to ensure that no-one is disadvantages because of their disability. Please contact the recruitment team if you require support or reasonable adjustments during the application or recruitment process recruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk  

Further information on our commitment to Equality and Diversity can be found Here

If you wish to apply for this position on a secondment basis, please obtain approval from your current line manager that you may be released on a secondment before submitting an application form.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a 'customer facing role' must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.