Ipswich Borough Council - Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 2DE £49,764 - £51,802 per annum 37 hours per week Permanent Reference: 0071 Required as soon as possible Ipswich Borough Council is seeking an Operational Manager to join the Parks and Cemeteries team, you do not have to be a park professional, but you must have experience of operational management. This role will be responsible for not only delivering its wide range of grounds maintenance services, including hard and soft landscaping and manage the Parks Protection team, whilst collaborating with other operational areas within the council. Ipswich is proud of its variety of parks and open spaces, which includes two English Heritage listed sites, 50 Amenity Green Spaces and 94 play areas. With three retained Green Flag Awards with ambition to achieve more. To be successful in this role, you will need to be a hands-on leader with strong operational management experience. You will have the ability to coach, motive, and develop teams while maintaining a result driven approach. You must be able to demonstrate strong leadership and people management skills, and ability to manage budgets. Alongside this you must have excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities, knowledge of health and safety regulations and strong communication and stakeholder management skills. As well as a competitive salary, we offer a career average pension scheme, generous holiday and sick pay entitlements, subsidised parking, public transport discounts, free gym and swimming, cycle purchase scheme, plenty of personal and professional development opportunities, flexible working, hybrid working opportunities, Employee Assistance Programme and the opportunity to work with great colleagues. To find out more: For more information about this role please contact Lisa Stannard, Head of Parks and Cemeteries via email: lisa.stannardipswich.gov.uk If you require any assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application or recruitment process, please let us know so that the appropriate arrangements can be put in place. How to apply: Please read the: Job Description and Person Specification Completed applications should be made via: Home - Ambition Ipswich Closing date: 23 March 2025. Interview date: 7 April 2025. As part of the recruitment process if you are successfully shortlisted you will be required to undertake assessments ahead of the panel interview. Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to interview candidates who meet the essential criteria prior to the closing date and / or to close the opportunity to applicants once we receive sufficient applications. Please note CVs are not accepted. Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to interview candidates who meet the essential criteria prior to the closing date and / or to close the opportunity to applicants once we receive sufficient applications. Please note CVs are not accepted.