PLEASE NOTE: THIS JOB IS LOCATED IN SHEFFIELD, S2. AUTHORIZATION TO WORK IN THE UK IS ESSENTIAL.
PLEASE READ THE JOB INFORMATION PACK ON OUR WEBSITE BEFORE APPLYING
Post Title: Head of Green and Resilient Communities (one year fixed term with potential to become permanent)
Salary: £31,000 - £37,000.00 per annum
Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, standard working hours are Monday to Friday, 8.00am – 4.00pm. The role will include occasional weekend and evening works, which is supported by TOIL.
Organisation: The Green Estate Community Interest Company
The Green Estate is a community interest company whose purpose is to grow green and resilient urban places for people and nature to thrive. We are one of the first 15 organisations who the King selected for the prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development. Our 2030 goal is to become a national urban resilience demonstrator.
This is a new senior manager role at The Green Estate at an exciting time of change. With a new Leadership Team, Board and Strategy in place we are seeking an experienced manager to head up Urban Resilience Centre and Communities services. These services will enable us to deliver the strategic objectives of codesigning and delivering regenerative, skilled and healthier communities and curating inclusive, impactful and aspirational visitor experiences. This currently includes line management of our Community Ranger, Hospitality Lead, Learning Coordinator and Visitor Coordinator.
You will hold or support expert service managers to hold key local delivery relationships with community, academic, public and private sector partners in particular Sheffield City Council working with the Director of Development to grow existing and new strategic partnerships which help increase our impact and income and deliver our mission and strategic objectives.
Whilst also being an organised planner and an empowering senior manager, you will need to be adaptable and resilient. We are on a journey to understand what place based urban resilience means and what is needed to grow green and resilient urban places for people and nature to thrive. This means that the services and activities we deliver will evolve over time, e.g. we are interested in taking a more regenerative approach and we know there is likely to be more opportunities to work with communities around growing food, innovative landbank models, biodiversity net-gain initiatives, energy and retrofit in the future.
Closing date: 08.00am, Friday 6th December 2024
Interviews will take place soon after.
An information pack has been prepared providing further details about our organisation, its vision for the future and the full job description and person specification for the role. This is available on our website
To apply please submit your cover letter and CV to recruitment@greenestate.org, giving examples of how you meet the essential criteria detailed in the person specification.
We reserve the right to close the advertisement before the advertised deadline, if we meet suitable candidates. Please do not delay in applying.