JOB DESCRIPTION Organisation : London Borough of Waltham Forest Salary: £49,083 - £52,116 Contract Type: Full Time Working hours per week: 36 Application Deadline: 17/01/2025 11:59PM Reference: 1418 About Us: Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work. We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents. London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London's Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment. The Council's preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitmentwalthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method. About the role: Waltham Forest is looking to recruit an Environmental Initiatives Manager to provide overarching support to the Parks and Open spaces team. The role is designed to deliver high quality community driven projects for example Spring Clean, bulb giveaway, Bee Friendly Streets and Food Growing networks in addition the role is also responsible for providing the Allotments service and managing the tree maintenance contract in the borough. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting existing and developing new community and volunteer projects across the borough of Waltham forest. We are looking for a candidate who also has a wide range of experience in parks and open spaces who has excellent communication skills to enable them to work with wide ranges of stakeholders and partnership organisations. A proven ability to analyze data to generate complex reports will also be a primary element of the role. The right candidate will also have to demonstrate experience in high value contract monitoring and managing operational services like Allotments or Arboriculture. The role as deputises for the Head of Parks and Open spaces >> Click here to download the Role Profile Key Responsibilities: Contract Management Managing a small team of Tree Surveyors and Allotments officer Developing and supporting volunteers services and events within the community ,Spring Clean, Bulb Giveaway, Bee Friendly Streets, London in Bloom, Community toilets scheme Budget management and monitoring Grant applications and funding opportunities for Tree planting or Allotments Deputising for the Head of Parks and Open spaces Qualifications and Requirements: Degree or equivalent experience in Greenspace services Terms and conditions: Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks; Satisfactory declaration of interest; Satisfactory DBS check; Suitable driver's license; This post is politically restricted therefore the post holder is disqualified from undertaking certain political activities under the Local Government Officers (Political Restrictions) Regulations 1990. As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications, regional or international accents, dialects, speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English. How to Apply: Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the 'Apply' button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. Equal Opportunity Employer: Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value. To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy. We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview. For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us. Contact Information: If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact [Ian Sheppard, Head Of Parks and Open Spaces at ian.sheppardwalthamforest.gov.uk If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitmentwalthamforest.gov.uk. Click here for further information on the Human Resources recruitment privacy notice .