Head of Public Spaces

3 days ago


Gosport, United Kingdom Portsmouth City Council Full time

Head of Public Spaces

Salary: Grade 12 - £56,747 to £60,096 p.a

Full time: Permanent - 37 hours per week

Are you passionate about the countryside, open spaces and nature conservation? Are you a committed, agile and enthusiastic senior manager looking for a new and exciting challenge? If you are Gosport Borough Council has an exciting opportunity for you to lead our Countryside and Open Spaces service. 

The Council has recently re-structured the  service to ensure we are providing the best grounds maintenance service enhancing the beauty,  value and quality of our open spaces, these include our Country Park and many beach front and recreational play areas.

If you are innovative, collaborative and enthusiastic with experience at both strategic and operational level in this sector we would like to hear from you about joining our new management team.

Gosport Borough is on the south coast, boasting a heritage with centuries of links to the Royal Navy. Its unique waterfront and 25 miles of coastline gives it a special character.  It is also a Borough with unique regeneration opportunities.  Advanced manufacturing, aerospace and marine sectors are strongly represented and as military needs have changed, the Borough has acquired many development sites with huge character and potential for regeneration.

There is also the opportunity for the successful applicant to help shape the development of the Council's Reconnecting Gosport's Historic Waterfront project by utilising the funding awarded under the government's Levelling Up Programme.

How to apply

To make sure your application is above the rest, please review the job profile and how to apply to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role.  Please ensure you fully read and follow the guidance so you can demonstrate how you meet the criteria under who is the person on the job profile . 

PLEASE DO NOT JUST SUBMIT A CV.

Please ensure you refer to the how to apply document when you complete your application as there is information in there that you need to include and evidence in your application for this role. This is really important or you are likely not to be short listed. 

Email your submission to  gbcrecruitment@gosport.gov.uk

Closing date for receipt of completed submissions 14 July 2024

Interviews to be confirmed.

How to Apply

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