The Role
This is an important role, supporting the maintenance, development and improvement of our green spaces and outdoor sport services which are highly valued and at the heart of our communities.
Key priorities include being a customer focal point for Parks and Natural Environment services, ensuring the effective delivery of communication, performance reporting, supporting finance processes and stakeholder / colleague management. The role is responsible for coordinating business activities and establishing systems on behalf of colleagues, to help the team work better and smarter to ensure high quality customer service is delivered in accordance with the Council’s policies, driving further improvement across the service; and helping to keep Southwark at the forefront of London’s green space provision.
The role will require significant energy and enthusiasm; you will have the ambition to ensure that our parks and outdoor recreation services remain vibrant, enticing, and outstanding.
About You:
Do you share Southwark’s passion for providing top quality green spaces and commitment to providing high quality outdoor sport facilities and services for the borough? Do you have the skills and experience to help shape our services, so they make a meaningful impact on the quality of our residents’ lives? Are you excited about the potential that these services offer, and are you driven to work together as a team to build on great practice to deliver something outstanding?
We are looking for a dedicated and energetic individual to support the management of our parks and outdoor recreation teams, and to help us protect and shape our services for future generations. We want someone who has the drive to build on what’s good and to have the ambition to help to make it even better.
We are looking for someone who has business support knowledge of parks services and experience of supporting service improvement in a customer-focused environment. Ideally, you will have experience in some of the following services areas – outdoor recreation and sports, parks operations and contract management, and ecology.
Please click on the Vacancy Information document for further details about this role.
About Southwark
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. Extending from the river Thames into South East London, Southwark encompasses some of the capital’s cultural hotspots, vibrant communities and acclaimed greenspaces. Southwark is proud of its diverse communities, with over 120 languages spoken and we are committed to a ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that all residents and businesses are central to everything we do.
With 30 Green Flag awards, an excellent team and an extensive investment programme there has never been a better time to seize the opportunity to work in this award-winning service. With its vibrant, energetic feel, Southwark is a very attractive place to work if you relish the opportunities and challenges of managing award-winning green space services in a fast-paced, dynamic, inner city setting.
Benefits and more information:
In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
Additional Information
• This is a full-time, permanent post
• 36 hours Monday to Friday
• The post holder may be required to work outside of normal working hours to meet the needs of the service
• The post holder may be required to work in other operational areas to meet the needs of the service.
Recruitment Timetable
- Closing Date: 1st June 2025
- Interview Date: 13th June 2025
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Jardine Finn, Outdoor Recreation Manager on 07592 116894, or Julian Fowgies, Parks Trees and Ecology Manager on 07925 637218.
*Please note, we reserve the right to close applications prior to the closing date indicated above - please apply as soon as possible - we look forward to receiving your application.
Benefits and more information:
- https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/
Guaranteed Interview Scheme:
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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