Ballard House
Permanent
18.5 hours per week
52 weeks per year
Grade E (£23,953 to £26,446) pro rata
Natural Infrastructure Officer Role Profile
Are you passionate about working with people to enable food
growing in urban spaces? Do you value the role allotments can play in healthy
green cities? Do you have the skills to run an allotment service across
Plymouth’s 37 sites and 1750 plots?
We need to recruit an Allotment Officer to our Green
Estate team to job share as part of our service succession plan. This team sits
in the Environmental Planning division which delivers a wide ranging
environmental portfolio of projects across the city.
This
role will lead the delivery of the allotment service for the Council
and working alongside colleagues and partners, to develop and improve the
service whilst meeting expected customer standards.
The main activities include
customer communication, finance/ budgeting, monitoring and maintaining tenant
and site standards, data management and community stewardship.
We are looking for a
person who has a strong background in working with people with experience and
knowledge of land management and community projects - particularly in
allotments and food growing.
This person will need
to be/have:
· an excellent
communicator to be able to confidently liaise with tenants, Associations
and other stakeholders
· able to work independently and a part of a team with
the confidence to evaluate situations and make clear decisions in line with
allotment legislation and local policy
· A good awareness of food growing practices
· Organised and self-motivated
· Experience of IT systems, databases and administrative
processes
· Good financial budget management
· Experience of working with a diverse range of
people/ customers/ contractors and dealing with sometimes challenging
situations
· You will be able to play your part in continuing
the development of our Environmental Planning team and partnerships.
· Comfortable working in a hybrid role both
indoors and outdoors
This role is suitable for
flexible working subject to the needs of the service.
For more information or an informal discussion, please
contact Chris Avent, on 01752 304184.
Closing date: Monday 4 July 2022