Job Introduction
Role Purpose
Be part of our Countryside team, support all areas of countryside management, including practical work, engaging with stakeholders about our local environment and delivering sustainable habitat management and improving the biodiversity of our Countryside sites. This role will also work to educate visitors to our sites, work with volunteers and promote an increase in species diversity to combat the ecological emergency.
Be part of the wider Green space team, managing over 2,500 Ha across BCP Council area. Working in the East area on highly designated sites for nature conservation, such as Stanpit Marsh, St Catherine's Hill and Hengistbury Head.
Main Responsibilities
To deliver and supervise countryside management activities, providing a highly skilled practical service to deliver well maintained and managed countryside sites, using a range of specialist plant and machinery.
Work as part of a team, including supervision of volunteers and contractors, to provide a professional and efficient skilled Countryside service to improve site condition and biodiversity, working to conservation designations.
This role will also work to educate visitors to our sites and promote an increase in species diversity to combat the ecological emergency.
The Ideal Candidate
We are looking for someone to compliment the existing East team, with a passion for the role and wildlife conservation, coupled with practical skills that will be used every day across heathland, woodland, meadows, cliffs and other habitats.
Be able to work in partnership with stakeholders, enthuse our visitors, provide education and engagement and work with our many essential volunteer groups.
You will need to work on a rota, supporting our 7-day-a-week cover for site management, visitor centres and conservation grazing, along with occasional evenings.
About BCP Council
BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline. We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services. By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.
Our Benefits
We offer an excellent benefits package to colleagues. Find out more on our website
As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We have been in a process of collective bargaining since 2019 and have positively worked forward to reach an agreed position with the unions for the new contractual offer. This has taken longer than we hoped and therefore we are having to consider all alternative avenues available to enable us to remove inequality in the organisation as a result of bringing together 3 councils.
We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation, and all colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. We want to reassure everyone that whichever route is taken to reach the new terms and conditions, we can honour continuous service and there will not be any job reduction as a result of the implementation of Pay and Reward. If you have any questions at all about this process, please feel free to raise this with the hiring manager.
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