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Job title – District Recreation Manager

Salary- £40,388 - £43,482 per annum

Contract type – Two year fixed term appointment, with the possibility of extension or permanency

Hours – 37 hours per week

Vacancy closes - 5th August, 23:58

Join us. We're foresters, professionals and experts. We are a passionate team who love to share our enthusiasm and want to make a positive difference for you and the environment.

Together, we’re using our scale and expertise to grow the nation’s forests for everyone. We’re already adapting our landscapes for tomorrow, and getting stuff done today, like creating amazing places and experiences for you to enjoy. We're providing vital homes for wildlife, making our air cleaner to breathe and producing sustainable timber.

What you’ll do…

You will play a key role in supporting Recreation Managers in the management and development of the recreation offer, to connect more people with the nations forests while delivering sustainable finances. This work will be focused on our car parking operations, including management of the New Forest Car Parking team and strategic outcomes associated with our recreation management.

Across the district, you will help to progress projects that could improve our financial sustainability or enhance people’s experience in our forests by overseeing our car parking operations.

Your role will be varied and will include; providing technical advice, auditing and supporting to ensure compliance with policies, guidance and protocols; identifying investment opportunities for recreation income growth; overseeing the delivery of agreed projects and work streams; providing employee management support and guidance for managers; supporting teams in managing visitor pressures and queries; representing the district and organisation at internal, national and external meetings. You will lead by example and report to the Head of Recreation.

Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.

Where you’ll work…

This post is a hybrid role which is partly based at The Kings House, Lyndhurst.

Benefits…

Alongside your salary, Forestry England contributes an average of 28.97% towards your pension. You will become a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.

• 25 days holiday a year, raising by one day every year’s service, up to 30 days (pro-rated for part time employees) plus additional days off such as bank holidays.
• STaR is our employee benefits scheme offering discounts on everyday supermarket shopping, as well as other things such as hotel stays clothes, mobile phones, other electrical items, medical and car insurance, holidays, gym discounts, household bills, Headspace wellbeing app.
• free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to our National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury.
• a commitment to lifelong learning through career development. Forestry England will support your career development in a variety of ways, including continual professional development, support for individual learning plans and sponsored membership of professional bodies.

Read more about the benefits on the Forestry England website.

How to apply…

You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form.

You will be assessed on experience and strength based questions during your interview and you may be asked to complete a task or presentation.

The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –

• Managing a quality service
• Working together
• Leadership
• Changing and improving
• Communicating and influencing

Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.

If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk.

If you're planning to use AI to support your application, please ensure you've read our guidelines here first.

Read more about our application process and working with us on the Forestry England website.

Nationality requirements…

Read more about nationality requirements here.

Working for the Civil Service…

Forestry England is part of the Civil Service. The Civil Service has a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). This means candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria during the application process will be guaranteed an interview. We also offer a Redeployment Interview Scheme to current civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the role. This role is also part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans and Prison Leaver Recruitment initiative.

Within Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, it is essential that applicants should have the ability to provide conversation in accurate spoken English.

Our recruitment process makes appointments based on fair and open competition and merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in in line with/according to these principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email: englandhr.services@forestryengland.uk.