Landscape Officer

An exciting opportunity to join Cotswold District Council as our Landscape Officer on a two year fixed term contract. You will be pivotal, in providing high quality, robust landscape and green infrastructure advice - ensuring the delivery of positive environmental outcomes that will support our community, climate change and nature recovery priorities.

The Cotswold District is a great place, and we are rightly proud of our businesses, communities and residents. We’re busy recreating a council that’s pro-active and responsive to the needs of our residents and businesses in a fast-changing environment. That means we need to be ‘fleet of foot’ and look for innovative and creative ways to deliver against our Corporate Plan priorities.

The Council has an ambitious Council Plan focused on a range of important priorities including climate action, strong local communities, and a vibrant district economy.  

About the role…

Our Natural, Built and Historic Environment Service is fundamental to the success of the Council’s ambition for a sustainable future.  We are looking for an enthusiastic Landscape Officer to join the team, to provide high quality landscape and green infrastructure advice on planning proposals and on allocations and policies in the Local Plan, ensuring that we protect and enhance our valuable landscapes, and that new accessible and multi-functional green infrastructure is created and maintained.

You will work with a variety of different stakeholders or partnerships, including the Cotswold National Landscape Board, developers, planning agents and applicants, landscape consultants, local communities, and other customers. You will be vital in creating sustainable, positive outcomes, across the District, through a forward thinking and practical solutions based approach.

You will need…

• Postgraduate qualification in your area of expertise
• Significant relevant experience in a related Landscape role.
• High level of knowledge, understanding and experience of all aspects of landscape and green infrastructure.
• Ability to work positively with a range of stakeholders and customers
• Experience of being involved in continuously improving services and developing products to meet customer need
• Good communication and negotiation skills.

 Special Conditions…

• Full Driving Licence and access to a vehicle
• This post designated as politically restricted in accordance with the Local Government and Housing Act 1989. Politically restricted post holders are restricted from canvassing on behalf of a political party or for a person who is, or seeks to be, a candidate for election to a local authority, the House of Commons, or the European Parliament.

For more information about this role please see the Job Description/Person Specification.

What can we do for you…

• Agile working allowing a mix of home and office working
• Flexible working arrangements (depending on the role)
• 27 days paid annual leave (pro rata if you are working part time) plus bank holidays, which increases to 29 days after five years of service
• In addition you will have an extra two volunteering days a year for you to support a charity of your choice
• Renewed again for another year there is a Health cash plan giving you cash back on health, dental and eye care 
• Generous contributory local government pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme 24/7, providing positive, preventative and supportive advice and counselling to deal with everyday events and issues
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car lease scheme with significant tax and NI savings to be made on electric cars
• Generous sickness cover above statutory entitlements

Terms and conditions apply

These are just a handful of the benefits that you can enjoy when you join us!

If you feel this is the role for you please email your CV and supporting statement detailing how you meet the criteria above by clicking on the ‘Apply for this Position’ icon within this page. Alternatively, please email us at join-us@publicagroup.uk or contact the recruitment team on 01285 623319

Your application will not be considered if you have not provided a supporting statement, in addition to your CV.

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