Sydney Gardens Project Manager

Following its successful application for funding to deliver the development phase of a Parks for People project for Sydney Gardens, Bath and North East Somerset’s Parks’ service are looking to recruit a Project Manager to oversee the development of a round two application for the project.

Sydney Gardens, a popular urban park in the centre of Bath, is thought to be the only remaining 18th century pleasure garden in the UK: once popular with Jane Austen the site is a grade II listed feature in its own right and home to a number of important listed structures and features. 

The Project Manager will lead a small team in the process of preparing a second round Parks for People bid: overseeing specialist architects and other consultants, undertaking an exciting programme of community engagement and volunteer work, supporting and informing a project Steering Group and reporting to the Lottery and other funders on project progress.

This is a fixed term project to September 2018, with a possibility of extension to 2021 subject to ongoing HLF funding and performance review.

The successful applicant will be an experienced project manager with a proven track record of delivering successful large Heritage Lottery or other grant funded capital programmes. They will also have experience managing large (c. £3 million) budgets, will have a demonstrable ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams to meet agreed deadlines and will have excellent communication and negotiation skills. 

If you are interested in this post and require more detail after reading the job description please contact Paul Pearce on 01225 396879.

To apply, please visit our website at www.bathnes.gov.uk/jobs. Alternatively, telephone 01225 396409 (24 hours), quoting the reference number and job title for a paper application pack.  Please note we do not accept CV’s.

Closing Date: 27/03/2017