![]() ![]() When applying for this post, please provide current contact details (including e-mail addresses) for two referees, one should be your present or most recent employer. If you would like any more information regarding this vacancy, please contact Andy Clegg, Community Greenspace Manager on 01738 475276. You will help ensure that the Councils Scheme of Administration, Financial Guidelines, the Services Safe Working Practices, Quality Manual and Procedures are implemented at all times. You will have to respond in a timely manner to MSP, MP and Councillor queries and public service requests and complaints and provide specialist landscape advice on planning applications. ![]() To represent CG at meetings with other services, outside bodies and community representatives and will be able to draft Committee Reports, Best Value Reviews, Business Cases and other necessary documents within agreed timescales. ![]() Co-operation with CG Communities staff for community consultations and with CG Infrastructure staff to ensure projects are sustainably-designed and properly handed over for maintenance purposes is essential. On occasion, you will be required to deputise for the Senior Greenspace Officer (Policy & Projects) in his/her absence. To take part in team briefings, project review meetings and presentations and will provide oral and written reports as necessary. Participation in reviews of practices and procedures and assisting in the preparation and completion of Team Plans, Business Management and Improvement Plans and other appropriate policy documents will be essential. To contribute to the effective and efficient running of the team, encouraging good morale and maintaining a positive working attitude amongst colleagues. To deliver and manage community greenspace projects as part of a team from early consultation stages through sketch design, to tender and procurement, contract administration and delivery on the ground, to completion and handover. You must have a valid UK driving licence as this post requires you to travel to a variety of locations across Perth and Kinross. You will be a Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute. Experience of multi-disciplinary and external partnership work with other agencies and communities would be invaluable and a good working knowledge of the relevant legislation and best practice from other statutory bodies such as SEPA and NatureScot would be very advantageous. Having extensive site experience and a full understanding of relevant project documentation, you will be fully acquainted with CDM Regulations and be able to ensure all relevant Health and Safety standards and procedures are complied with. You will be able to identify and initiate projects and prepare briefs detailing scope of works and fee recharges and be able to prepare cost estimates and quotations and monitor and report on budgets to ensure allocated resources are used effectively, in line with Council procedures and accounting periods. You will be skilled in AutoCAD, and have a good knowledge of Microsoft Office software. The suitable applicant will be an experienced Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute who will be able to design, procure, implement and deliver a variety of projects which meet customer satisfaction levels within budget, fees and timescale. The team is dedicated to delivering quality greenspace projects which meet community needs, are appropriate in character to their setting and of good value to the public purse. As a team we are currently involved in delivering public-realm improvements, park and play area upgrades, park master planning and management plan development along with core path work and rural access projects such as route implementation and bridge installations. We work hard as an organisation to implement changes to tackle issues linked to climate change and biodiversity loss, and access to healthy green spaces for all. This full-time post is based in Perth, a vibrant small city and main gateway to the Scottish Highlands and is a unique opportunity to work within some of the most stunning landscapes in the UK. Perth and Kinross Council is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and practical Landscape Architect to join a small, busy team in the Community Greenspace (CG) Section of the Communities Service. Pullar House, 35 Kinnoull Street, Perth, PH1 5GD ![]()
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