Job Description

How you'll make a difference:

As Partnership and Delivery Officer, you will make a difference in the delivery of a wide range of community, landscape and environmental projects on public open space management and the efficient and sustainable management of open spaces.



Empowering community groups to provide support and technical expertise to carry out landscape and environmental improvement projects, you will encourage contribution towards the enhancement, maintenance and improvement of open space land assets. You will also inspect land scheduled to become public open spaces through the development process, assess appropriate horticultural standards and liaise with legal services in accordance with relevant 106 agreements.


What you will be doing:
It will be your responsibility to provide advice, guidance and support to community groups, partners and customers to support objectives and identify areas within local communities to engage people in the provision and delivery of s106 funded off site public open space landscape improvements. You will facilitate the inspection of land scheduled to become public open space through the development process, including site inspections to assess horticultural standards and any necessary liaison. It will be key for you to plan and deliver events including consultation, undertaking presentations, briefings and providing formal and informal training to colleagues, partners and the community in a variety of settings. Monitoring assigned budgets, you will ensure activities are achieved within allocated resources, timelines and budget and that financial information is accurate and accessible. Assisting in the building of local community networks, you will help build capacity to make an effective contribution to a wide range of community initiatives and work closely with partner organisations to secure their involvement in achieving community objectives.

What we need from you:
It is essential you have a relevant degree or equivalent qualification in a horticultural, landscape or environmental management discipline, or considerable experience in managing public open space improvements, landscape and environmental projects and community engagement. We require you to be able to demonstrate experience of managing and implementing multiple, complex horticultural, landscape and environmental schemes. You will have knowledge of practical horticultural methods, techniques and standards applicable to the service area, specifically the inspection of landscaping and public open space schemes, inspected by the council as part of the development process. It is essential you have demonstrable experience of working with community groups and volunteers to enhance and manage open spaces and implement landscape and environmental projects. You must be able to engage effectively with colleagues and external partners and influence others based on your technical knowledge of the area.

What you need to know:
This is a limited term contract until 22nd April 2027 Full time, 37 hours per week This is also suitable as an internal secondment opportunity.

Interviews will take place on 26th August 2025.

How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different:
As part of our benefits package, you will receive

generous annual leave

(pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of

staff discounts

, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities. We recognise that our

diverse team

of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.


Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.


We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of.



We're planning for the future; building and improving the roads, railways, schools, green spaces, and houses. We're providing essential services across our communities to ensure they are safe and well maintained. We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.

We're making a difference, be part of it!

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