Community Legacy Grant Coordinator
Wychbold Park Improvement Plan
The Wychbold Park Improvement Plan is an exciting project, funded mostly by Wychavon District Council’s legacy grant funding, to upgrade the park’s green spaces for use by the whole community to celebrate and care for the area’s biodiversity.
Dodderhill Parish Council, DPC, has been awarded £97k to enhance Wychbold Park by improving the community orchard, putting in new paths and renovating the old ones,turning the waste ground by the village hall into a sensory garden, adding bird/bat boxes to some of the trees and improving the hedgerows.
This work needs to start now and finish in 2025, though there will be on-going and future maintenance opportunities.
To make this happen we need someone with experience in managing contracts to see the development plan through to completion. The work will involve overseeing the procurement process and liaison with the successful contractors, ensuring they are within budget and the specified timelines.
A good working knowledge of hard landscaping schemes and materials is desirable along with experience in developing parkland and community garden type areas for public use and enjoyment.
The Coordinator will be expected to work alongside a working party made up of councillors and non-councillors and with the council’s Clerk and Assistant to the Clerk (Assistant, when in post).
Additional note: there may be another role of grounds person available soon which could, if wanted, be combined with the above role.
Please read through the attached job description and person specification before contacting the Clerk with an expression of interest.
Role description
• To coordinate the implementation of the grant awarded to DPC.
• To initiate getting quotes; creating recommendations to DPC or its working party; over-seeing work done is to time and matches the specification of works.
• To initiate volunteer groups and oversee these.
• May be short term – 12 / 18 months or longer term, as role changes from creation to maintenance.
Remuneration
This could be:
• On a voluntary basis to help the community.
• On a voluntary basis with an honorarium (annual sum e.g. £300).
• As self-employed, to be paid upon completion.
• As a temporary employee, paid monthly salary (to be negotiated).
Person specification
Essential
You will have:
• An interest in enhancing the environment and increasing biodiversity.
• An ability to multi-task.
• Ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team.
• Basic computer / IT skills.
• Good record keeping (contacts, quotes, invoices etc.)
• Good availability for the next 18 months.
• Strong communication skills – phone and email.
• An understanding of how to attract and keep volunteers.
Desirable
We would also like you to have:
• Residence in or close to Wychbold.
• Confidence to ring and email contractors e.g. to chase up quotes or to query aspects of work undertaken.
• A good working knowledge of hard landscaping materials and their applications.
• A reasonable working knowledge of plants.
For further information please contact-
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Phone: 01527 372548