Heritage Development Manager

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Conserving, celebrating and promoting our heritage and green space assets.

Salary: £30,060 – £33,191
Work locations: Across the Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside sub region with an initial focus on St Helens and Lancashire.
Hours: Full time – 36.25 hours per week
12 month fixed term contract with potential to become permanent.

Do you share our passion for supporting communities, improving health and wellbeing and protecting the planet?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity to work as a Heritage Development Manager in our Communities team.

Groundwork delivers a diverse portfolio of programmes and supports communities to become more active and resilient. We develop and improve public spaces and build greener, safer and stronger neighbourhoods. Our work changes physical landscapes and puts local people at the heart of these transformations. This approach simultaneously serves to improve individual’s health and wellbeing, whilst tackling climate change.

We have a proven track record when it comes to leading large scale heritage development projects. Examples of successfully securing funding to deliver programmes include Saltscape in Cheshire, Winckley Square in Preston and Rivington Terraced Gardens in Chorley. This role will lead on the development of future heritage opportunities for Groundwork, working within an experienced team and with a number of active projects in advanced stages of discussion.

We are looking for someone with significant experience of leading heritage development programmes and working in multi-agency partnerships. Your role will be to deliver robust programmes of community and stakeholder engagement ensuring future development opportunities align with community need.

Application Pack

Heritage Development Manager Job Description and Person Specification

Application Form

Groundwork CLM Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form

How To Apply

Please download and complete both the application form and equal opportunities monitoring form above and email to recruitment.clm@groundwork.org.uk or send by post to: Groundwork CLM, 74-80 Hallgate, Wigan, WN1 1HP.

Alternatively, email recruitment.clm@groundwork.org.uk  or phone 01942 821 444 to request for an application pack to be sent to you.

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Closing Date: Monday 28th June 2021. Interviews: w/c 5th July 2021.