Darent Valley Landscape Partnership Scheme Manager

Role Responsibility

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to the Darent Valley, a beautiful rural landscape rich in heritage lying within and beside the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). You will lead a dynamic team of staff to deliver the Darent Valley Landscape Partnership Scheme (DVLPS).

The DVLPS is an ambitious scheme funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF), EU Interreg 2 Seas and Channel programmes and scheme partners that brings together a range of partners to promote, support and deliver an integrated and sustainable approach to landscape management. This will be achieved through advocacy, development of partnerships and delivery of an integrated suite of projects to enhance and protect the landscape and its heritage, improve access, raise capacity in partners and the local community, and increase community engagement.

Your role will be to manage and develop the DVLPS team, establish partnerships and work with partners to deliver the potential of the Landscape Partnership Scheme.  You will ensure that projects are integrated and delivered on time and to budget, use your influence and experience to promote the Scheme and work with partners and team members to further develop programmes and secure the financial arrangements for the second and third year of operation.

A key part of your role will be to look beyond the delivery period that NLHF have funded this programme to secure a legacy and future for this exciting initiative.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Contact Details

For further information on this role, please contact Nick Johannsen - Director, Kent Downs AONB Unit

nick.johannsen@kentdowns.org.uk

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.