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Current Vacancies
Senior Governance and Customer Services Coordinator (full details provided below)
Full time, permanent (37 hours per week)
£27,000 per annum
Administration Officer (full details provided below)
Full time, permanent (37 hours per week)
£22,000 per annum
Digital & Social Media Coordinator (full details provided below)
Full time, permanent (37 hours per week)
£24,000 per annum
Director of Parks and Allotments (full details provided below)
Full time, fixed term, two years (37 hours per week)
£45,000 per annum
Facilities and Property Manager (full details provided below)
Full time, permanent (37 hours per week)
£30,000 per annum
Volunteer Coordinator (full details provided below)
Full time, permanent (37 hours per week)
£27,000 per annum
Senior Governance and Customer Services Coordinator
Full time, permanent (37 hours per week)
£27,000 per annum
We are looking for an experienced Senior Governance and Customer Services Coordinator to join our Operations Team. You will be responsible for supporting our internal and external stakeholders, providing organisational governance, and responding to customer queries and complaints.
You will be responsible for building and maintaining strong relationships with Trustees, panel members and stakeholders and the smooth running of the office.
This is a role for a skilled and experienced person, who is passionate about the work of Urban Green Newcastle, and has the drive and ability to work co-operatively with others to achieve shared goals and optimise the contribution of all members of the team.
Closing date: Tuesday 30 May, 5pm.
Assessment day for long listed candidates: Tuesday 6 June.
Interviews will be held: Wednesday 14 June.
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Administration Officer
Full time, permanent (37 hours per week)
£22,000 per annum
We are looking for an experienced Administration Officer. Supporting the team, providing great customer service, managing information and resources, and working collaboratively are key in this role.
You will be responsible for ensuring the business runs smoothly through your exceptional administration skills, organisation, attention to detail and ability to keep on top of multiple work streams.
This is a role for someone who enjoys setting up and implementing effective systems, who loves organising and working collaboratively to contribute to the mission of Urban Green Newcastle.
Closing date: Tuesday 30 May, 5pm.
Assessment day for long listed candidates: Tuesday 6 June.
Interviews will be held: Friday 23 June.
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Digital & Social Media Coordinator
Full time, permanent (37 hours per week)
£24,000 per annum
We are looking for a creative and energetic Digital & Social Media Coordinator to help us refresh and grow our digital and social media audiences. You will be responsible for all our social media content and website and will work closely with our communications consultant on campaigns.
Working across the organisation, we need you to create and deliver campaigns, bring the Urban Green voice to life, and help people and nature to thrive.
This is a great opportunity for an innovative and passionate digital and social media specialist to help us connect people to the nature at the heart of the city.
Closing date: Tuesday 30 May, 5pm.
Assessment day for long listed candidates: Tuesday 6 June.
Interviews will be held: Monday 19 June.
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Director of Parks and Allotments
Full time, fixed term, two years (37 hours per week)
£45,000 per annum
Following an internal secondment, we have an exciting fixed term role as Director of Parks and Allotments. In this position you will join our senior leadership team and will lead the Ranger team in maintaining and presenting the green estate and providing exemplary public engagement. This is a great opportunity to shape the future of Newcastle’s parks and allotments.
You will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the parks and allotments, ensuring improved presentational and environment standards across the estate, providing great customer service and robust working practices that ensures that the parks and allotments are safe for all to use.
We are looking for someone who has substantial experience of managing green space and is passionate about improving parks and allotments for people and for nature, finding new and exciting ways to improve the Urban Green estate for the benefit of the people of the city and beyond. We are happy to consider secondments (including for a shorter term).
Closing date: Tuesday 30 May, 5pm.
Assessment day for long listed candidates: Tuesday 6 June.
Interviews will be held: Monday 12 June.
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Facilities and Property Manager
Full time, permanent (37 hours per week)
£30,000 per annum
We are looking for an experienced Facilities and Property Manager to join our Operations Team. You will be responsible for managing a wide-ranging portfolio of around 60 buildings, from listed buildings to modern offices and cafes. Ensuring safety and compliance, setting up maintenance regimes and ensuring equipment and facilities work well for our staff and tenants is a key part of ensuring that our parks and allotments are safe and welcoming for all.
You will be responsible for ensuring that property and facilities are safe to use, compliant with legal requirements and managed in a cost-effective way.
We are looking for an experienced facilities manager with an eye for detail and the ability to solve problems while ensuring a robust compliance regime and working collaboratively across the organisation. We would be happy to consider secondments.
Closing date: Tuesday 30 May, 5pm.
Assessment day for long listed candidates: Tuesday 6 June.
Interviews will be held: Tuesday 20 June.
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Volunteer Coordinator
Full time, permanent (37 hours per week)
£27,000 per annum
Volunteers are core to the future of the city’s parks and allotments, and we are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Volunteer Co-ordinator to grow a compelling, inclusive, and innovative volunteering programme and to develop our corporate volunteering offer.
Through your experience, imagination, and engagement skills you will encourage and build a volunteering programme which is known for its best practice, and where volunteers are trained, supported, develop confidence and have fun securing the future of the public green spaces within our city.
This is a rewarding opportunity for an individual who loves working with both people and nature to create and implement meaningful and wide-ranging volunteering opportunities across the estate.
Closing date: Tuesday 30 May, 5pm.
Assessment day for long listed candidates: Tuesday 6 June.
Interviews will be held: Friday 16 June.
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How to Apply
Please submit a CV and covering letter, along with a completed Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form, and send via email to recruitment@urbangreennewcastle.org.
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Please feel free to contact us with any enquiries.