Senior Parks And Landscape Officer

Cork City Council

Cork

Cork City Council is a large urban authority with over 1,500 employees across 40 locations. It has 31 Elected Members representing five wards across the City. The Council provides a wide and diverse range of public services such as housing, management of the public realm, libraries, physical planning and development, community, culture and place-making and the delivery of infrastructure projects. An opportunity now exists in Cork City Council for the position of Senior Parks and Landscape Officer. Reporting to the Director of Service, or other appropriate officer, the Senior Parks and Landscape Officer is a senior management position within the Operations Directorate of Cork City Council. They have the overall responsibility for the development, management and administration of the parks service which includes public realm, parks, cemeteries, and biodiversity. The successful candidate will: • Hold a qualification in Horticulture, Landscape Architecture, Arboriculture, Natural or Environmental Science (Level 8 or higher on the National Framework of Qualifications. • Have not less than eight years post-graduate satisfactory experience of planning, design, development and management of one or more of the following: Parks, Heritage Landscapes and Gardens, Open Spaces, Green Infrastructure, Public Realm and Urban Design, Urban Forests, Sports Grounds, Recreation and Play Facilities, Burial Grounds, Community Gardens and Allotments.

1520 days ago