Access and Engagement Manager – The Royal Parks

About Us

The Royal Parks (TRP) is a charity created in March 2017. We manage over 5,000 acres of diverse parkland, rare habitats and historic buildings and monuments in eight Royal Parks across London. These are: Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James’s Park, The Regent’s Park and Primrose Hill, Greenwich Park, Richmond Park and Bushy Park.

We also manage other important public spaces including Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower Gardens. Our eight Royal Parks and other public spaces are among the most visited attractions in the UK with 77 million visits every year.

Guided by our ‘welcome everyone’ objective, we have a new and ambitious plan to improve access and engage local underserved communities with the parks and everything they have to offer.

We are currently seeking an Access and Engagement Manager to join our team on a full-time, permanent basis.

The Benefits

• Salary of £39,052 – £43,000 p.a.
• 26 days’ annual leave (pro rata) plus public holidays, increasing to 29 days after 3 years’ service
• Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)
• Hybrid/agile working options
• Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan
• Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders
• Learning and development opportunities
• Cycle to work scheme
• Offices in a beautiful location

This is an unmissable opportunity for a passionate individual with experience developing initiatives to increase access and engagement with the outdoors to join our prestigious organisation.

You’ll play a key role in enabling local communities and groups to access, enjoy and learn about the eight Royal Parks in some of the most stunning locations in London.

Not only this, but you’ll also receive a great range of benefits and fantastic perks as we believe in putting our colleagues first and helping them to achieve their ideal work/life balance.
So, if you can inspire others and bring your focus, experience, skills and empathy to help broaden access and engage diverse communities with the Royal Parks, we want to hear from you!

The Role

As Access and Engagement Manager, you will manage, implement and deliver our new Access and Engagement plan.

You won’t be starting from scratch. To start, you will focus on building capacity, you will co-ordinate the Access and Engagement group to create guidelines and frameworks, and strengthen and develop partnerships so current and future engagement work can be more effective and impactful.

You will also identify and work with local communities, teams and partners to develop a plan for each park (or group of parks), piloting initiatives and managing resources and budgets to improve access and participation.

Additionally, you will:

• Recruit and line manage the Access and Engagement team and volunteers
• Oversee the successful implementation of the nature play programme
• Evaluate impact and prepare programme reports
• Develop an Access and Engagement handbook
• Deliver access and sensory audits for each park
• Work with Communications, Marketing and Digital teams to promote the programme

About You

To be considered as an Access and Engagement Manager, you will need:

• Experience developing and implementing initiatives to increase access and engagement of underserved communities with the outdoors
• Experience building relationships with local communities, organisations and partners
• Experience working to agreed plans and budgets, monitoring progress, evaluating impact and producing reports
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Proficiency in IT, including MS Office

Other organisations may call this role Access and Engagement Project Manager, Project Manager, Programme Manager, Project Delivery Manager, Community Engagement Manager, Community Manager, or Environmental Project Manager.

We want to put everyone in the best possible position to succeed. If you think that you may need more support to complete our application process, please do get in touch.

The Royal Parks is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

So, if you are interested in this unique opportunity as an Access and Engagement Manager, please apply via the button shown. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.

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