Landscape Manager

Title: Landscape Manager
Location: Dover Castle, Dover, Kent, CT16 1HU
or Homebased
Salary: 40,852 p.a., depending on skills, experience and location / 36hrs per week / permanent
Job type: Permanent
: 16569

Heritage is for everybody, and we are here for heritage.

Heritage lives in places and people, memories and stories, artefacts and traditions. It can connect us all to the past, and to each other. It can make us happier, strengthen every community, and help shape society for the better. Everybody should be able to enjoy the benefits it brings.

That's why, as a charity, we care for over a million objects and hundreds of historic sites in every part of England, from international icons to local treasures. And it's why we open them up, share their stories and find new ways for everybody to enjoy, learn, play and create.

We are looking for a Landscape Manager to join our team. This is a full-time, permanent role, working 36 hours per week.

We offer flexible working arrangements where the role allows. This role can be based at one of our site offices located at Dover Castle, Battle Abbey or homebased. You will need to regularly travel to sites within your portfolio in Kent & East Sussex.

The Benefits

- Salary from 40,852, depending on skills, experience and location
- 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, pro rata, rising to 28 days after 3 years
- Matched pension contributions up to 10%
- Flexible hours
- The opportunity to progress your career within the heritage sector
- Apprenticeship opportunities
- Subscriptions to professional bodies
- Free access to all English Heritage sites for you and up to six friends and family members
- 25% discount in our shops and cafes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity or shared parental leave
- Options to buy additional leave
- An inclusive working atmosphere where everybody is supported from all backgrounds, religions and with different needs
- Opportunities to go to some of our great live music and history events

English Heritage cares for the monuments, buildings and places that bring the story of England to life for over 10 million visitors each year.

This is a great opportunity for a dedicated landscape management professional to join the South and East Team as a Landscape Manager supporting our Kent and East Sussex portfolio. This role brings together landscaping, grounds maintenance and project management, providing expertise to a team that delivers a holistic estates service to the region.

You will actively champion landscape management and lead on the grounds maintenance and management of our estates across the region. The sites within the portfolio vary considerably in complexity and scale, ranging from castles such as Dover, Walmer and Deal to Roman Forts such as Richborough.

Are you passionate about caring for some of England's most important historical buildings and landmarks? If so, this is a great opportunity to join English Heritage Trust's Kent-based Estates Management team. The Landscape Manager's primary purpose is to provide high-quality conservation landscape and grounds maintenance and associated facilities services for the National Collection of Historic Properties and Estates. It is a busy and varied role which makes the everyday interesting, with no two days the same.

The Estates Department is made up of four Regions with teams providing professional expertise to conserve and maintain a range of properties from country houses and ruined castles to hill forts and Roman temples. Working from either Dover Castle or remotely from home, you will be part of the South & East Region team, supporting a diverse portfolio of historic sites across Kent and Sussex.

Working with Facilities Managers, Building Conservation Managers, Gardens and Landscape Teams, Curatorial Teams, project teams and contractors, you will help care for and improve our landscapes, grounds and external spaces so they remain safe, welcoming and historically significant.

As Landscape Manager, you will provide specialist advice on landscape management, environmental stewardship and grounds maintenance across a portfolio of sites, helping to ensure landscapes and external assets are well maintained, legally compliant and aligned with organisational standards. Working collaboratively with colleagues across Estates, Curatorial and project teams, you will support the delivery of conservation and operational objectives to achieve high-quality outcomes.

To do this, the role requires strong project/contract management skills and a working understanding of the relevant health and safety regulations. It also requires competence in operating within the constraints of heritage and planning policies and statutory requirements, as well as being able to demonstrate a robust understanding of historic building conservation best practice principles.

As a confident communicator, you will work collaboratively with Senior Management and site colleagues across the Kent portfolio, including the Facilities Manager  will build strong working…