APPLICATION FORM

CONFIDENTIAL APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT

The Royal Parks is committed to the fair treatment of its staff, potential staff or users of its services. Recruitment and selection decisions are made purely on merit as the result of fair and open competition. We are committed to equality of opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and do not discriminate against any person because of gender, race, ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or responsibility for dependants, age, physical/mental disability or offending background.

PLEASE NOTE: The Royal Parks (TRP) and the charity The Royal Parks Foundation have agreed they should become a new single organisation to fundraise for and manage the capital's eight Royal Parks. Both organisations plan to join within a new charitable public corporation.  A detailed plan has been worked up, and work is ongoing but it is hoped the new organisation will be established from 1 December 2016. The new organisation will be a charitable public corporation with increased freedoms and flexibilities to manage the parks more efficiently.

Staff joining TRP before 1 December 2016 will be civil servants but after that date their status will change as TRP will be moving out of the civil service to a new charitable status.  Staff terms and conditions will be protected on transfer.

The closing date for this application is Monday, 8 th August, 2016 .

Please submit 3 A4 pieces of work from your portfolio together with your application.

Tip: You can use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move between fields. Once completed, please email your form to vacancies@royalparks.gsi.gov.uk with the job title as the subject, we don’t require a hard copy as well.

1. JOB POSITION

Position applied for: Landscape Management Officer

Grade: II

Vacancy reference: LMO716

2. PERSONAL DETAILS1

Title: Please select:

Surname:      

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Address:      

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Email Address:      

Do you have a full current driving licence? (If required by the job description)

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Are you currently a Civil Servant? Please select:

Have you ever been a Civil Servant? Please select:

At what stage are you applying? Please select:

3. EDUCATION

A) Secondary Education

School name/address From

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B) Further Education and Training

University/college name From

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C) Occupational Qualifications/Institute Membership/Membership of Professional Organisations

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College/Institute

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4. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Please provide details over the last 10 years, including any unpaid or voluntary work, listing present or most recent employer first. Any gaps in employment dates should be explained. If you have any particularly relevant experience dating beyond the last 10 years please include this.

Current salary and benefits or salary when last employed:

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Name and address of employer and type of

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Job title and main duties

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5. REASON FOR APPLICATION – Skills, Qualities and Experience3

In this part we want you to highlight your skills, qualities and experience. The competencies relevant to the post you are applying for are listed in the Person Specification on the job description enclosed below. For those competencies listed below, please give specific examples in no more than 200 words for each heading about a time either at work, volunteering or in your personal life that demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria required to do the job. You must ensure that your answers provide clear evidence of the given competency.

Seeing the Big Picture: Develop an understanding of how own and team’s work supports achievement of departmental priorities and delivery to the citizen.

     

Leading and Communicating: Express ideas effectively both orally and in writing and with sensitivity and respect for others.     

Leading and Communicating: Listen to, understand, respect and accept the value of different views, ideas and ways of working.     

Collaborating and Partnering: Proactively seek information, resources and support from others outside own immediate team in order to help achieve results.     

Delivering at Pace: Remain positive and focused on achieving outcomes despite setbacks to ensure that projects are delivered to a high quality and fulfil the expectations of the key stakeholders.     

Delivering Value for Money: Monitoring resources against plans and budget, identify and flag up variances.     

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Specific Role Competencies: Competent skills in CAD/ InDesign/ Photoshop and MS Office applications.     

Please submit 3 A4 pieces of work from your portfolio together with your application.

6. PERSONAL STATEMENT

This is your opportunity to tell us why you think we should select you and why you want the job. Here you can demonstrate how your experience meets the other role competencies in the person specification attached. You may also include personal interests which are relevant and meet the requirements of the post. You must use no more than 350 words.

     

7. ATTENDANCE RECORD

If you wish to comment on any extended absences from the office, please do so here.

     

8. PART TIME

If you are part time, please state the number of hours that you are able to work and also please confirm if you would consider job share.

9. REFEREES

Please provide the contact details of referees from your employment over the past 3 years.

Please note that your present employer and other referees will not be contacted without your prior consent.

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Referee 1 Referee 2Name:       Name:      Address:       Address:      Postcode:       Postcode:      Occupation:       Occupation:      Email:       Email:      Telephone No:

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Referee 3 Referee 4Name:       Name:      Address:       Address:      Postcode:       Postcode:      Occupation:       Occupation:      Email:       Email:      Telephone No:

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10. DECLARATION

By submission of your form, you agree to the following:

I confirm that the information given on this form is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true and accurate. I understand that if I have given misleading information on this form, this will be sufficient grounds for terminating my employment. I have personally completed the application form.

Name:       Date: Click here to enter a date.

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11. LINE MANAGER’S ASSESSMENT OF SUITABILITY (or Countersigning Officer if Line Manager not available)

If you are currently employed as a Civil Servant you will be required to complete this section in full. Candidates must attach their entire completed application, with section 11 for their line managers to complete. Please also attach your last 2 years' appraisal reports.

External candidates should proceed directly to Section 12.

1) I consider this applicant to be:

Highly suitable Suitable Unsuitable I am unable to judge

Please comment on your assessment drawing attention to the applicant’s experience/special qualities for the post. If you are unable to judge the applicant’s suitability, please give reasons:

     

To be completed only if applicant is applying for trawled post on promotion.

2) Do you consider the applicant to have the skills and experience to perform at the higher grade they have applied for?

Yes No

Please comment on your promotion assessment:

     

Name:       Grade:       Date: Click here to enter a date.

Line Manager/Countersigning Officer for Please select: years and Please select: months

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12. DIVERSITY FORM (this will be detached from your application by the HR Dept)

Section A: Your Details

Title: Please select:

Forename(s):      

Surname:      

Date Of Birth:      

Male Female

Gender Identity (optional): If you identify as transsexual or transgender (in that you have effected a permanent change of gender identity) or as inter-sex, which group do you identify with?      

How did you learn of this vacancy? Please select:

If ‘Other internet site’, ‘Recruitment Agency’ or ‘Other’, please specify here:      

Section B: Disability

The Royal Parks wish to encourage suitably qualified people with disabilities to apply for jobs. All information will be treated in strictest confidence.

Do you consider that you have a disability? Yes No Prefer not to say

What is the nature of your disability?      

Please give details of any special needs or requirements that you may need us to make if you are invited to interview/offered employment:      

Section C: Religion or Belief and Sexual Orientation

Which religion or belief do you most associate with? Please tick one box only.

No religion Buddhist Christian Hindu Jewish

Muslim Sikh Any other religion Prefer not to say

Which sexual orientation do you most associate with? Please tick one box only.

Bisexual Gay Man Gay Woman/Lesbian Heterosexual/straight

Other Prefer not to say

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Section D: National Identity

Which National Identity do you most identify with? Please tick one box only.

British English Northern Irish Scottish

Welsh Other (please specify if you wish)       Prefer not to say

Section E: Ethnic Identity

Which Ethnic Background do you most identify with? Please tick one box only.

ASIAN OR ASIAN BRITISH:

Bangladeshi Indian Pakistani

Any Other Asian Background (please specify if you wish)      

BLACK OR BLACK BRITISH:

African Caribbean Any Other Black Background (please specify if you wish)      

CHINESE:

Any Chinese Background (please specify if you wish)      

MIXED ETHNIC BACKGROUND:

Mixed White and Asian Mixed White and Black African Mixed White and Black Caribbean

Any Other Mixed Background (please specify if you wish)      

WHITE:

Any White Background (please specify if you wish)      

OTHER ETHNIC BACKGROUND:

Any Other Ethnic Background (please specify if you wish)      

Prefer not to say

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Thank you for completing these forms, please now email your final application and diversity form to vacancies@royalparks.gsi.gov.uk with the job title as the subject

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Landscape Management Officer (12 month fixed term contract)

Location: Ranger’s Lodge, Hyde Park

Grade and Salary: Grade II (Exec) £25,090 - £30,574

Reporting to: Head of Landscape

Key functional relationships:Director of Parks, Head of Parks Services, Head of Landscape, Park Managers and Assistant Park Managers, Estates Team, Events Team, Community Engagement Team, Ecology Team, Arboricultural Team, Communications Team, Horticulture Officer, Consultants, Contractors, Government organisations, local authorities, members of interest groups and a wide range of stakeholders.

Key external relationships:Landscape Framework Consultants

Main purpose of the job: You will be responsible for the development and delivery of The Royal Parks Landscape Management and Operational Plans and their Executive Summaries including research, writing, coordination, programming, project management and the management of consultants. You will bring together a wide range of expertise from park management teams, specialist staff and key external stakeholders.

You will prepare funding and award applications including assistance with the submission of the annual Green Flag and Green Heritage Award applications for each Park. To prepare reports, research and disseminate information to Royal Parks staff.

Main duties/responsibilities:

To work closely with the Head of Landscape to update and deliver TRP’s Landscape Management Plans and annual Operational Plans for each Royal Park

To project manage the delivery of the plans to programme and budget under the supervision of the Head of Landscape reporting monthly on project progress and highlighting risks to project delivery, quality and budget

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To work closely with Park Managers, Assistant Park Managers, park based staff, consultants and other specialists to update and develop the plans

To work closely with the Park Managers, Assistant Park Managers, local staff and the Community Engagement Team to support the delivery of consultation and stakeholder engagement activities

To write and proof read text, develop illustrative and technical material, and manage photographic content

To manage issuing and updating of plans, administration and electronic archiving

To support the submission and administration of the Green Flag and Green Heritage Award applications

To write consultants briefs, liaise with and manage consultants and other specialists through all stages of project delivery ensuring quality assurance procedures are followed

To support the development of funding applications To undertake, collate and prepare data, design and survey information

as directed for documentation and presentation materials To manage and work with Volunteers To support the Head of Landscape in the management of programme,

risk and project finance To liaise with stakeholders, deal with enquiries from members of the

public, consultants and others through meetings, correspondence and telephone

Maintain an awareness and observation of TRP Fire and Health & Safety Policies, Procedures and H&S Regulations

To support the delivery of projects within Parks Services as directed

Representation on TRP internal groups:Landscape Portfolio Board

TRP representation on external fora:You should identify any external groups at which you represent TRP

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Person Specification:(Please refer to the competency framework)

COMPETENCIES / SELECTION CRITERIA Essential /

DesirableSTRATEGIC CLUSTER – SETTING DIRECTION

Seeing the Big pictureDevelop an understanding of how own and team’s work supports achievement of departmental priorities and delivery to the citizen. EChanging and ImprovingTake initiative to suggest ideas for improvements, sharing this feedback with others in a constructive manner. DMaking Effective DecisionsExplain clearly, verbally and in writing, how a decision has been reached. D

PEOPLE CLUSTER – ENGAGING PEOPLELeading and CommunicatingExpress ideas effectively both orally and in writing and with sensitivity and respect for others. EListen to, understand, respect and accept the value of different views, ideas and ways of working. ECollaborating and PartneringProactively seek information, resources and support from others outside own immediate team in order to help achieve results. EBuilding Capability for AllTake responsibility for the quality of own work and seeking opportunities for improvement through continuous learning. DEncourage and be open to developmental feedback from others. D

PERFORMANCE CLUSTER – DELIVERING RESULTSManaging a Quality ServiceWork with team to set priorities, create clear plans and manage all work to meet the needs of the customer and the business. DDelivering at PaceRemain positive and focused on achieving outcomes despite setbacks to ensure that projects are delivered to a high quality and fulfil the ESet and achieve challenging goals and monitor quality. DDelivering Value for MoneyMonitoring resources against plans and budget, identify and flag up E

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variances.Specific Role CompetenciesPost graduate level qualification in Landscape Architecture, Landscape Management, Environmental Management or similar or equivalent ECompetent skills in CAD/ InDesign/ Photoshop and MS Office applications. E

See the Civil Service competency framework for further information on civil service competencies.

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