Assistant Landscape Officer

Overview

Salary: £31,500.00 per annum

Hours:

37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday 8am until 4.30pm

Location:

Central Milton Keynes

Closing Date: 30th January 2026

• Ensure the Trust’s green estate is well managed, safe, clean, and maintained to a high standard.
• Support team members to deliver operational and landscape works efficiently and to required standards.
• Supervise contractors and Direct Works teams as needed.
• Promote the values and culture of the organisation.

• Conduct regular inspections of the Trust’s green estate, including fixtures and fittings; record findings and initiate actions where defects are identified.
• Inspect contract work in progress to ensure compliance with contract conditions and specifications.
• Monitor contractor and Direct Works team performance, including health and safety, providing advice and instructions where required.
• Maintain records of contractors on site and ensure necessary documentation is supplied.
• Address day to day issues raised by contractors and Direct Works teams.
• Assist in preparing contracts, including applying standard and additional specifications.
• Identify required hard and soft landscape works, including opportunities to enhance the green estate.
• When needed, measure, specify, and prepare costings and plans for landscape works.
• Issue plants and materials to contractors and carry out checks to ensure correct usage and accountability.
• Conduct formal tree surveys at required intervals and maintain accurate records.
• Support Rangers and Enforcement Officers, sharing information and assisting with on site situations.
• Liaise with and monitor utility companies and third parties working on Trust land.
• Respond to public enquiries and complaints, explaining Trust policies to ensure a positive organisational image.
• Monitor designated land areas and address issues such as boundary encroachment, garden waste, litter and other misuse, in coordination with Enforcement Officers.
• Participate in an out of hours rota to respond to emergency calls.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties.

• Full driving licence.
• Qualification in land management (e.g., forestry, arboriculture, horticulture, landscape maintenance, hard landscaping).
• Experience in parks management and at least some aspects of forestry, arboriculture, landscape maintenance or hard landscaping.
• Strong communication skills with team members, colleagues, the public, and external parties.
• Well organised, able to work under pressure, and capable of using own initiative.
• Willingness to undertake further training to enhance skills and support organisational development.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365.