Phase 2 Project Management - Consultancy or employed PT

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Penllergare Phase 2 Project Manager: Consultancy Contract / Paid Employee (Negotiable) – circa 2 years The Penllergare Trust, a pioneering independent charitable company established in 2000, is progressing an ambitious landscape restoration scheme at Penllergare Valley Woods, with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund Parks for People programme. Penllergare Valley Woods (100 ha / 259 acres) is a major recreational, heritage and wildlife site; the largest area of green space in north Swansea with over 100,000 people living within a 10 minute drive. The Penllergare Trust has an ambitious vision to see the cultural landscape of Penllergare conserved for public benefit largely supported by local people. With a lease of 100+ years from a private owner the Trust has started to restore the nationally important romantic, picturesque designed landscape created by the Dillwyn Llewelyn family in the nineteenth century. The woods provide a superb location for people to relax, enjoy a range of leisure activities and a place to get outdoors and close up to nature. The Trust is now looking for a highly motivated, versatile and resourceful Project Manager with excellent project management, contract management and environmental skills to deliver our Phase 2 project. The Project will conserve and renovate a walled garden and its environs along with a new visitor centre building for the Trust’s 100,000 visitors. This includes the consolidation of the Orchid House, the restoration of the Vinery which will include a full size replica of the internal Orchid House, the repair of the walls and the making safe of other buildings. This centre will have an overall objective of using interactive and multimedia 'displays' to engage visitors with the botanical, scientific, and photographic heritage of Penllergare. The Trust is working with the Heritage Lottery Fund with regard to the entire Phase Two project. The jewel in the crown in heritage terms is the now-ruined orchid house which is a scheduled ancient monument. With regard to the walled gardens in general at Penllergare, Briggs and Ward noted that "Penllergare's kitchen complex is one of the most extensive surviving in Wales outside a major stately home. Its original range of forcing houses must still rate among the most comprehensive ever built in Britain." (RCAHMW, NPRN 265643, 2000) Please see www.penllergare.org The Role You will be the lead role in procuring and managing contracts and maintain designated funding tightly to budget within the Trusts financial operating controls. A key role is to manage a team of multi-disciplined consultants in preparing all necessary plans, information and. These include but are not limited to; Landscape Architects, Conservation Architects, Activities Plan Developers, Ecologists and Business Consultants. The role offers a great opportunity to work on a range of project types with experienced heritage professionals and to hone your heritage and project management skills in a stimulating and collaborative work environment. The role will coordinate the delivery of the Heritage Lottery Fund Phase 2 programme maximising primary and secondary social, historical, architectural, and cultural data to deliver a holistic restoration project of the walled garden and environs. The role will reference and coordinate with Trust working groups including Landscape, biodiversity and historic interpretation. The role will liaise closely with the existing Penllergare Trust staff to ensure community engagement and volunteer participation in a wide range of restorative roles incorporating local knowledge, community values and perspectives. The role will carry out continuous assessments of cultural significance – aesthetic, historical, social, architectural to ensure the best value and result is achieved in the project delivery and resulting attraction. The role requires significant experience in policy delivery and management in the following areas - conservati