Job Description
Nottingham City Council’s Greenspace and Natural Environment team is proud to manage our city’s amazing greenspaces - from vibrant parks and peaceful nature reserves to the green corridors that connect our communities. As an award-winning team, we’re passionate about shaping spaces that inspire, support wellbeing, and celebrate biodiversity.
We’re growing our team - from Senior Service Leadership and specialist roles to hands-on operational delivery we’re looking for people who share our drive and passion to make a difference in the greenspace of Nottingham.
So, if you want to be a part of our fantastic team we’d love to hear from you.
Greenspace Commercial Manager
Nottingham City Council
Closing Date: 7th September 2025
Salary: £51356 – £54495 per annum (Grade J) | Permanent | Full Time
Imagine shaping a city where greenspace powers both wellbeing and revenue.
Nottingham is already one of the UK’s greenest cities, but we’re not stopping there.
We’re investing millions into our parks, play spaces, biodiversity, and community wellbeing. We need a
strategic leader who sees green infrastructure not just as a service, but as a platform for commercial innovation, civic pride and future resilience.
If you excel at maximising revenue, unlocking untapped potential, and leading at the crossroads of strategy, activation, and revenue, this could be your next big impact role.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Leading £3m+ Greenspace capital investment programmes, from inception to completion
- Leading the activation and commercialisation of our city’s parks and green assets.
- Developing new income streams, partnerships and funding bids (think Sport England, NLHF, S106)
- Oversight of leases, tenders, contracts and robust supplier relationships
- Annual fees & charges benchmarking and performance reviews
- Service-level financial forecasting and budget delivery
- Smart, inclusive use of public greenspace that enhances lives and service resilience.
Reporting to the Head of Greenspace & Natural Environment and helping shape a future where
nature is at the heart of city life and pays its way.
Who We’re Looking For
You're an entrepreneurial thinker with strong roots in
capital delivery, contract management or commercial planning, and a soft spot for urban greenspaces. You’ve likely worked in local government, consultancy, parks, sports, or environment-based industries.
- You’ll bring a track record of leading high-value programmes (ideally £1m+ capital projects)
- Experience in crafting or managing commercial partnerships and contracts
- Financial literacy, forecasting, fees and funding savvy
- Understanding of greenspace operations, biodiversity, or placemaking
- Confidence to matrix-manage stakeholders and present ideas at senior level
- Passion for public service, people, and place
What You’ll Gain
- A senior service strategic role with citywide impact
- A chance to help shape a greener and more inclusive Nottingham
- A role with visible impact in your local community
- Supportive colleagues and opportunities for professional development
- Flexible working and employee wellbeing support
- Generous local government pension and holiday scheme
Apply now
If you are interested in being part of an amazing team that really wants to make a difference to the greenspaces in Nottingham then join us in shaping a Greener, Healthier, Happier Nottingham.
For an informal chat, contact
Donna Cresswell-Duly, Head of Greenspace & Natural Environment, at
[email protected]You can find the job description for this post
here
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the
additional information for applicants page.
Closing Date: 7th September 2025
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: w/c 22/9/25
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About Us
Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:
- 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
- Smart Working – to support your work life balance
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.
