A key strand of KKP’s work is our high-quality services to help protect and improve open and green spaces, pitches and outdoor sports provision. We are presently recruiting site assessors to join our fieldwork team which supports delivery of:
• Playing pitch and outdoor sports facilities needs assessments/strategies (PPOSS) – this tends to encompass grass pitches for sports such as football, cricket and rugby, artificial grass pitches – typically for hockey, football and rugby, netball/tennis courts, action sports (i.e., skateboarding, BMX, scootering) facilities, athletics tracks through to, on occasion, golf and water-sports provision. (These include club and privately owned/managed provision plus venues owned/administered by local authorities and schools).
• Open and green spaces needs assessments and strategies (OSS) – this tends to cover parks, more informal green spaces, outdoor play areas, allotments and, on occasions, public rights of way, areas of water etc.
We are building our site assessor/researcher team and are looking to recruit staff based (or who can deliver fieldwork) in a number of areas of the country (this can change and extend every year). The work involves delivery of site visits – normally to all playing pitch/outdoor sports facilities and/or a substantial proportion of the open/green spaces sites in a given local authority area. On average, KKP works on PPOSS/OSS projects with c. 60-70 local authorities annually delivering more than 2,500 site quality assessments (based on principles/criteria developed from nationally recognised initiatives such as Green Flag) every year.
Members of our current team tend to be people who:
- Enjoy working outdoors.
- Have experience as a player/referee/coach or in other volunteering roles in one or more of the sports listed above.
- Are keen on helping establish the value of, and protecting, sporting, recreational and open/green spaces.
- Like to have the option to work flexibly – fitting in the work they do for us with their other family and domestic commitments.
- Understand the need to be thorough and deliver work within agreed timescales.
The nature of this role normally makes it impractical to do it utilising public transport or a non-motorised vehicle) so you need to own (or have access to) a car, be prepared to use it for work and be confident driving reasonable distances to/within specific areas to visit and assess sites. You will also need to:
- Work well as part of a small team and be good at speaking to people in a range of community settings.
- Be comfortable completing (very simple and straightforward) electronic information forms and feeding back findings verbally to consultants.
- Where appropriate, supplementing site assessments with telephone consultation.
To do this job you need:
- A full driving licence and be prepared to travel and possibly stay overnight in locations throughout England. (We do our best to ensure that assessors can work close to where they live).
- To be conscientious, observant, well-organised and have good communication skills.
Full training is provided.
Working hours are full/part time to suit. The current rate of pay is £12.50/hour. Travel, subsistence and overnight accommodation expenses are all covered by KKP.
If you are interested please contact Chris MacFarlane; christopher.macfarlane@kkp.co.uk