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National Head of Recreation and Visitor Experience

Job details
Posting date: 05 February 2025
Salary: £58,423 to £64,316 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 07 March 2025
Location: Bristol, South West England
Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week
Company: Government Recruitment Service
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 389297

Summary

lead the development of policy and guidance ensuring our nation’s forests are for everyone and accessible to all
lead the national team of strategic leads and subject matter experts in recreation including: volunteering, access, health and wellbeing, safeguarding, cycling and customer service
enable and empower own and other teams and functions to maximise social and commercial benefits realisation across all Recreation programmes
ensure investments and innovation are co-created through person-centred design, creating accessible, engaging and inspiring visitor experiences in the nation’s forests
ensure recreation experiences in the nation’s forests are safe and high quality, through the implementation of appropriate health and safety, technical training and industry quality assurance standards in visitor experience
relationship management for national stakeholders, including Defra, Sport England and National Governing bodies, ensuring Recreation in the nation’s forests is maximised for the benefit of all and is financially and environmentally sustainable
relationship management with existing and future commercial partners to ensure current and future offerings are engaging, safe, accessible and sustainable environmentally and commercially

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