Town Centre Manager - London, United Kingdom - Akton Recruitment Ltd

Akton Recruitment Ltd

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Town Centre Manager

£300/day

21 hours per week

Location:
Greenwich
Akton recruitment are looking for a Town Centre Manager to work with a local authority on a 6-month contract.

You will be responsible for town centre management, co-ordinating public services to achieve operational outcomes, influencing strategic development,engaging residents, the business community and local partnerships, and promoting the place, planned regeneration and future prosperity as well as inputting town centre knowledge and intelligence into the development of Council's policies and strategies includingthe Core Strategy and regeneration master plans.

Main Responsibilities:

Act as the Town Centre Manager for one of the boroughs town centres and relevant surrounding areas, including neighbourhood shopping areas, monitoring and coordinating delivery of public services to ensure high quality outcomes.
Engage with colleagues across the Directorate and the Council to influence strategic development of town centres, to ensure cohesive and sustainable social, economic and environmental outcomes that meet the needs of local residents, visitors and businesses.
Monitor the physical environment and public realm, working with relevant agencies and services to improve standards and outcomes.
Promote town centres as places in which to invest, work, live, visit and enjoy leisure time, developing marketing and publicity programmes and organising events and activities in liaison with corporate teams responsible for communications, tourism, artsand culture.
Lead on appropriate town centre projects and manage up to 3 staff and / or consultants assigned to deliver projects, partnership programmes and from time to time, temporary staff and consultants implementing commissioned projects.
Develop and support regular oneoff events and activities which raise the profile of the town centre and encourage repeat visits, thereby supporting local businesses and promoting greater and more frequent use of town centre shops and services.
Keep abreast of policy and legislation in relation to town centre management and produce briefings and reports as required.
Act as a key point of contact for enquiries relating to the use of town centre spaces.
Foster and develop relationships and partnerships with other Council departments, elected Members, local agencies, businesses and the voluntary and community sector to deliver regeneration objectives and promote and enhance town centres, including participatingin forums such as traders' associations and other working groups.
Work in partnership with the Police, community safety and enforcement colleagues to promote actions to safeguard and enhance town centre safety and security.
Initiate, develop and lead consultation and engagement exercises with residents, businesses and the voluntary / community sector.
Collect, maintain, evaluate and report on information relating to the health and vitality of town centres, recommending action to address issues raised.
Monitor relevant town centre and project budgets.
Prepare bids to maximise external funding and income to support the town centre objectives.
Responsible for recruitment, employment and retention of staff within the framework of the Council's Employment Procedures and Policies, and for the development and maintenance of good employer relations.
Work flexibly including weekend and evening working hours as appropriate.

Requirements:

Significant experience of working in a town centre setting as a town centre manager.
Experience of working as part of business, public sector or council partnerships to deliver positive change

**Closing Date: 17th March 2023