Site Assessor/Researcher

Knight, Kavanagh & Page (KKP) is a management consultancy practice which works on a national basis provides expert advice and consultancy support in sport and leisure; this covers all aspects of strategic planning, feasibility studies, options appraisals, business improvement, research and evaluation.

We provide a comprehensive range of services to clients in government, local authorities, commercial sector, national/regional agencies and national governing bodies of sport (NGBs).

This includes delivery of high-quality services to help protect and improve open and green spaces, pitches and outdoor sports provision. A key facet of this is, normally working for local planning authorities, delivering needs assessments and strategies. The work areas in which we are looking for support normally covers:

• Playing pitch and outdoor sports facilities needs assessments and strategies (PPOSS) - this can encompass grass pitches for sports such as football cricket and rugby, artificial grass pitches, netball/tennis courts, skateparks and related action sport facilities, athletics tracks through to, on occasion, golf and water-sports provision. (These include club owned/managed provision and those 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 (PROW), areas of water etc.

We need site assessors/researchers who are based 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 a substantial proportion of the open/green spaces sites in a given local authority area, On average, KKP works with c. 60-70 local authorities and delivers more than 2,500 site quality assessments annually. We apply principles/criteria developed from nationally recognised initiatives such as Green Flag.

To do this, we have a team of site assessors. Based upon the members of our current team, these are people who:

• Enjoy working outdoors.
• 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.
• Also understand the need to be thorough and deliver work within agreed timescales.
• Own a car, are prepared to use it for work and confident driving reasonable distances to and within specific areas to visit and assess sites. (The nature of this role normally makes it impractical to do it utilising public transport or a non-motorised vehicle).
• Work well as part of a small team and are good at speaking to people in a range of community settings.
• Are 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:

• Will need to have 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).
• Must be conscientious, observant, well-organised and have good communication skills.

Full training is provided.

Working hours are full/part time to suit. Rates of pay are £12.50/hour.

Travel, subsistence and overnight accommodation expenses are all covered by KKP.