Countryside Service Team Roles

The Countryside Service provides a broad range of services:

Countryside Manager

• Overall management and strategic co-ordination of the Countryside Service.

Countryside Greenspace Team

• Management and development of all Countryside Service sites in order to maximise their potential for informal recreation, biodiversity and landscape.
• Specialist advice provision on nature conservation, landscape, recreation management and grant funding to communities, land managers and external partners.

Countryside Access Team

• Maintenance of the public rights of way network and development and management of key recreational routes and access initiatives.
• Definition, recording, changes and protection of the public rights of way network and other access provision.

Countryside Business Team

• Provision of comprehensive administration, finance and reception support.
• Management of fundraising, business planning, quality assurance and Best Value processes.
• Co-ordination of market research, community liaison and promotion.
• Production of information and interpretation.

Gypsy Service Team

• Management of residential Gypsy sites.
• Liaison with the Gypsy / Traveller community.
• Responsible for all unauthorized encampments on County Council land.
• Responsible for training in ethnic minority issues surrounding Gypsy / Travellers.
• Overall legislative guidance on Gypsy / Travellers.

Malvern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Unit

• The Countryside Service also has a major input into the Malvern Hills AONB unit and Officer Steering Group.  The Staff Unit is charged with promoting the protection, enhancement and appreciation of this nationally important protected landscape.

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