The role will manage the grounds for Cadw’s historic monuments and buildings, prioritising Cadw’s strategic objectives (Cadw’s SOs) for its monuments:
- Conserve an appropriate setting for all historic monuments / buildings,
- Maximise biodiversity potential
- Minimise impact on climate
- Enable access for as many as possible
- Increase seasonal interest
- Promote visitor enjoyment
- Ensure visitor safety.
The role will be managed by the Head of Monuments Conservation who heads up a team responsible for ensuring all monuments are in good condition, safe and accessible for visitors. The Monument Conservation team also includes Cadwraeth, Cadw’s regionally organised craft stone masons and joiners.
Cadw is in the process of changing from GM contractors managed under a broader, external intermediary facilities management (FM) contract, to direct management of grounds contractors by this role. The current system ends in autumn 2025 and the postholder will be responsible for ensuring there is no break in good grounds management for Cadw’s monuments.
This role will set up, and then manage, new GM contracts for all Cadw’s monuments. GM contractors will be organised on a regional basis to match the existing regional Cadwraeth teams (NE, NW, SE, south central and SW Wales). All new contracts must deliver Cadw’s strategic objectives set out above.
The postholder will also lead a review of the grounds management of all 132 of Cadw’s monuments over 3 -5 years, ensuring ultimately that each monument has a Grounds Management Plan which delivers the strategic objectives above.
This role will be pivotal to achieving a step change in how Cadw manages its grounds across the estate.
