Seven Sisters Country Park Manager

Sitting on the Eastern edge of the National Park, the South Downs National Park Authority owns the Seven Sisters Country Park. This iconic landscape is already immensely popular, and we are dedicated to ensuring nature conservation for generations to come, whilst delivering the first-class visitor experience this much-loved place deserves.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Country Park Manager to lead on the operational delivery of the park, leading on landscape management, nature recovery and the day-to-day operations of this busy location, which includes our visitor facilities. Our aspirations are high, and the successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of our key objectives whilst contributing to a commercially viable business.

Although your focus will be on managing the landscape and our Countryside Stewardship delivery, your remit will cover the whole country park. You will be responsible for leading all staff and volunteer teams, so experience of people management is essential, as is a strong knowledge of landscape management and delivering agri-environment schemes. You will also have experience of overseeing the day-to-day requirements of maintaining legally compliant buildings and facilities.

Working with both in-house and external partners, you must be able to communicate and build relationships with external stakeholders.

You must be a self-starter, flexible, committed and willing to “get stuck in” to solve issues across the whole site. The working pattern for this post includes regular weekend and bank holiday duty cover on a rota basis and working longer hours between April and October, with a shorter week for the remainder of the year.

Sound like something that interests you? Think you can really add value to the role? Meet the person specification? Then please apply!

To apply

Please apply via the button shown to upload your CV and complete our application, referring to the person specification.

SDNPA is an inclusive organisation, and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, faith and religion, disability and age.

We operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS) for disabled applicants.

In all circumstances, the SDNPA appoints on merit, based on evidence the applicant supplies in meeting the essential criteria for the post. Further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion can be found on our website.

SDNPA Enhanced Benefits

• Flexible working – (this is available for the majority of our roles. However, some positions may require on-site presence and/or specific hours due to business needs)
• Local government pension scheme
• Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Heat Scheme (capped interest-free green home improvement loan, available on a first-come, first-served basis)
• Healthcare - includes cash plan, counselling and wellbeing discounts
• Access to Health and Wellbeing portal and webinars
• 27 days’ annual leave, increasing to 30 days, plus bank holidays
• Professional development support
• Cycle to work scheme
• Car sharing
• Use of pool cars
• Regular staff events / activities, which support the SDNPA’s Purposes and Duty

Closing Date: 19 April 2026
Interview Date: 5 May 2026