Almost 130 resumes were applied to the open competition for the park manager position in Kazan

(KZN.RU, July 3, Alsu Safina). Almost 130 resumes from applicants for the position of park managers in Kazan came in the open competition. In total, 11 managers will be selected. Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, believes that a great competition is a good starting point for selection.

“It is important to collect people who understand that the park is an economy, an accomplishment, and cleanliness”, said the Mayor. “Of course, there must be creative people. The wider and brighter the palette, the more interesting it will be to see how every one of applicant works”. According to I. Metshin, since the post of park manager is new positon for Kazan, the experience of Moscow, St. Petersburg and other cities should be studied. It will be useful in order to bring this work in the capital of Tatarstan in the high level.

Alsu Karyakina, the head of the Parks and Squares Directorate, said at the Business Monday, that representatives of creative professions with organizational skills and experience in the industry, beginners and experienced architects from the portfolio of projects, implemented in different cities of Russia, experts with experience in administrative and economic activities, representing large enterprises of Kazan and Tatarstan, are among those who sent their resumes.

“Not only the residents of Kazan, but also those young specialists who received education here and then moved to Moscow or elsewhere, were announced to participate in the competitive selection. Now they are ready to return to an interesting work related to the development of urban public spaces”, said A. Karyakina.

The search of park managers for eleven Kazan parks and public squares is carried out in stages. After the reception of the resume from the candidates ends, the next stage will start. Applicants need to present concepts for the development of urban public spaces by the example of one park or square. Also on July 7, Marina Lyulchuk, the director of the Moscow Gorky Park, will give a lecture to the applicants for the position of park managers.

2 weeks will be given to the participants of the completion for preparing of the presentation. On July 24, the full-time stage will be held, at which the candidates will present the concepts of urban public spaces development. Participants also have to solve themed cases, for example, to simulate the procedure for actions in the event of a crisis situation in the parks and squares that they manage.

The jury, which will assess the presentations of participants, included Natalia Fishman, an assistant to the President of the RT, Damir Fattakhov, the first deputy head of the Executive Committee, and experts in the management of public spaces.

Managers will be chosen for the Gorkinsko-Ometyevsky forest, the Sosnovaya Roscha, the Uritsky Park, the “Krylya Sovetov”, Pobedy Park, the Family Center “Kazan”, the “Chernoe Ozero”, the Gorky Park, the Aksenov Square, Derbyshki Square, and the Lyadskoy Garden. Young men and women with higher education who are ready to work for the result in a team of like-minded persons can take part in the contest. For participation you need to send a resume to the e-mail address parkmanager@institute.tatar.