Job title: Project Manager 

Location: Merseyside

Salary: £26,300 per year

Closes: Tuesday 30th April 2024

Position: Project Manager

Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week. Flexibility required (some evening & weekend work)

Background

The Mersey Rivers Trust (MRT) is an environmental charity focussing on the protection and enhancement of rivers and waterbodies in the Mersey Catchment. It operates in an area covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire. The Trust works with partners, local communities and volunteers to deliver a wide range of projects including river restoration, reduction of flood risk by Natural Flood Management techniques, river monitoring, volunteer events (eg river clean-ups/invasive species control and citizen science), community engagement and education events, farm advice/plans and biodiversity net gain.

Due to an internal promotion, we now have a vacancy for a project manager to joint our Merseyside team to develop and deliver a suite of Natural Flood Management projects. The programme of projects are split into two phases, planning and development followed by implementation.

The role will suit an experienced and self-motivated individual with skills in project management and finance. The ideal candidate will have a background in project management with some experience of planning and developing environmental water-based projects.

Role Overview

The role holder will take responsibility for the initial planning and development of several projects including project planning, preparing landowner agreements, applying for permits and permissions and working with the Senior Project Manager to develop tender documentation. As the project moves into the implementation phase the project manager will oversee the delivery of projects including monitoring of on the ground delivery, contractor performance and compliance with methodologies and project plans. There may also be the opportunity to directly deliver projects with other MRT staff.

The role will include communication and reporting to external parties and other MRT staff including the Senior Project Manager and Programme Manager.

The post holder will be home-based and will need to travel throughout the Mersey Basin catchment.

Key Duties:

The main duties of the role will be to support Mersey Rivers Trust staff in the delivery of its portfolio of projects and engagement activities in Mersey Catchment including the management of specific projects.

The role holder will be supervised by a Senior Project Manager but will be expected to take ownership and lead specific tasks following appropriate training/competence development.

Specific duties will include: 

• Manage a range of environmental projects, ensuring milestones are met, budgets are adhered to, and successful delivery is achieved.
• Identifying the consents and permits required for projects and ensure these are obtained so work can commence as planned e.g flood risk, planning permission, landowner permissions.
• To support the Senior Project Manager in project management and reporting activities, including financial reporting, preparation of funding claims as well as management of contractors.
• Review of all H&S requirements for projects and lead by example in prioritising H&S and wellbeing.
• To help promote project messages to the public through presentations, displays, events, social media and general publicity.
• To assist in the development of monitoring and evaluation systems and to document, monitor and evaluate all projects in line with funding requirements.
• To attend regular internal and external meetings as required.
• To work in a flexible manner and to undertake any other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned from time to time, which are commensurate with the grade of the job.
• To travel throughout the Merseyside area and occasionally elsewhere in the Mersey River Basin as required.
• To carry out all of the above duties with full regard to the Trust’s Equal Opportunities, Non-Discrimination, Safeguarding, Environmental, Health and Safety policies.

Candidate Profile

• Degree or other relevant qualification
• Valid driving licence and own vehicle, insured for business use is essential.
• Competent and confident in the use of email, Excel and Word. Experience in GIS and Powerpoint would be desirable, along with social media (Facebook, Twitter).
• Experience of successful environmental project delivery working as part of a team, ideally in the river environment and/or in catchment management.
• Experience in working with contractors and volunteers is desirable.
• Self-motivated and able to work effectively from home without supervision and to a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to work flexibly, including some early mornings, some evenings and some weekends/bank holidays.
• Ability to prioritise and plan activities to meet strict deadlines.
• Reliability, good attendance and work performance.
• Strong team working skills and able to work collaboratively with partners, contractors, volunteers and community groups.
• Good organisational / admin skills and attention to detail –

General Notes

• Travel around the Mersey Catchment will be necessary and therefore a current driving licence and access to an appropriately insured vehicle is essential.
• This position will from time to time require work during some evenings, weekends and public holidays. A time-off in lieu system is operated by the Trust.

To apply: 

If you wish to apply, please send a CV (no more than two sides of A4) and covering letter (no more than two sides of A4), outlining how you meet the requirements of the person specification and job description and why you want to work for the Trust. Please email your application to the Operations Director of the Mersey Rivers Trust, Paul Henbrey (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Applications must be received by email no later than the end of Tuesday 30th April 2024

Interviews will be held in early May either via Zoom or face-to-face depending on circumstances.

If you would like more information about the role before submitting an application, you may contact Paul Henbrey 07747 446103 (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or John Sanders 07821 117396 (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).