Project Manager

📋 Description

• Serve as the primary enforcer of governance and processes across all projects in your region, ensuring compliance with the Environment Bank’s project management framework, standards, and gateway requirements.

• Oversee and manage the complete project lifecycle, which includes gateway approvals, assurance activities, and necessary documentation.

• Establish and uphold robust project controls encompassing risk, schedule, cost, change, and quality management.

• Lead the development, maintenance, and optimization of project processes to enhance visibility, traceability, and organizational control.

• Provide oversight for multiple simultaneous projects, ensuring they are well-governed, compliant, and progressing according to established methodologies.

• Offer top-level oversight of all projects in your region, acting as the sole point of contact and information for the national programme manager and Operations Director.

• Create and manage the integrated, end-to-end project plan, coordinating inputs from ecologists, habitat creation specialists, consents managers, and contractors.

• Monitor and assist in the setup and ongoing management of complex habitat bank sites, ensuring effective planning, sequencing, and operational readiness.

• Chair project meetings to drive decision-making and maintain high-quality communication within multidisciplinary teams.

• Manage the project risk register, program, and assurance schedule, ensuring proactive mitigation and escalation as necessary.

• Ensure the safe execution of all works, fostering a positive safety culture and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and internal standards.

• Set, manage, and monitor project budgets throughout the entire lifecycle, ensuring precise forecasting, cost control, and financial governance.

• Oversee contractor performance, KPIs, and delivery quality, ensuring that works meet specifications, timelines, and budget requirements.

• Provide transparent, timely reporting on project progress, risks, issues, and performance to internal stakeholders.

• Maintain accurate and current project information across relevant systems and tools.

• Lead lessons-learned initiatives, ensuring insights are captured, shared, and integrated with the programme manager into future operational practices.

• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts, enhancing processes, strengthening governance, and improving project delivery capabilities across the organization.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to lead and govern multidisciplinary project teams, ensuring strong project control and adherence to established processes.

• Experience in managing project control functions, including planning, estimating, financial oversight, and commercial management.

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the capacity to influence, challenge, and drive action among diverse stakeholders.

• Strong project management proficiency, with a comprehensive understanding of both technical and behavioral aspects of programme delivery.

• Experience in delivering projects subject to consent/permit restrictions and/or seasonal constraints.

• Proven experience in risk management and structured project governance.

• Full UK clean driving license and willingness to travel for regional site visits and events.

• APM accredited or equivalent qualification.

• Educated to degree level in a relevant field, or possess equivalent professional experience.

• Experience in habitat creation, restoration, or nature recovery projects, ideally in a project management role.

🏝️ Benefits

• Performance-based annual bonus of up to 10% of salary.

• Pension scheme with employer-matched contributions at 6% of salary.

• 30 days of annual leave, in addition to paid bank holidays, a birthday, and a wellbeing day.

• Option to purchase 5 additional days of annual leave after the probation period.

• Flexible hybrid working options available.

• Regional and departmental co-working days.

• Company-wide meetings, expenses-paid, held twice a year.

• Opportunities for team fundraising and charity events.

• Continuous career development with training and mentoring support.

• Medical cashback scheme to assist with everyday healthcare expenses.

• Employee assistance program for mental wellbeing support.

• Enhanced sick pay allowance.