Site Manager
Location: Ham Wall
Salary: £38,389.00 - £41,212.00 Per Annum
This is a Permanent Full-Time role for 37.5 hours per week.
We’re looking for an inspiring and inclusive leader with experience in land management and visitor operations to oversee RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset.
Part of the Avalon Marshes and the Somerset Wetlands National Nature Reserve (NNR), Ham Wall is one of the RSPB’s greatest success stories.
As Site Manager, you’ll be responsible for delivering the objectives set out in the reserve management plan while providing a high-quality visitor experience. You’ll lead and inspire a highly committed team of staff and volunteers to deliver excellence in wetland management and visitor engagement. Line management and leadership experience are essential for this role. You will also work alongside a variety of colleagues from across the RSPB in a matrix structure, including, but not limited to health and safety, rural surveyors, ecology, conservation, fundraising, project management, communications, and policy.
You’ll need experience of managing income and expenditure budgets and have a commercially minded approach to ensure that we deliver a great visitor experience and generate a profit. You’ll also need to be a good, clear communicator and have an eye for detail, be able to manage systems and processes to ensure all our operations are legally, financially, and organisationally compliant.
As Site Manager you will:
* Manage day to day operations for habitats, species, people, visitors, finance, and legal compliance.
* Inspire, lead, and develop the dedicated team of 5 reserve staff and 100 volunteers.
* Be responsible for the review, update, and implementation of the reserve management plan and business plan.
Essential Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
* Knowledge of the ecological requirements of key species and habitats.
* Land management experience.
* Visitor operation management experience.
* Health, Safety, Environmental and Land management compliance experience.
* Experience of managing contractors.
* Line Management experience (staff and/or volunteers).
* Effective project and budget management skills.
* Practical Problem-solving skills.
* Time management, organisational and prioritisation skills.
* Influencing and negotiation skills.
* IT, database and GIS skills.
Closing date: 23:59, Wed, 19th Mar 2025
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from 27 March 2025.
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