Hay Time Project Manager | Full-time 35 hours per week(part time at four days per week will be considered) | £34,555 - £37,880
Based at our offices in Clapham, near Settle, with a mix of office and home working.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Project Manager to lead on delivering our new grassland strategy, focused on offering guidance, advice and support to landowners and communities.
Youll play a critical role in restoring and enhancing wildflower meadows across the Yorkshire Dales and Forest of Bowland, as well as helping people to discover, celebrate and enjoy meadows through training, volunteering and events.
About Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust
We are a small charity doing big things to help to protect and enhance the People, Landscape and Wildlife of the Dales.
For 27 years we have delivered diverse and inspirational projects, helping to plant 1.6 million trees and securing the future of more than 850 hectares of wildflower hay meadows, creating habitats for our wildlife and combatting climate change. We are passionate about inspiring disadvantaged groups and future generations to care for this special area.
About the role
The Hay Time Project Manager will play a key part in liaising with land managers, partner organisations, volunteers and community groups to develop and deliver annual programmes of restoration and enhancement schemes. You will lead a small team to deliver a calendar of training and events for a range of audiences, as well as ensuring monitoring and evaluation is in place so we are delivering the best impact for the area.
As part of our new strategy, we are developing a small-scale seed collection and growing project, with a focus on growing rarer species to support the delivery of a range of enhancement schemes.
We have strong partnerships in place with other grassland restoration projects and organisation, helping to share best practice and deliver greater impact.
As a Manager at YDMT you will help to support the development and management of new projects and work across all our projects to identify opportunities for cross team working.
We believe the role will be a highly rewarding one, and areal opportunity for someone to develop their skills in a fantastic organisation, whilst benefiting this wonderful area and its communities.
About you
We're looking for someone with a background in grassland restoration and management who can work with a range of landowners, providing advice and guidance.
Your role will focus on managing complex grassland schemes and delivering them within timeframes and budgets.
You will be a highly organised person, who is able to manage a diverse workload. You will have good communication skills and feel comfortable using your own initiative.
Underpinning all of this is your ability to work within our culture which means sharing ourvaluesof being creative, caring, honest and enabling.
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