Job Purpose
Job Title: Project Manager
Advertised Salary: £34,000 - £39,500 + car cash allowance (£4,860 p.a.) + benefits.
Contract: Full time.
Location: Remote, with regular travel across our regional network.
We are the charity who look after and bring to life 2,000 miles of waterways across England and Wales, because we believe that life is better by water. Every role across the Trust plays its part in transforming our canals and rivers into spaces where local people want to spend time and feel better, bringing wellbeing benefits to millions.
We are currently looking for a Project Manager to join our high performing delivery team; overseeing our 2024 £20m programme of externally funded projects.
Our projects focus on ensuring more people have access and ability to use our towpath and waterway network and ultimately benefit millions of people across England & Wales. Towpath improvement schemes funded by DfT, Sustrans, and local authorities form the core of the work, but National Lottery Heritage Fund, Historic England and a wide range of other funders allow us to deliver a range of projects including biodiversity improvements, interpretation and listed building work.
You will use your skills and expertise to develop projects from start to finish, work with our teams of third-party funders, heritage managers, ecologists, engineers, funders and local communities and of course our contractors. You will look for efficiencies and opportunities and be accountable for project safety, delivering to the highest standard.
As one of our Project Managers, you will be within the Project Delivery Team and play an important role in supporting our vision and delivering our Waterways and Wellbeing strategy ensuring our national waterways are improved, managed & maintained for our visitors, customers & service users to benefit from. You may be new to project management; we will provide training and support from our Senior Project Managers.
Location & Coverage
Offered on a remote working basis, with a requirement to attend our main hub spaces as and when required for team working and collaborative meetings. Travel throughout the Northwest and Yorkshire & North East waterway network will also be expected to enable site visits and face-to-face meetings. Hubs include: Burnley, Ellesmere Port, Leeds.
Knowledge, Skills/Qualifications & Experience
In this role you will be working with a diverse range of stakeholders and partners planning and delivering our third party funded projects. You will be managing projects of low/medium risk and/or low/medium complexity by applying processes, methods, knowledge, skills and experience to achieve the project objectives. Towpath projects will range from £50,000 to £1,000,000 in value and be delivered with our framework contractors.
You don't need to have worked in a charity before, but we believe we can offer you an exciting change of environment and impactful projects to support and manage. Our towpaths and various historic assets provide a refreshing backdrop and unique working environment. As a Project Manager with the Canal & River Trust, you will further develop your skill set and project management career alongside our canals and waterways, in an organisation that values wellbeing and work-life balance.
Key Accountabilities
* Manage projects in accordance with the Trust's Health and Safety policy and defined standards to ensure compliance.
* Capture project requirements, assess customer and stakeholder impact, and prepare a business case to justify investment in a project.
* Develop, implement and monitor a schedule of project activities and key milestones to achieve the project objectives.
* Provide financial and cost management, budgeting and cost control.
* Manage risks, issues and changes on the project.
* Maintain communications with stakeholders and the project team to satisfy their differing needs.
* Manage all contracts applicable to the project (e.g., NEC ECC, NEC PSC), ensuring commercial control and compliance.
* Provide environmental management by appraising the environmental impact of the project activities.
* Handover and closure of the project in a controlled manner.
* Display the Trust values and behaviours at all times.
About You
Qualifications:
* HND (or equivalent) in a related discipline e.g., Civil Engineering, Project Management.
* Valid UK driving licence.
Experience:
* Previous Project Management experience of successfully managing multiple low/medium complexity projects.
* Knowledge of project management processes and systems.
* Some experience of administration of NEC ECC form of contract.
* Experience of finance control of project delivery.
General Skills:
* Good communication skills both verbal and written.
* Ability to prepare and maintain schedules for activities and events for projects.
* Ability to develop and agree budgets for projects.
* Problem-solving skills.
* Open, positive, can-do attitude.
* Good IT skills; use of MS Project would be an advantage.
To Apply: Click on the "Apply for this job" button and follow the process - complete the application form & upload current CV.
If you have any questions about the role please contact CRT.recruitment@canalrivertrust.org.uk
What We Offer
In addition to your annual base salary of £34,000 - £39,500, we also offer car cash allowance (£390 per month), a competitive contributory DC Pension scheme arrangement, and numerous other employee benefits, including flexible working arrangements.
* 25 days paid holiday (plus paid Bank Holidays), increasing to 30 days after 5 years.
* Annual £200 personal learning & growth award.
* Free access to specialist counselling on a range of issues.
* Access to a range of employee benefits including store discounts and holiday purchase scheme.
* 2 days paid volunteering leave per annum.
* Free fishing facilities across our canal network.
At the Trust, we care passionately for our waterways and for those who look after and use them. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce brings a diversity of ideas, thinking and ways of working which enhances what we do as a Trust. We welcome applicants from across all sectors of the community.
When you join the Canal & River Trust you become a member of an engaged team working to preserve our heritage for future generations.
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