We're looking for a dynamic and visionary Programme Manager to lead the Wilder Trent Programme and bring our bold vision to life. You'll be at the forefront of our efforts to restore the River Trent's floodplains and create a resilient landscape from the Midlands to the North Sea. You'll work with a diverse range of partners to develop and coordinate a strategic vision that puts Nature’s Recovery at its heart. As Wilder Trent Programme Manager you'll drive the creation of a partnership vision for the Trent Valley, ensuring a resilient and thriving landscape. Through your work with others, you'll develop and coordinate the strategic vision for the River Trent's restoration. You'll lead the delivery of the Wild Trent Programme, ensuring transformative landscape-scale change. To be successful, you'll need to be creative in engaging with a diverse range of stakeholders and in your writing and evidence collation. You'll be curious, understanding the needs of others, nurturing transformative partnerships, and exploring nature economy solutions in this significant landscape. You'll also be courageous, taking bold actions to put nature in recovery and ensuring that equity underpins everything we do. What we can offer you: Flexible working options, we have adopted a 9-day working fortnight meaning all full time staff get a non-working Friday every fortnight 33 days annual leave including bank holidays, we also have a festive shutdown so all staff get the days between Christmas and New Year off in addition to their leave entitlement Climate Perks (extra leave granted for staff using more green, sustainable transport) 9.5% employer pension contribution Electric bike and car salary-sacrifice schemes available Employee Assistance Programme Life Assurance Scheme Personalised Development programme designed to enhance your knowledge and progress your career A multi-disciplinary business, with opportunities to work on a wide range of projects, developing your experience and skills A close-knit, friendly and supportive team, with a relaxed office atmosphere About you This role might be right for you if: You have a strong track record of nurturing partnerships around a shared vision. You can write both technical reports and engaging communications to engage a wide range of stakeholders. You have secured large grants and contracts. You have direct experience with rewilding and landscape-scale work. You’re an aspiring leader with experience supporting people to achieve their potential. You have experience working with communities. You are comfortable engaging with diverse stakeholders. You’re a strategic thinker who can put plans into action. We are happy to talk flexible working This role will be based at our office in Middleton although a balance of home and office working will be allowed. We are a local charity so applicants should be easily able to access our office and other locations around the Trent landscape. Interviews are planned for Tuesday 15th April and will be held in person at our HQ in Middleton by Wirksworth For more information please refer to the job description and key terms attached. If you have any questions about the role which are not answered in the attached documents, or require adjustments to the application process, please either email recruitmentderbyshirewt.co.uk or call 01773 881188. Derbyshire Wildlife Trust We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and believe that everyone should have access to nature. We expect people to work harmoniously with each other and with volunteers, and to provide help and guidance to others when needed. As a small charity, our employees need to be willing to be flexible about working arrangements and willing to provide occasional cover for absent staff. We want people to develop professionally and personally while working with us and employees are encouraged to participate in the range of opportunities available to enable this. Derbyshire Wildlife Trust is an equal opportunities employer that strives to be a diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone is valued. We welcome applications from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We recognise that our workforce needs to represent the communities and people we work with. We particularly encourage applications from underrepresented groups within Derbyshire Wildlife Trust and the wider charity and conservation sector, such as people from Black and Ethnic Minority backgrounds and those who identify as LGBTQ. We are proudly a Disability Confident Commitment employer. The scheme is helping us recruit and retain great people to meet our workforce needs. As a member of the scheme we interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the essential criteria for the role. You can request this and adjustments including accessible formats of this vacancy by emailing Recruitmentderbyshirewt.co.uk”