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Project Manager - Huddersfield

National Trust, Huddersfield, Kirklees

Project Manager - Huddersfield

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National Trust, Huddersfield, Kirklees

  • Full time
  • Temporary
  • Remote working

Posted today, 31 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: fa9b59d15e89469d89d607c0de448866

Full Job Description

  • Line Management of the Project Support Co-ordinator and Senior MarComms Officer.
  • Budget, risk and workstream management. Regular reporting to the Landscapes for Water Project Board.
  • Design and delivery of tree planting projects on Yorkshire Water and National Trust landholdings, including tenant liaison, design, public and regulator consultation, contract tendering, site visits, and site checks.
  • Contract management of woodland creation, natural flood management and bracken control projects across Yorkshire Water and National Trust landholdings.
  • Development of new woodland creation projects, for delivery in 2025/26, including building support amongst tenants and partners, designing scheme proposals and completing funding applications.
  • Timely grant claim and application submission for National Trust and Yorkshire Water projects.
  • Leading for effective land management following habitat restoration, including grazing and deer management planning and monitoring programmes.
  • Supporting the Community and Volunteering team with design and delivery of community engagement events.
  • Champion Landscapes for Water to funders, partners and local communities; lead stakeholder meetings and continue to develop excellent partner relationships with Yorkshire Water, Woodland Trust, Natural England, White Rose Forest and others.

    We'd love to hear from you if you're:
  • able to demonstrate experience of successfully delivering complex end to end project/programme management, including defining resources, leading procurement securing project teams and matrix management across multiple projects/programmes
  • holding a recognised Project Management qualification (APM PMQ /Prince or similar) or Programme Management (MSP or similar) and demonstrate evidence of ongoing CPD in your career to date. OR you will be able to demonstrate significant project management skills and experience.
  • a flexible thinker and problem-solver, skilled at negotiating and building productive networks, and confident in using your expertise to influence decisions with senior leaders
  • a skilled communicator, with experience of managing complex and challenging situations with competing interests and a diverse range of people
  • a leader for inclusion, who finds ways to create an inclusive culture
  • able to demonstrate experience of managing complex external stakeholder relationships.
  • able to demonstrate significant knowledge and experience of working in the natural environment at a landscape-scale and will have a sound working knowledge of the key challenges / opportunities associated with nature recovery and climate change mitigation, ideally with place-based experience of upland conservation.

    This role is available to employees of National Trust or Yorkshire Water, as part of our Common Cause Partnership.
    • Are you an expert project manager with a commitment to create landscape-scale change for nature and for climate? An opportunity has arisen to join our expert team of project managers in the National Trust and lead our groundbreaking partnership project: Landscapes for Water. Based in the moors and valleys of the South Pennines, this project is restoring several hundred hectares of National Trust and Yorkshire Water land with woodland creation, natural flood management and peat restoration. Our current project manager will be taking maternity leave from early 2025. We need someone to lead Landscapes for Water from January 2025 during this time. This is a fixed term contract due to end when the previous employee returns from maternity leave. At this point we cannot confirm exactly how long this contract will last, but it is unlikely to be more than twelve months. What it's like to work here As this role covers the North region, your contractual place of work will be the nearest National Trust consultancy office to your home. Our hybrid working policy means you can balance office and home working with site visits and meetings at other National Trust places. We'll talk about this in more detail at interview, but you should expect to be at a National Trust site for 40-60% of your working week. As part of our north regional Land & Nature consultancy team, you'll sit alongside regional nature experts and other project managers delivering transformational landscape scale change across the north of England. Landscapes for Water is a flagship partnership project, and you will be working with the National Trust project team and partners at Yorkshire Water to secure woodland creation and natural flood management schemes in development and delivery across both Yorkshire Water and National Trust landholdings., The National Trust is committed to promoting and preserving those places of natural beauty and historic interest for which it has the privilege to be responsible for the benefit of the nation, for everyone for ever. The Trust is proud of what has been achieved over the last 126 years and is determined to maintain those high standards of conservation, stewardship and curatorial care for which it has been recognised throughout the world. Its achievements have enabled the general public and the Trust's members and visitors to enjoy and appreciate the countryside, coastline, gardens, historic buildings and collections, all of which encapsulate so much of the history of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. There is a duty to tell that history in a complete, balanced and accurate way, and without judgement. The National Trust continues as a guardian of the past, and for the future, to uphold its duty to maintain and enhance what has been entrusted to its care.

    The package The National Trust has the motto 'For everyone, for ever' at its heart. We're working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It's important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we're for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.
  • Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary
  • Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
  • Rental deposit loan scheme
  • Season ticket loan
  • EV car lease scheme
  • Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts
  • Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.
  • Flexible working whenever possible
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Free parking at most Trust places

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