Job Opportunities
The Trust is a dynamic and aspirational organisation at the forefront of environmental thinking and practical conservation in the UK todayIt is an exciting time in the environment sector as the importance of river health receives the wider attention it deserves.
In the Westcountry, our charity has been leading the way in restoring and protecting the region’s freshwater environments for almost 30 years, but there is still more to be done.
To keep caring for these spaces, and all who depend on them, our charity is growing with opportunities across a variety of departments. Working for the Trust will provide you with a stimulating environment in which to meet your career aspirations.
We believe that our most important asset is our people.
We aim to recruit the best and spend time and effort investing in our staff, which results in a low staff turnover. As a charity, we may not be able to offer as high salaries as we wish but we do offer other benefits such as flexitime.
Active vacancies are advertised below, as well as in online job platforms and the local or national press as appropriate.
Please note: Interviews may be conducted via video call or equivalent.
Latest Vacancies:
Operations Team - Programme Supervisor - Apply by 14 April
This role is full time (37.5 hours per week), permanent following a successful 6 month probation period.
The starting salary for this role is between £30,000 and £36,000 per annum (dependent on experience).
Benefits: 25 days Annual Leave; 9% Employer Pension.
There will be the opportunity to work from home and work flexible hours. Travel to sites throughout the Westcountry will also be required regularly; this role is a mixture of office and site based.
The Role:
Are you looking for a role where you can work with a positive and forward-thinking organisation to deliver tangible benefits, demonstrable change and increase the resilience of our rivers and freshwater ecosystems in the South West? Do you have skills and experience in project management, the safe delivery of site-based work of varying scales and technicality, and a passion for managing and mentoring a team of wonderful people to enact real change on our river systems throughout the Westcountry? As project delivery specialist contractors and consultants in the freshwater environment, the Operations Team undertakes and supports the in-house delivery of a range of projects delivered either directly by the team or supported by our trusted sub-contractors. The type of project outputs, monitoring and interventions we deliver and oversee consist of, but aren’t limited to, bankside and in-river habitat management such as arboriculture work, wetland creation and tree planting.
This role will contribute to the effective delivery of the broad programme of work undertaken by our Operational Team at WRT across a range of projects. Supporting the Operations Manager and Operational Team by taking the lead on a range of project and programme management, internal and external engagement, and enabling processes which assist our good work to be delivered. This role will support development of the team and Trust during an exciting period of growth and opportunity, enabling the delivery of projects and encouraging the environmental resilience and sustainability of our catchments throughout the South West.
Key responsibilities include:
• Support the Operations Team and other departments at WRT with managing the effective delivery of our work programme across a range of projects at the Trust, including the provision of technical experience and knowledge where appropriate.
• Supporting other project and team managers with a range of outputs, providing realistic timeframes and cost estimates to develop a schedule of project activities and key milestones to achieve project objectives.
• To highlight and manage risks, issues, and changes to the work programme.
• Work with the Operations Manager and H&S lead to identify skills gaps and develop appropriate training programmes.
• To maintain, interrogate and regularly update work schedules, deliverables, budget or activity logs and extracting information for reporting, in liaison with the Operations Manager and team.
• Managing project budgets and team expenditure, checking invoices, costings on proformas and financial information from suppliers.
• Prepare and review essential project-related paperwork such as Risk Assessments, Method Statements, Site Assessments and Surveys, reports and collation of material and data.
• To build positive relationships and liaise regularly with colleagues and external partners or organisations.
• Support with events, meetings, and workshops.
• To attend formal and informal training and develop relevant knowledge and skills (CPD) as appropriate.
• May be required to carry out other duties from time to time commensurate with the level of the post.
• Maintain appropriate confidentiality of information relating to WRT and its employees and maintain compliance with the UK GDPR.
Essential Criteria:
• Experience working in a project and site-based setting, including planning and delivering a portfolio of work and managing sites in a multi-task environment.
• Strong administration skills with a desire to continually improve and streamline processes.
• A proactive approach and ability to use initiative and problem solve, with a strength in the logistical management of a team and multiple workloads.
• The ability to work accurately with a high attention to detail.
• The ability to work to manage your workload and meet deadlines, managing conflicting demands and working effectively to deadlines with minimum supervision.
• Experience managing/mentoring people effectively and planning workloads across a team to ensure objectives are delivered.
• Effective verbal and written communication with the ability to build positive working relationships.
• Demonstrable experience working with MS Office suite, especially Word and Excel.
• Formal education to Level 2 (GCSE Maths and English to grade C or equivalent).
• Experience working with or performing appropriate desk-based and site surveys for statutory designations, species and habitats, services (above and below ground), historic environment features or similar.
• A knowledge and understanding of biosecurity and NNIS in relation to identifying and managing these on-site.
Desirable Criteria:
• Previous experience working in a forestry/arboricultural, agricultural or constructionbased environment or similar.
• Experience working with Health and Safety policy, process and site-based documentation.
• Membership of a relevant professional organisation.
• Higher level site supervision/management or other H&S qualification.
• Degree-level qualification in a subject relevant to the environmental sector.
Apply by midnight on Sunday 14 April 2024 by CV and Covering Letter to: https://hr.breathehr.com/v/operations-team-programme-34551
Interviews will be held in person at our offices in Stoke Climsland on Tuesday 23 April 2024
For queries about this role or the application process please contact [email protected]