National Trust
A changing climate affects our places in both obvious and unexpected ways, and we need to obtain a high-level understanding of the climate risk we might face in every place.
We’re resolved to playing our part, by doing all we can to support global action on climate change. It’s one of our key cross-cutting national objectives, to adapt to the reality of climate change; every choice we make will take account of the need to be resilient and adaptable to a changing climate.
We’d love to hear from you if you have experience in climate and environmental risk management and procedures along with knowledge of the climate and environment agenda, understanding legislation, policy, practice, and guidance.
This is a 3-year Fixed Term Contract or Potential Secondment Opportunity, internally this role is known as a Project Manager.
This role will cover the North of the UK with regular travel across properties to complete work.
You do NOT need to be based in the Manchester region, your contractual location will be the closest Hub to you.
What it’s like to work here
We’re bigger than you think, we’re more complicated than we appear and we’re larger scale than you’d imagine.
We’ve got passionate people in all our teams, and we’ve got so much more we want to achieve.
We’re for ever, for everyone and we really mean that.
Your contractual location will be a regional hub. However, there will be an opportunity to explore and agree hybrid working arrangements which strike the right balance for you and the Trust. The role will involve regular travel to our properties and regional hubs 60 % of your week. This will be discussed at interview.
What you’ll be doing
With outstanding organisation and people skills you’ll be responsible for the planning and, if needed, delivery of the impact assessment workshops, and subsequent prioritisation of the key hazards identified, and the thresholds for adaptive action. You’ll also be responsible for reporting on the national aggregation of risks and impacts.
You’ll work alongside our climate environment advisors, technical lead for climate adaptation and climate adaptation project manager, planning and delivering workshops, managing diaries, timescales, and quality, to ensure the project delivers.
You’ll use your experience in managing project delivery and organisational skills to take on board complex information, and the needs of a variety of stakeholders to contribute to the reporting process regionally and nationally.
This Will Include
- developing the core support pack for the workshop
- organising workshop event logistics
- assisting/ supporting or leading on facilitating of impact workshops
- collating observed climate impact information, adaptation response and draft necessary reports
- developing back-office document/ records system
- supporting climate impact and adaptation reporting to feed into reports and communications
Who we’re looking for
You can view the full role profile for this role in the document attached. You don’t need to have all the knowledge, skills and experience listed in the role profile; this is just to provide a full picture of what is possible in this role.
For this position we’re looking for someone who has:
- Solid project management skills, able to make decisions and drive projects forward to timescales and scope, writing and implementing successful communication plans, and matrix management.
- Ability to communicate confidently with individuals and groups.
- Ability to deliver clear succinct advice/guidance using written reports and presentations.
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)
- Tax-free childcare scheme
- Rental deposit loan scheme
- Season ticket loan
- 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
- Independent financial advice
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To apply for this job please visit careers.nationaltrust.org.uk.