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The National ForestConservation

New National Forests Project Manager

Location

Moira, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Work type

Hybrid

Employment

Contract

Experience

5-10 years

Compensation

£43.5K - £48.6K per year

Posted

6h ago

Summary and responsibilities

Role overview

Summary

The New National Forests Project Manager will lead the effective project management of centralized activities for three new national forests. This includes managing centralized reporting of progress, targets, and budgets, and providing technical support on land use issues such as forest creation grants, habitat management, and land use planning.

As the New National Forests Project Manager, you’ll lead the effective project management of centralised activities for the three new national forests.


Specifically, you’ll manage the centralised reporting of progress, targets and budgets, liaising with programme managers for each new national forest.


You’ll also provide technical support on land use issues, including forest creation grants delivery, habitat management and land use planning, writing briefings and policy papers.


Additionally, you will:

  • Liaise with external partners

  • Procure and contract manage consultancy works

  • Support communications, advocacy and funding work


What You’ll Bring
For the Project Manager role, you will need:

  • A relevant degree-level / professional qualification, or at least five years’ work-based experience in a similar role

  • Proven experience of project managing partnership projects

  • Experience of building productive relationships at all levels

  • Knowledge of land use and environmental policy and practice

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Candidate fit

Skills and qualifications

Additional skills

Project Management • 1+ yrs
Partnership Management • 1+ yrs
Relationship Building • 1+ yrs
Land Use Planning • 1+ yrs
Environmental Policy • 1+ yrs
Budget Management • 1+ yrs
Reporting • 1+ yrs
Contract Management • 1+ yrs

Experience

5-10 years

How this role is positioned

Role classification

Job domains

Other
Operations

Industries

Wildlife & Conservation

Employment

Contract

Contract duration

Permanent

Hiring type

Direct

Global hiring

Location specific

Offer details

Compensation and benefits

Compensation

£43.5K - £48.6K per year

VisibilityShared on listing
CurrencyGBP
PeriodYearly

Location, schedule, and role shape

Work setup

Work conditions

Primary locationMoira, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Work typeHybrid
Global hiringNo

Bandwidth profile

peopleHigh8/10
physicalLow2/10
cognitiveHigh8/10
executionHigh8/10
creativityMedium6/10
uncertaintyMedium6/10
communicationHigh8/10

Context on the employer

Company snapshot

Company

The National Forest

Team size

Growing team

Location

Moira, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

The National Forest has a renewed vision to use the transformative power of forests to restore nature, connect communities, and drive enterprise. Over 30 years, the 200 square mile landscape has seen over 10 million trees planted, increasing forest cover from 6% to 26%. The organization is now focused on building on this success by enabling three new national forests and championing a forest network for England.

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New National Forests Project Manager

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