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Join Earthwatch as a Nature in Cities Project Manager and lead transformative urban environmental projects
Overview
Salary
£29400 - £37800
Location
Oxford, UK - Hybrid
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Expires
Expires at anytime
Earthwatch, an environmental charity at the forefront of connecting people with the natural world, is on a mission to promote sustainable living in harmony with nature. With science as its foundation, Earthwatch is dedicated to monitoring the health of our planet and driving impactful actions to preserve it. By engaging communities and fostering education, Earthwatch is making strides towards a greener, more informed society.
- Lead the delivery of urban nature-based solutions and educational programmes.
- Manage multiple projects, ensuring high-quality outcomes and stakeholder satisfaction.
- Develop and maintain partnerships with local authorities, corporates, communities, and schools.
- Guide projects from conception to completion, including financial management and cross-team collaboration.
- Set clear priorities, communicate effectively, and achieve objectives within timeframes and budgets.
- Proven experience in project management and partnership development.
- Ability to work with diverse groups and manage capital works.
- Strong organizational and leadership skills.
- Willingness to travel for project delivery across the UK.
- Must be based in the UK with the right to work (visa support not provided).
- Flexibility for home office arrangement, with a base in our Oxford offices.
Earthwatch is recruiting a Nature in Cities Project Manager. This role will manage the delivery of our urban projects including establishing urban nature-based solutions and delivering educational and engagement programmes, which help Earthwatch achieve its mission.
We are looking for a driven, adaptive and well-organised individual to manage multiple projects as part of our Nature in Cities team, ensuring delivery of diverse activities to a high standard. You will need to be an outstanding relationship manager, with the proven ability to develop effective partnerships with a range of stakeholders. You will ideally have experience in working with local authorities, corporates, communities and/or schools and experience overseeing design and delivery of capital works.
You will have a track record of leading and managing projects throughout the project life cycle, including financial management and collaborating across teams. You are able to set and communicate priorities effectively and deliver project objectives to time and budget.
Earthwatch is an environmental charity with science at its heart. Our mission is to live within our means and in balance with nature. We do this by connecting people with the natural world, monitoring the health of our natural resources and informing the actions that will have the greatest positive impact.
The role requires regular travel for project delivery across the UK. The position is based in our Oxford offices with the flexibility to work from home within the UK. The role is full time, 35 hours per week, Monday - Friday. Flexible and part time options will be considered. The contract is for 1 year fixed-term, options to extend at the end of the contract may be available.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK; Earthwatch is unable to support visa applications. Earthwatch is committed to making any adjustments we can for short-listed candidates, to facilitate participation in our interview process.
