Project Manager External Programmes

Job Title: Project ManagerAdvertised Salary: 35000 - 39000 car cash allowance (4860 p.a.) benefits (see what we offer section)Location: Remote with regular travel across our West Midlands & North Walescanal network. See our network map here: We are currently looking for a Project Manager to join our high-performing delivery team; overseeing our 20m programme of externally funded projects. Our projects focus on ensuring more people have access and theability to use our towpath and waterway network and ultimately benefit millions of people across England & Wales. Towpath improvement schemes funded by DfT Sustrans local authorities form the core of the work but National Lottery Heritage Fund Historic England and a wide range of other funders allow us to deliver a range of projects including biodiversity improvements interpretation and listed building work. You will use your skills and expertise to develop projects from start to finish work with our teams of third-party funders heritage managers ecologists engineers funders and local communities and of course our contractors. You will look for efficiencies and opportunities and be accountable for project safety. Delivering to the highest standard. As one of our Project Managers you will be within the Asset Improvement Team and play an important role in supporting our vision and delivering our Waterways and Wellbeing strategy ensuring our national waterways are improved managed & maintained for our visitors customers & service users to benefit may be new to project management; we will provide training and support from our Senior Project Managers. Location & coverageOffered on a remote working basis with a requirement to attend our main hub spaces as and when required for team working and collaborative meetings. Significant travel throughout the regional waterway network will also be expected to enable site visits and to conduct improvements. You would be ideally located between Birmingham and the M4 corridor. Locations include; Birmingham Roundhouse Gloucester or Milton : the roleIn this role you will be working with a diverse range of stakeholders and partners planning and delivering our third party funded projects. You will be managing projects of low/medium risk and/or low/medium complexity by applying processes methods knowledge skills and experience to achieve the project objectives. Activities will range from 20000 to 100000 in value and be delivered by a range of consultants who have already been commissioned and approaching the final milestones within their dont need to have worked in a charity before but we believe we can offer you an exciting change of environment and impactful projects to support and manage. Our towpaths and various historic assets provide a refreshing backdrop and unique working environment. As a Project Manager with the Canal & River Trust you will further develop your skill set and project management career alongside our canals and waterways in an organisation that values wellbeing and work life accountabilities: display the Trust values and behaviours at all times. Ensure that diversity and inclusion are integrated into all aspects of Trust life and promoting inclusion by challenging behaviour practices actions or decisions that are counter to the objectives of the Trusts policies and youQualifications:HND (or equivalent) in a related discipline e.g. Civil Engineering Project ManagementProject/ProgrammeManagementaccreditation/(MSP)-CarCashallowance®ional/:Previous Project Management experience of successfully managing multiple low/medium complexity projects Knowledge of project management processes and systems. Some experience of administration of NEC ECC form of contract. Experience of finance control of project : you have any questions about the role please reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient suitable applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as we offerIn addition to your salary of 35000 - 39000 you will benefit from a Car Cash Allowance of 390 per month a competitive contributory DC Pension scheme arrangement great holiday entitlement and numerous other employee benefits including several salary sacrifice benefits all of which can be found here ( contributory DC Pension scheme arrangement where we will double your contribution to a maximum of 10%.25 days paid holiday (plus paid Bank Holidays) increasing with years of service to up to 30 days after 5 years plus holiday purchase working status with hub facilities available should you need the flexibility to work outside of access to specialist counselling on a range of issues e.g. health financial well-being and domestic to a range of employee benefits including store discounts boating holiday discounts and holiday purchase scheme.2 days paid volunteering leave per annum allowing you to volunteer for a local community project fishing facilities across our canal