Environmental Projects Manager

The Council has ambitious targets for nature recovery, natural capital and net zero across the authority. Within the Natural & Historic Environment Service there are currently seven large scale projects that require dedicated project manager capacity and coordination. The role will coordinate across the seven projects and project manage the stage 1 (pilot) of the Community Led Nature Restoration Project. Additionally, it will build nature as a theme into projects growing the CCC natural capital account and putting in place the outcomes from the Tree & Woodland strategy and the Biodiversity Audit and Strategy. It will also liaise with other parts of the council coordinating initiatives and projects to ensure maximum co-benefits. This post is fixed term role for 18 months with a possibility of an extension subject to the release of more funds.

What will you be doing?

• Lead the day-to-day management of the natural capital and environmental project(s) including the management of milestones, plans, progress against cost and quality.
• Support the wider team in the identification and management of dependencies, risks and issues within the project(s), and any potential impact on the overall programme or wider system, reporting regularly.
• Take active responsibility for the control and monitoring of projects, ensuring monthly progress reports on expenditure for boards are prepared and submitted in a timely way.
• Work with key stakeholders and partners (at all levels) to effectively plan and implement business change, ensuring the regular and timely exchange of relevant information with internal and external stakeholders in order to ensure a mutual awareness.
• Work to identify future project options and explore synergies across the service and other council departments.

About you

• Knowledge and significant experience of delivery of project/change management concepts and methodologies in a complex environment e.g. PRINCE2, MSP, LEAN, (or equivalent), and the project development lifecycle.
• Comprehensive IT skills, proficient in MS Office products with the ability to grasp new systems quickly.
• An understanding of projects, policies, priorities and strategies within some or all of the following disciplines: environmental, natural capital, climate crisis and ecosystem services.
• Experience of managing stakeholder relationships within complex projects and an ability to build strong, professional networks and relationships, inspiring others to deliver of their best.
• Comfortable with considerable amounts of data and information with strong analytical skills, attention to detail and the ability to understand complex issues and advise on complex solutions across business areas with the application of critical judgement.

Please note that whilst experience of project management in the environment sector is preferred, it is not essential.

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage:

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family.
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme.
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances.
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings.
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth.
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day.
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards.
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes. Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do. We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities.

If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager to discuss any adjustment needs.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

Contract Details: Fixed term for 18 months.