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We always welcome interest to join our trustee board, please get in touch https://lincsrivers.org.uk/contact-us/
We are currently recruiting for two new roles to join our growing team.
Closing date for applications for both roles is 5pm on Wednesday 8th September, with interviews to be held week commencing 13th September.
To apply please send a CV and covering letter to Dr Lauren Vickers by email to admin@lincsrivers.org.uk Contact telephone no: 07979 467010
Trust Manager
Reporting to: Non-Executive Chairperson
Salary: Grade 5 (Up to £42,000 FTE dependent on experience)
Contract: Part time 2-3 days, permanent
Lincolnshire Rivers Trust
c/o Grantham Museum
St Peter’s Hill
Grantham
NG31 6PY
The successful candidate will play a prominent role within Lincolnshire’s environmental conservation community and be a figurehead within regionally critical projects for local people and their environments. Across LRT and the Lincolnshire landscape you will provide day-to-day support, motivation and inspiration. Working closely with LRT’s highly skilled, multifaceted team of experts and project managers, maintain the team’s morale, passion for the work and existing reputations for excellence in project delivery and safe systems of work. In addition, you will pursue external partnerships with external individuals and organisations to enhance the visible work of the LRT and foster their support for our policy objectives and ambitions. You will also lead on securing voluntary and commercial income to sustain and expand our work, enabling the Trust to broaden our influence, strategic goals, scale of projects delivered and the overall sustainability of Lincolnshire’s river environments.
The Role
You will report directly to the Trust Directors, whilst providing support for the Trustees and line management of the LRT operational and administrative team members.
You will lead on financial and operational matters.
The key elements of the role will involve:
- Financial leadership including supporting the trustees with financial governance, including helping to develop a solid business model along with a sound financial strategy to underpin this.
- Provide effective financial management and managing the finance function, encompassing maintenance of appropriate high-quality budgeting and reporting systems, a solid control environment and efficient and effective transaction processing and compliance.
- People management, including developing a strong staff resource model.
- Responsible for ensuring safe systems of work for all employees and volunteers and the prequalification of contractors and adherence to all relevant H&S standards.
- Identification of funding opportunities and effective bid/proposal writing.
- Relationship management with stakeholders, partners and contractors.
- Grant and contract management (including legal), to deliver effective process, procedure and systems to ensure end to end grant and project management.
- Any other ad hoc duties as required.
- At least five years of relevant experience in the environment sector working in a project environment at a senior level.
- The position will suit a strategic thinker who is friendly, calm and supportive with experience in growing and developing organisations.
- Experience of managing a successful finance function, including setting finance strategy, will be important.
- Experience of people management and contract and grant management would be ideal.
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to work independently
- A good understanding of water environments and the principal impacts influencing water quality, water level management and river processes.
- A degree level qualification in a relevant subject is desirable, but not essential
Other Information
- The post will require frequent travel throughout Lincolnshire and therefore a full UK driving licence and access to a car is essential. Mileage expenses will be paid in accordance with the HMRC non-taxable levels.
- LRT will contribute 9% of gross salary to a pension scheme subject to a minimum employee contribution of 6%
- The post attracts an annual holiday entitlement of 25 days plus statutory bank holidays for a FTE post, calculated on a pro rata basis for part time hours.
- The post holder can work from home, but is expected to be readily accessible and visible to the LRT team within the Grantham office.
- Employees are expected to provide a broadband connection which can be used for LRT business. Equipment to undertake the role will be provided.
- Some evening/weekend work will be required.
Senior Environmental Officer
Reporting to: Trust Manager
Salary: Grade 4 (up to £33,000 dependent on experience)
Contract: Full-time – Permanent
Office address:
Lincolnshire Rivers Trust
c/o Grantham Museum
St Peter’s Hill
Grantham
NG31 6PY
LRT is looking for a Senior Environmental Officer to lead on technical aspects and project delivery within our existing and developing river restoration portfolio. Working closely with partners, landowners and contractors, the successful applicant will deliver a suite of projects across Lincolnshire. We are looking for someone with experience of visioning, designing and delivering habitat or water-quality improvement projects, who is self-motivated and has expertise in freshwater ecology. Experience of CDM or ECoW work would be particularly useful.
The successful applicant will be visible as a leading player in the delivery of river restoration and wetland creation projects across Lincolnshire, assisting with the full process from landowner and partner engagement, to sourcing funding, ecological survey and project design. They will also represent the Lincolnshire Rivers Trust at local, regional and at times national meetings and events. We are looking for someone with a passion for rivers and nature, the ability to work closely with partners and independently, and the drive to help us deliver a series of challenging and exciting projects for local communities and their environments.
The Role
- Lead the development and execution of LRT’s annual programme of projects, using sound science and best practice.
- Facilitate the process of selecting and prioritising enhancement projects for the LRT from development to delivery stages.
- Lead on and manage the interface between LRT and its external specialist/technical advisors as required for project design (e.g. flood modelling, fish passage options and technical design).
- Develop and maintain the LRT’s positive and professional relationships with partners and stakeholders, working with them to develop projects.
- Collaborate with other LRT staff in the design of monitoring programmes to evidence project outcomes.
- Oversee and lead on the delivery of enhancement projects, managing colleagues, contractors, volunteers, partners and necessary permissions.
- Be responsible for Health and Safety compliance for projects, promoting a collaborative approach to ensure successful project outcomes.
- Be responsible for project management and reporting to funders.
- Support the Senior Project Officer in project engagement matters.
- Any other ad hoc duties as required
Skills and Experience
- The position will suit a freshwater technical specialist with experience in river restoration projects and/or a BSc or higher degree in an ecological/engineering discipline.
- Experience in delivering water management or conservation projects.
- Good knowledge of riparian/river ecology or hydrogeomorphology.
- Experience of practical conservation and restoration works.
- Ability to communicate and work with a wide range of partners and stakeholders, particularly landowners and regulatory agencies.
- Experience of CDM and ECoW desirable.
- Experience of working with protected species desirable.
Other Information
- The post will require frequent travel around Lincolnshire and therefore a full UK driving licence and access to a car is essential. Mileage expenses will be paid in accordance with the HMRC non-taxable levels.
- LRT will contribute 9% of gross salary to a pension scheme subject to a minimum employee contribution of 6%
- The post attracts an annual holiday entitlement of 25 days plus statutory bank holidays
- The post holder can work from home and employees are expected to provide a broadband connection which can be used for LRT business. Equipment to undertake the role will be provided. We have an office in Grantham and the post holder may also work there full-time if they prefer.
- Some evening/weekend work will be required.
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