Programme Manager (Lower Severn)

Here at Severn Rivers Trust, we are passionate about catchment scale restoration and have big
ambitions to rise to the challenge, scaling both our conservation programmes and our work to
better engage and educate the communities of the Severn, to the turn the tide on the
restoration of this great River. We’re an agile organisation, with a can-do attitude and a
willingness to take on new challenges. So, if you like to get stuff done, and want to be at
forefront of ecological restoration, working along the UK’s longest river, then Severn Rivers
Trust could be just the place for you. Our expanding portfolio of work means we have an
exciting opportunity for the right person to join our Management Team, in the role of Programme
Manager, to oversee our conservation programmes in the Lower Severn.

Job title: Programme Manager (Lower Severn)
Location of job: Hybrid working – home based with regular travel requirements
throughout your allocated region of the catchment.
Post holder reports to: CEO
Salary: £34,000 – £40,200 per annum (9% employer pension contribution)
Position type: Permanent
Benefits: Generous home-working allowance, flexible working arrangements

Overall purpose of the job:

The Programme Manager role will join our expanding Operations Team, taking the lead on
overseeing the coordination of a diverse portfolio of catchment restoration schemes, from
landscape-scale woodland creation schemes to natural flood management initiatives to fish pass
infrastructure projects. This will be an exciting, fast-paced role with potential for big
impact, overseeing works at scale, along the course of Britain’s longest river.

You will oversee and coordinate an expanding team, with up to 5 direct reports. You will work
closely with the team, to support them in managing their individual projects, providing
technical advice and general project management steer, to ensure our programmes of work are
delivered to a consistently high standard, on time and within budget.

Finally, you will work closely with your counterparts in other areas of the catchment, and the
wider management team, to develop new projects ideas, explore and test innovative ways of
working, and share technical advice and knowledge. Altogether, you will play an integral role
in the development of our organisation and our mission to improve the ecological resilience of
the river Severn catchment.