Senior Project Manager (Waterscapes)

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and proactive conservationist to join WWT’s Wetland Conservation Directorate at Senior Project Manager level, driving forward our ambitions to deliver wetland recovery at scale within one of the UK’s most important and iconic wetland landscapes (what we call a Waterscape): the Cambridgeshire Fens.  WWT already plays a significant role in this Waterscape, managing our internationally important wetland centre at Welney, leading efforts to recover the black-tailed godwit, and developing large-scale wetland creation opportunities for the Great Ouse Lower catchment. 

As Senior Project Manager (Waterscapes), you’ll be responsible for developing and managing the next batch of wetland restoration projects in our Fens Waterscape, working collaboratively with partners and other WWT teams to achieve as much as possible for wetland wildlife and people.  You’ll be a champion for our bold and transformational Waterscape vision and play an influential role in advocating for wetlands as WWT’s representative with local stakeholders and other audiences.

You’ll join a wider Waterscapes team, working in our other Waterscapes: the Severn Vale, and Somerset Coast & Levels.  Over the past few years, we’ve developed and led a number of large-scale, cutting-edge and impactful projects across our Waterscapes, covering wetland restoration, species recovery and evidence-gathering, so there is a breadth of expertise and experience on which to draw.

For the right candidate, we can offer a central role in shaping wetland conservation at the landscape-scale, and the opportunity to work with and learn from other WWT teams, including Wetland Evidence, Reserves and Conservation Breeding.

This is a part time position working 30 hours per week over 4 days, based at WWT Welney, but hybrid working is encouraged.  Regular travel throughout the Waterscape, particularly the Great Ouse Lower catchment near Huntingdon, will be essential to perform the duties of the role.

Elsewhere, this role might be called Senior Conservation Manager, Programme Manager, Project Development Manager or Nature Recovery Manager.

• a practically-minded conservationist with up-to-date knowledge and extensive experience of landscape-scale ecology and conservation, preferably with a wetland focus.
• a proactive and motivated person, who demonstrates a dedication to nature recovery and is able to think and act flexibly and creatively to get things done.
• a strong communicator, advocating your work successfully to a wide range of stakeholders, and effective at engaging and negotiating with diverse audiences, including senior decision-makers.
• substantial experience of managing large, complex projects and be proficient in building and managing a team. 
• someone comfortable working independently, and remotely from your line manager, who is based at WWT Slimbridge.