Honeygar Project Manager

Honeygar Project Manager
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000
Contract type: Fixed term, 3 Years
Working hours: Full time
Location: Honeygar, Burtle Road, Westhay, Somerset, with opportunities for hybrid working

About us 

Somerset Wildlife Trust is a local independent charity and the only organisation uniquely focused on improving the natural environment of Somerset for the benefit of wildlife and people. We champion Somerset’s stunning, diverse, and important natural environment, making the case for nature to the public and politicians. We protect wildlife and lead the recovery of the environment by example, including on our nature reserves.

Somerset Wildlife Trust is one of 46 Wildlife Trusts across Britain which together with the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts collectively form The Wildlife Trusts. We are the biggest charity movement in the UK working solely for nature and we believe that restoring nature on a landscape scale is essential for tackling climate change and biodiversity loss.

About the Role 

To project manage the development of the buildings at the Trust’s newly acquired site Honeygar. The successful applicant will be responsible for overseeing the design, procurement, and construction of the site, working closely with the CEO and project steering group.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks

Responsibility 1: Manage the Project 

An exciting opportunity to make a positive impact as the Project Manager of a major project to develop and build Honeygar farm buildings to create an innovative nature-based solutions research centre. Working with the project team and CEO, the post-holder will oversee the project from design to build ensuring the highest standards every step of the way by:

• Working with the CEO and project steering group to oversee tender processes to appoint and manage the relationships with architects and construction companies to carry out the construction of Honeygar
• Acting as overall Project Manager for the Honeygar project coordinating the stakeholders including architects, SWT staff and contractors to ensure workstreams are completed within project scope, cost, time and quality constraints.

Responsibility 2: Relationship Building 

Using project management skills to work with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders and holding appropriate consultations to develop, deliver the building design, construction and project plans with surveyors, architects, builders, contractors and engineers. The buildings will be designed to the highest environmental standards to reflect the Trust’s overall vision for the site’s nature’s recovery:

• Working with the CEO and project steering group to oversee tender processes to appoint and manage the relationships with architects and construction companies to carry out the construction of Honeygar.
• Acting as overall Project Manager for the Honeygar project coordinating the stakeholders including architects, SWT staff and contractors to ensure workstreams are completed within project scope, cost, time and quality constraints.
• Managing the relationships with all professional subcontractors engaged in the project, to plan, schedule and monitor construction activities to progress and ensure delivery is on time and on budget.
• Liaising with the local planning authority, in partnership with the projects consultants, to secure all necessary permissions for the project to progress.
• Communicating effectively and professionally whilst acting as a spokesperson for the progress and development of the Honeygar project. Working with SWT teams such as Comms and Nature Recovery on internal communications and acting as an external spokesperson including representing SWT in stakeholder consultations.
• Adopting, maintaining and promoting cost conscious management through efficient use of all resources. Monitoring financial budgets to ensure the project is brought in line with budget constraints.

Responsibility 3: Mitigate Risk and Document Project 

Identifying and managing the risks associated with the project to ensure delivery is on time, whilst also overseeing the building project to ensure the site operates within health and safety guidelines and environmental requirements (biodiversity net gain, nutrient neutrality and achieve zero net carbon) by:

• Resolving any issues and emergencies that arise during construction.
• Writing progress reports and managing a RAID log, feeding back at Honeygar steering group to ensure continuous communication and information flow to Trustees, staff and other stakeholders.
• Closing the project by maintaining a lessons learnt log and evaluating the successes and challenges of the project to ensure lessons are learnt for the next project.

Fantastic benefits of working with us:

• Matched pension up to 7%
• Life insurance
• An annual professional institution subscription 
• Flexible and agile working
• Wellbeing support – EAP, wellbeing champions
• Diversity networks through RSWT/TWT
• Pool car and mileage allowance 
• Paid volunteer days
• Continuous Professional Development opportunities
• 33 days of holiday (25 + bank holidays)

The opportunity to make a real and positive difference to nature, communities and the climate.

Closing date: Monday 12 February 2024
Please note that we will review applications throughout the advertising period and may close the advert early if a suitable applicant is found.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

Somerset Wildlife Trust has an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Plan and is committed to continuing to improve the equality, diversity and inclusion of every aspect of our work; we know we need to engage with everyone to live our values and achieve our goals. We welcome applications from everyone and are happy to discuss any accommodations or arrangements that would make the recruitment process better for you, and the working environment should you be employed.

No agencies please.