Project Manager

We are seeking an experienced, professional Project Manager for this exciting opportunity. The successful candidate will manage high-profile, civil engineering projects in the Dorset and Wiltshire area.

Based at Tisbury in our regional office, you'll work with teams at inspiring places such as Stourhead and Brownsea Island, leading the delivery of long-term engineering solutions for sustainable operations and compliance of significant assets. You may also be asked to get involved in or provide advice to other types of projects as need arises.

What it's like to work here

You'll be part of the Trust's internal consultancy: a flexible resource of specialist skills and expertise. As one of a multidisciplinary team of experts, including curators, fundraisers, building surveyors and project managers, you'll be working with others to help make things happen.

Your contractual place of work will be the National Trust office at Tisbury. Our hybrid working policy means you can balance office and home working with site visits and meetings at other National Trust places. We'll talk about this in more detail at interview, but you should expect to be at a National Trust site for 40-60% of your working week.

You'll be joining a team of project managers who are motivated and passionate about working at pace and scale. We aim to facilitate lasting change by collaborating, learning and adapting in a supportive team environment.

Day-to-day, working closely with teams at Brownsea Island and at Stourhead initially, as well as building and leading teams of external consultants and contractors. You'll get to be out on site at some of the most beautiful places in the south west.

What you'll be doing

As our internal Project Manager, you'll be our informed project lead appointing and overseeing external designers and construction project managers. You'll ensure our external consultants and contractors deliver the National Trust's requirements. You'll ensure works respond appropriately to our unique historic settings.

Your first projects will be important water-based civil engineering projects. Brownsea's jetty at Sandbanks is core to the island's operational logistics but it requires replacement. The project is currently in the detailed design phase, with construction due to commence in spring 2025. The project will secure safe and improved access to this nature paradise for the foreseeable future. At Stourhead, the stunning garden lakes require work to secure their ongoing compliance as statutory reservoirs. The project is about to enter the detailed design phase.

You'll lead the projects through the National Trust's Project Management Framework, delivering designs, consents, construction and sign-off through the required governance. The role will involve managing budgets, programming, risks, benefits, reporting. You'll be key to stakeholder engagement, communicating with groups and individuals of varied degrees of technical knowledge.

As part of the National Trust's project management community, you will provide informal support and mentorship to other colleagues. Through everything you do, you'll lead for climate action and for an inclusive culture.

Who we're looking for

We'd love to hear from you if you're:

• able to demonstrate experience of successfully delivering complex end to end project/programme management, including defining resources, leading procurement securing project teams and matrix management across multiple projects/programmes
• a Professional with technical knowledge and skills in project management demonstrated by a recognised project (AMP PMQ/Prince) or programme management (MSP) qualification
• able to evidence ongoing CPD in your career to date
• you're a flexible thinker and problem-solver, skilled at negotiating and building productive networks, and confident in using your expertise to influence decisions with senior leaders
• a skilled communicator, with experience of managing complex and challenging situations with competing interests and a diverse range of people
• a leader for inclusion, who finds ways to create an inclusive culture
• Able to demonstrate successful delivery of end-to-end civil engineering projects (reservoirs, jetties, quays, waterways or other relevant sectors e.g. highways), working with multi-disciplinary external design teams

Please refer to additional criteria attached for experience of professionally managing projects in the built environment.

The package

The National Trust has the motto 'For everyone, for ever' at its heart. We're working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It's important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we're for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.

• Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary
• Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
• Rental deposit loan scheme
• Season ticket loan
• EV car lease scheme
• Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts
• Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.
• Flexible working whenever possible
• Employee assistance programme
• Free parking at most Trust places